Greencarrier Spirit Projects 2020 Over the years, our employees have passionately turned the money from the Greencarrier Spirit Fund into several successful and rewarding projects. Here are some examples of what we have done in 2020.
My Dream Now Since 2018 we have worked with Swedish organisation My Dream Now with dedicated Greencarrier class coaches that inspire and mentor students over a long period of time. The idea is to help them see the opportunities and encourage them to follow their dreams.
Solvatten and Greencarrier in collaboration for better lives Lack of safe water, poor hygiene and poor health takes lives and hinders development for millions of people living in poverty. Greencarrier and Solvatten have now joined forces to give long lasting help to especially women and children without clean water. Solvatten is a Swedish invention and a social enterprise making portable solar powered jerry cans for heating and treating water. By working together in partnership with governments, local organisations and corporations, Solvatten aims to better the lives of millions of people living off-grid. During 2020 Greencarrier has supported Solvatten with logistics solutions and this way enabling the Solvatten units to reach needing families. We also donated 43 Solvatten units to their climate project in Tharaka, Kenya. Giving clean water to 240 peeople. Read more on page 50-51.
Heart-2-Heart – Heart Surgery to children in China We have a long term commitment and collaboration with the organisation Heart-2-Heart in Shanghai, which helps fund operations for children with heart diseases. In collaboration with customers and different fund raising projects as well as with help from the Spirit fund, We have funded several succesfull surgeries from 2017 until now. In 2020 we helped an 8 year old girl with congenital heart disease, which was discovered when she was a small baby, with her surgery. . 52
Health Challenge + Children’s Hospital in Latvia
The winners in our Greencarrier Health Challenge, a team from Riga Latvia, decided to donate their prize of 1500 EUR to the Children’s Hostpital Foundation in Riga. The hospital admits children with very serious health problems. The donation goes towards the development of Children’s Hospital as well as the children and their families so that each child receives the best health care. Win win! Read more about our Health Challenge on page 42.
Protective equipment to health workers in Wuhan, China In conncetion to the Covid-19 outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, there was a huge lack of protective equipment to health workers. Our employees in China acted quiclky and managed to buy and transport equimpent to these workers.
