ENGAGE Santiago

ENGAGE Santiago is the first employee engagement project of its kind to take place in Latin America. The project is coordinated by Acción RSE in partnership with Municipalidad de Peñalolén.

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The project was established in 2009 in order to support Municipalidad de Peñalolén, which is one of the most deprived neighbourhoods of Santiago. ENGAGE Santiago is a two day action orientated programme in which corporate volunteers from the participating companies utilise their time and skills to clean up the local environment and run training sessions for the local staff. Over the second day, volunteers organise a community day and run activities and games for the local residents.

In 2010 the following 4 companies each coordinated a separate activity over the two days:

  • BCI: Park improvement
  • Walmart Chile: Community Hall improvement
  • Dimacofi: Park improvement
  • Brujula Verde: Yoga session

Activities are due to re-start in Autumn 2011 - make sure your company is involved. 

To find out how please contact Jenny Todd.

Impact

  • 71 volunteers participated in the project
  • 317 working hours were donated
  • Approximately 2000 people benefited in some way
  • The total investment in the community was estimated at £26,000

Documents

ENGAGE

ENGAGE Key Cities Programme

Accion RSE

Accion RSE

Chile launch 1
Volunteer at ENGAGE Santiago
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Addressing Millennium Development Goal 8

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