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Yaskawa Christmas campaign supports “Médecins Sans Frontières”
Helping where it is most needed
It is already a tradition that Yaskawa Europe GmbH supports the worldwide medical emergency aid of the organization “Médecins Sans Frontières”. with its Christmas campaign. As in previous years virtual cheque of 5,000 euros was handed over to Birgit Schönharting, project staff member for Médecins Sans Frontières in Germany on December 13th.
"It is becoming more important every day for companies to further emphasize their social commitment. For us social commitment is enshrined in our corporate vision and is a key pillar of our work," explained Bruno Schnekenburger, CEO of Yaskawa Europe, in this context. "Especially in times when society is threatening to break apart, we want to send a signal with this commitment that only humanity, cohesion and support will bring us forward," added Anne Beermann, HR Director of Yaskawa.
Emergency aid in crisis areas
With a donation of 5,000 euros, Médecins Sans Frontières can support projects in Afghanistan, for example, where the organization continues its work despite the enormously challenging. (MSF) continues its work because thousands of people urgently need help. However, the safety of the approximately 2,400 employees and their patients always have the highest priority. Many people are in great need in the war-torn country: for example, children who are malnourished, women with high-risk pregnancies who need to give birth in a hospital. MSF teams have been providing medical aid in Afghanistan for years. The fighting this summer has caused the number of patients in MSF facilities to rise sharply. (Report from September 2021)
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are providing life-saving emergency aid in Haiti after the severe earthquake and tropical storm Grace. In the first hours and days after the quake, the staff treated injured people in, among other places, the severely affected city of Port-à-Piment. The aid organization is also supporting hospitals and setting up water stations at other locations, since many sources of clean water have been destroyed. In addition, MSF has transported around 100 tons of medical and logistical equipment as well as medication to Haiti by cargo plane. More than 1,300 employees are working on the ground.
Virtual donation handover and information directly from the field at Médecins Sans Frontières: Birgit Schönharting (top left, project employee Médecins Sans Frontières), Anne Beermann (top right, HR Director) Armin Schlenk (bottom left, Marketing and Business Development Director), Bruno J. Schnekenburger (bottom right, CEO), of Yaskawa Europe GmbH
Afghanistan: MSF has been running a surgical clinic in Kunduz for years. This patient suffered a severe leg injury from a bomb explosion.
Belgium / Haiti: An MSF employee loads medical supplies at the MSF logistics center in Brussels. Two aircraft flew around 100 tons of cargo into the disaster area: medicines, infusions, bandages, tents, and logistics equipment.