Valentine’s Day, also known as the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world. St. Valentine’s Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentine. Valentines for many is a day of showing those we love how [...]

Monica Bata Pignal inaugurated the new Bata Children’s Program house at Kondanani orphanage in Blantyre, Malawi.  The new house, sponsored mainly by the Bata Children’s Program, is already hosting 8 orphans and their godmothers. The event was covered by local television and press. Kondanani hosts 178 children in total, currently all below the age of [...]

CHRISTINE SCHMIDT BATA NURSERY This month Mrs. Christine Schmidt Bata attended to the opening of a nursery named in her honor because of the great work she has been doing all over the world with the Bata Children´s Program. Mr. Marcelo Villagran Regional Director of Bata Emerging Markets Latin American was also invited and the [...]

GUARDERÍA/JARDÍN DE NINOS “CHRISTINE SCHMIDT BATA” En días pasados, la señora Christine Schmidt Bata asistió a la inauguración del Jardín infantil que fue bautizado con su nombre en honor a la gran labor que ha venido realizando en el mundo con el Bata Children´s Program. El Jardín, ubicado en el Barrio El Carmen,  en Manizales, [...]

(English version)“Rayito de Luz” is a Kinder garden benefitted by the Bata Children´s Program and it is in a neighborhood called Manchay, located in the east area of Lima. It has 7 teachers and a principal and works with around 150 children from 3 to 5 years old. “Rayito de Luz” Kinder garden started classes [...]

She Came, She Participated, She Made Them Smile. Mrs. Christine Bata during her visit to India participated in Bata Children Program organized by Bata India Team. She visited one of the school where underprivileged “hearing and speech” impaired children are studying. Bata India has associated with them to improve their education. She met all the [...]