The Globalworth Foundation, established by Globalworth, the leader of the office building market in Romania and Poland, is pleased to release its Annual Report for the ended 31 December 2020.
The Globalworth Foundation developed at a fast pace since its official registration as a charity in 2018. Though extremely challenging, 2020 did not stop us from evolving, quite the contrary: faced with unprecedented challenges, we became stronger, quicker and more flexible in our decisions, even more determined in our goal to give back to the community and to help heal the world. 2020 was the year when the Globalworth Foundation in Poland was launched.
When the COVID-19 crisis struck, we reconsidered our priorities, developed new skills to combat new threats, focused on getting together with other partners to help as much as we could. Although for two months our focus shifted to COVID-19 – recovery programmes, we never put other projects on hold. We could not have done that, since our beneficiaries needed our support more than ever: children at risk of school drop-out or at risk of falling behind with their studies; poor, vulnerable families, young artists worried about their future in these uncertain times; children with heart malformations; oncological and terminally ill patients.
In the first half of 2020, we focused on the medical crisis. With the campaign EVERYONE SHOULD GET INVOLVED TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, The Globalworth Foundation donated 650,000 EUR to 10 frontline hospitals (5 in Romania and 5 in Poland) for medical equipment and PPE.
In the second half of 2020, we focused on education and technological innovation in our projects. We continued to bring advanced technology into education, by equipping a school laboratory and a hi-tech center for future architects with next-wave equipment: augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) devices. We also invested in a digital platform that helped over 3,000 children stay connected to their schools and gain essential digital competences. We are convinced advanced technology can enhance the quality of educational and health services and we will continue to focus on technological innovation in our future projects.
“By any measure, 2020 was an extraordinary year and a remarkable difficult one. There were many changes to adjust to, many challenges to be addressed and so many lessons to be learned. I am pleased to say we did. We embraced change, we worked harder and in so doing we continued to grow, to learn, to adapt. We managed all the situations as a team. I am very grateful to the generosity of all my Globalworth colleagues who contributed to our projects as donors and volunteers. My deepest gratitude also goes to our volunteer board members who offered their time and commitment in supporting our projects. Thank you!” – Georgiana Iliescu, Executive Director of Globalworth Foundation.
KEY FIGURES 2020
- EUR 1,6 MILLION – invested in local communities in Romania and Poland
- EUR 750,000 – raised in 2020 from local donors
- 4,200 – children who received the necessary digital resources
- 38,000 touched lives and improved
- 45% of our budget spent on programs related to COVID-19 relief
- 77,000 direct beneficiaries
- 30 partners in Romania and Poland
For more details, please download GLOBALWORTH FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2020 here.