The Community, the companies, the commitment and the volunteers
In the last three months, Habitat for the Humanity Argentina (HPHA) has received corporative brigades from Accenture, Citibank, Intel, Novartis, Nortel, Sheraton and Price-Waterhouse Coopers, among others.
In HPHA we have sought from the beginning to contribute to the human development of our families and their communities through corporative volunteer teams. It is an amazing sight to watch people who generally spend their everyday lives in a completely different environment, sharing their time and putting their two hands in action to help someone in need achieve their dream.
The first step is taken by the company, who supports us with its own structure, logistics, communication and donation to cover all of the expenses. After the employees have experienced “love in action” first hand, it is up to them to get more involved.
In Accenture’s case, the worker’s and the company’s commitment has gone beyond expectations and are now a concrete reality. At least once a month, the families and HPHA wait in Luján for the group of Accenture volunteers, who join us by collaborating in the housing construction.
In Luján everyone knows what Accenture is, who they are, and the families have established bonds with some of their employees who have been to several brigades that their company has organized. The families anxiously await them in their houses to work together in the construction, and they are moved and inspired knowing that there are people who are interested in helping them as well as their neighborhoods.
The social responsibility that Accenture achieves serves also an example for the families, because part of HPHA’s methodology consists in teaching that it is their own commitment that will help them move forward.
And, of course, this solidarity means a lot in practical and economical terms: by guaranteeing one brigade a month, Accenture allows us to improve our planning of the volunteer’s activities, because they are taken into account as a regular workforce that contributes towards reducing the cost of the house to the home-owners.
*By Connie Ledesma (National Resources Development Coordinator), with the collaboration of Lautaro Sourigues (Brigades).
In the last three months, Habitat for the Humanity Argentina (HPHA) has received corporative brigades from Accenture, Citibank, Intel, Novartis, Nortel, Sheraton and Price-Waterhouse Coopers, among others.
In HPHA we have sought from the beginning to contribute to the human development of our families and their communities through corporative volunteer teams. It is an amazing sight to watch people who generally spend their everyday lives in a completely different environment, sharing their time and putting their two hands in action to help someone in need achieve their dream.
The first step is taken by the company, who supports us with its own structure, logistics, communication and donation to cover all of the expenses. After the employees have experienced “love in action” first hand, it is up to them to get more involved.
In Accenture’s case, the worker’s and the company’s commitment has gone beyond expectations and are now a concrete reality. At least once a month, the families and HPHA wait in Luján for the group of Accenture volunteers, who join us by collaborating in the housing construction.
In Luján everyone knows what Accenture is, who they are, and the families have established bonds with some of their employees who have been to several brigades that their company has organized. The families anxiously await them in their houses to work together in the construction, and they are moved and inspired knowing that there are people who are interested in helping them as well as their neighborhoods.
The social responsibility that Accenture achieves serves also an example for the families, because part of HPHA’s methodology consists in teaching that it is their own commitment that will help them move forward.
And, of course, this solidarity means a lot in practical and economical terms: by guaranteeing one brigade a month, Accenture allows us to improve our planning of the volunteer’s activities, because they are taken into account as a regular workforce that contributes towards reducing the cost of the house to the home-owners.
*By Connie Ledesma (National Resources Development Coordinator), with the collaboration of Lautaro Sourigues (Brigades).
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