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The Volkswagen Group Works Council  The
Group Works Council is made up of works councillors (workers' representatives)
from the auto corporations Volkswagen and Audi and their subsidiaries.
Expanding international works council activities began early on, based
on the realisation that problems stop neither at the site nor at national
borders. Milestones were the foundation of the VW group's European
Works Council in 1990 and the Global Works Council in 1998. Equally,
the signing of its Social Charter in 2002 was a response to the internationalisation
of the group and the challenges of globalisation; it is binding on
Volkswagen's 360,000 employees worldwide. Back in 1998, employees at Volkswagen AG and other national and international group subsidiaries started collecting for projects for disadvantaged children. To mark the millennium, the Group Works Council in 1999/2000 called on the workforce to donate an hour's wage to launch projects for street children. Since then they have found many different ways of supporting this campaign, known as "One hour for the future - Volkswagen workforce helps children in need". 
Programmes for disadvantaged boys and girls are now funded at Volkswagen
locations in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, South Africa and Germany.
Through "helping them to help themselves" the workers hope to make
a lasting contribution to improving the lives of children and their
families. With the new programme "A chance to play" the Volkswagen Group Works Council wants to extend that commitment. This three-year initiative for South Africa runs in the provinces of Eastern Cape (focal area), Limpopo and Gauteng. terre des hommes Germany  The
Volkswagen Group Works Council's partner is the child rights organisation
terre des hommes. The organisation selects projects to be supported
and provides professional back-up at the local level. terre des hommes
Germany was founded in 1967 and now funds about 500 projects for disadvantaged
children in 25 project countries. The organisation (NGO) has no political
or religious affiliation. The focal themes of its work are protecting
children from violence and exploitation, programmes on HIV and AIDS,
creating opportunities for education and training and preserving cultural
and biological diversity. Since 1980 terre des hommes, through its
local partner organisations, has run projects for disadvantaged children
in different provinces in South Africa. More information: www.tdh.de |
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