Community Development Programmes
The purpose of the community development programmes is to improve the quality of life of people and their environment through training and the generation of opportunities. Under this modality, Inditex develops projects that prioritise development cooperation, in conjunction with not-profit organisations such as the Entreculturas Foundation and Cáritas, among others, and their partners in each country.
Latin American Programme
Inditex and the Entreculturas Foundation have undertaken a three-year programme which aims to have 186,640 beneficiaries among vulnerable groups in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. With the goals of education and generating opportunities, the programme operates in five lines of action:
1. Access to education, facilitating the conditions and infrastructure necessary for young beneficiaries to able to attend class.
2. Quality education, improving teacher training and curricula at the schools benefiting from the programme.
3. Institutional building so that local organisations can improve their management and sustainability and thus optimise the work in society.
4. Professional training so that young, disadvantaged people have adequate facilities and curricula to facilitate entry into the labour market.
5. Social promotion and community development through the support of migrant, indigenous, rural, and human rights organisations; and proposals for improving social conditions in the communities where the programmes are active.
| Total beneficiaries 2012 | 55,800 |
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| People receiving technical-productive training | 6,082 |
| Children receiving remedial schooling | 1,542 |
| Schools adopting the quality improvement plan | 151 |
| People receiving legal and human rights support | 3,000 |
| People receiving psycho-social and/or healthcare support | 2,969 |
| People attending specific courses | 26,634 |
| Trained teachers | 1,056 |
| No. of projects executed | 20 |
| Financial contribution 2012 | €1,785,329 |
Cambodia Programme
In 2012, the collaboration between Inditex and Cáritas continued in Cambodia with the signing of a new two-year agreement to the value of €600,000, extending the scope of the community health work in Preah Vihear province.
The programme has directly benefited a total of 25,567 people, with the aim of guaranteeing food safety and promoting a sustainable socio-community development model. In addition, it has contributed to improved healthcare, especially mother-child health and reduction in malnutrition. The intervention model based on empowering and strengthening community structures and their connection with the public health system has enabled the integration of the most vulnerable groups in a process of sustainable development.
| Total beneficiaries | 25,567 |
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| Sustainable agriculture | |
| 1,005 farms have ensured their family’s food supply by increasing food production and generating income | |
| 10 ‘model farms’ are managing integrated organic agriculture systems and serve as ‘farm-schools’ for other potential beneficiaries | |
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| Community building | |
| 3,165 families are involved in the savings groups | |
| 785 new beneficiaries of seeds loaned by the community rice bank | |
| 51 new water infrastructure systems have been built and water filters are planned for 699 disadvantaged families | |
| Mother-child morbidity and mortality have dropped thanks to the under-ones vaccination programme (5,726 children) and improved mother and child nutrition (7,631 beneficiaries) | |
| Safe maternity has been strengthened through the vaccination of pregnant women (6,528 women), training of community midwives (62 midwives) and the increase in deliveries in professional health centres (1,205) | |
| Reduction in vitamin A deficiency, through supplementation for 16,273 children, pregnant women and new mothers | |
| Chronic anaemia has been reduced through iron supplementation campaigns and deparasitation for 15,337 children, pregnant women and new mothers | |
| Financial contribution 2012 | €300,000 |
Bangladesh programme
The Bangladesh programme helps improve the living conditions of a total of 9,215 direct beneficiaries
Inditex works with Cáritas in supporting the comprehensive promotion and development of Adivasi indigenous communities to improve their quality of life through professional training and rural promotion and development in marginal areas of the districts of Dinajpur, Joypurhat, Mymensingh and Rajshahi.
The objectives of this programme are the professional training of adolescents and women who have abandoned or never accessed education, increasing opportunities for sustainable ways of life, especially for women, and raising awareness of human rights.
These objectives aim to empower women, promoting income generating activities among female entrepreneurs and encouraging community leadership.
| Total beneficiaries | 9,215 |
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| 366 apprentices (185 men and 181 women) have been admitted, 338 (170 men and 168 women) have graduated and 256 (108 men and 148 women) have found work | |
| 49 apprentices (39 men and 10 women) have been contracted by factories, workshops and local companies | |
| 207 apprentices (69 men and 138 women) have set up their own businesses | |
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| Rural development | |
| 579 Adivasi students from vulnerable families have received support to continue their education | |
| 7,338 people have actively participated in activities related to improving their rights | |
| 130 people have obtained documentation for their lands | |
| 9 credit and savings cooperatives have been set up | |
| 170 families have received financial support to release their mortgaged lands and develop sustainable agriculture | |
| 903 beneficiaries have received financial support to start up income-generating activities | |
| 87 traditional social organisations have been reorganised and their members have received training in defending their rights | |
| Financial contribution 2012 | €500,000 |
