Archive for the ‘Country Stories’ Category

Helping kids in rural Bangladesh

The Sreepur Village, Bangladesh (Shishu Polli Plus) is a small organization which funds and runs the Sreepur Women & Children’s Village. The Village presently houses 500 babies and children and over 100 destitute women. It provides a loving environment, food, clothing, education, and  training .     Under the Bata Children’s Program Bangladesh , Mr. [...]

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Bata Children Program – Indonesia – Children Playground

Just a few hundred meters away from Bata Manufacturing Facilities in Purwakarta, Indonesia, there is an abandoned small park. The Bata Children’s Program  team took initiative to turn the abandoned park into a nice children playground. The Bata Children’s Program volunteers from the factory transformed the ugly place into a fantastic playground. The inauguration took [...]

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Bata Children’s Program Kenya: Looking Out For The Youth

Bata Children’s Program (BCP) Kenya recently donated sports uniforms and balls to Limuru Olympic Youth Football Team. The donations were presented by the BCP Kenya and Africa Coordinator Ms. Sophia Mbogo. Ms. Mbogo presents a ball to the Captain of Limuru Olympic Youth Football team. Bata Children’s Program Kenya is  confident that this initiative will go a long [...]

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Country Story: South Africa

HIS SMILE SAYS IT ALL! Working at Futura/ Bata in Loskop South Africa changed the life of Senzeni Ntshalintshali. Bata first met Senzeni back in 2005 at the Sihambakancane School for the Disabled in Loskop. Since 2006 he is working as a cleaner for the company and ‘mothered’ by all the ladies at the factory. [...]

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From Louise Treacy’s Journal in India

I had the pleasure to visit the Batanagar Nursery and KG School which is situated on the Batanagar factory site in Calcutta, India. The day of my visit started on an especially good note as it was the morning following the world cup cricket match between India and England which had resulted in a draw. [...]

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Bata Children’s Program Chile helps the victims of the earthquake in Chile – 1 year after

  Bata Children’s Program Chile supports the Donn Muller School which  was partly destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Constitution in Chile one year ago – 27 February 2010 at 03 :34 am. Bata Children’s Program donated 24 laptops to the school, the wifi installation and training to the teachers. One year after the [...]

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Country Story: Bolivia

Alvarito, a 2 years old orphan, clung tightly to Mama Teodora at the Villa Amistad near Cochabamba in Bolivia when a group of Manaco volunteers, including Rocio Julio, the Bata Children’s Program (BCP) regional coordinator, came for a visit. This orphanage provides more than housing for the orphaned and abandoned children. They provide a home. Each [...]

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Country Story: Czech Republic

Liptal, Czech Republic Bata employees volunteering in an orphanage and school for disabled children «I feel proud and useful,” says Vojtech Koren from Bata a.s. Zlin, in the Czech Republic, when asked why he has been involved  with the local orphanage and school for disabled children for more than 10 years. Vojtech is well known [...]

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Christmas activity – Bolivia 2010

Last December 15 was held the 1st Christmas activity of Bata Children’s Program – Bolivia and Manaco together, in order to benefit more than 1400 disadvantaged children  of Quillacollo city. This activity had the support of the Eco Program, as they take this activity to teach children the importance of recycling paper and cardboard. At [...]

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Visit to Bata Chile´s Factory

CHILDREN AT BATA CHILE Last Wednesday and Thursday (July 21 and 22) Bata Chile was honored to welcome the visit of hundreds of children to its facilities. Bata Chile celebrated the visit of our Collaborators’ children plus the children from Hogar Koinomadelfia (the charity supported by Bata Children’s Program). Follows images of this couple of [...]

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