Monitoring Programmes
In the context of these programmes, Inditex carries out regular humanitarian assistance programmes for refugees and displaced people, involving both emergency assistance and long-term rehabilitation of communities effected by catastrophes or armed conflicts.
Africa Programme
Inditex and the Entreculturas Foundation, in conjunction with the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), have undertaken a three-year programme to help the displaced and returning refugee population in Burundi, Central African Republic, South Sudan and South Africa. More than 190,000 people are benefiting from access to education, teacher training, vocational training, income generation and psycho-social and healthcare. The programme operates along various lines of action:
1. Access to education, creating and facilitating the infrastructure necessary for young people to attend class.
2. Quality education, improving teacher training and syllabuses and providing necessary school materials.
3. Vocational training to facilitate entry into the labour market and provide opportunities to start up small businesses.
4. Social promotion and community development through training and social organisation, promoting peace, healthcare, women’s rights, in particular those of young girls, and training for parents.
| Total beneficiaries | 47,610 |
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| People receiving school material/furniture | 5,430 |
| Schools built/refurbished | 6 |
| Children accessing primary/secondary education | 3,073 |
| Teachers and community leaders trained | 1,858 |
| Credits granted | 92 |
| Health kits for girls | 6,549 |
| People receiving occupational training | 2,844 |
| Medical assistance | 1,641 |
| Financial contribution 2012 | €1,551,333 |
Greece Programme
In 2012, Inditex resumed its support for assistance to undocumented migrants in the European Union through the provision of basic humanitarian medical needs.
The activities executed by MSF focussed on recording and attending to the most basic physical and medical needs of migrants from Asia and Africa through the entry point in Evros (Greece).
| Beneficiaries | |
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| The number of migrants registered in 2012 was 4,873, of whom 1,790 required medical attention | |
| Distribution of urgent items in Poros | |
| 3,425 hygiene kits, 1,148 sleeping bags, 3,067 warm garments and 7,064 basic household goods were distributed | |
| Financial contribution 2012 | €200,000 |
Morocco Programme
The project focused on direct medical care to sub-Saharan migrants at the Moroccan border, including urgent care, planned consultations and cooperation in psychosocial activities. Diagnose, consultations, psychological assessment and prevention were also undertaken in mental health.
The work of MSF concentrated on the areas with the highest concentration of migrants seeking refuge in Europe: Oujda, Berkame and Nador.
| Number of people accompanied to collaborating health facilities | |
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| 2,293 people | |
| Number of medical consultations performed | |
| 1,950 consultations and 2,365 diagnoses | |
| Number of hygiene kits distributed | |
| 6,757 distributed in 10 sessions. Of these, 5,530 were to men, 886 to women and 341 to children | |
| Number of shelter kits distributed | |
| 1,730, half in Nador and the other half in Oujda | |
| Financial contribution 2012 | €300,000 |
Positive Generation Programme
The funds raised thanks to the Positive Generation music project, in which Inditex was involved in 2011 and 2012, were used mainly to combat the advance of HIV in Zimbabwe, one of the countries with the highest rates of the disease in the world.
The main activities supported by Inditex in this project were the prevention, attention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Special emphasis was placed on the treatment of minors affected by the virus, impeding HIV transmission from mother to child during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.
| Beneficiaries | |
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| 11,786 people underwent an HIV test | |
| 2,168 people initiated anti-retroviral treatment | |
| 833 pregnant women followed mother-to-child virus transmission prevention treatment | |
| 586 babies born to HIV-positive mothers received retroviral prophylaxis | |
| 432 children were admitted to the nutritional programme | |
| Financial contribution 2012 | €500,000 |
Colombia Component Programme
At the end of 2012, Inditex renewed the programme with Entreculturas to support the victims of the Colombian conflict, which generates the highest number of displaced people in the world. As well as the work in Colombia, more than 11,800 people on the borders with Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela received assistance through the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). The main lines of action covered by the programme are:
1. Assistance and recognition of victims, access to rights, organisation and personal life projects
2. Awareness-raising regarding displacement and refugees
3. Education of children, adolescents and youths, through peace education initiatives, preventing association with the conflict and promoting school attendance/integration
The following estimated impacts, among others are planned:
| Total Beneficiaries | More than 11,000 |
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| More than 11,000 beneficiaries of the programme |
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| More than 650 children receiving remedial schooling |
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| 580 people receiving legal support |
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| 2,000 persons received psychosocial attention |
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| Financial contribution 2012 | €333,333 |
India programme
Nutritional intervention in the district of Darbhanga
In the district of Darbhanga, in the state of Bihar, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in conjunction with Inditex, have been providing primary and secondary care to meet the medical and nutritional needs of the most vulnerable people: children, women and breastfeeding mothers, in five outpatient clinics and one stabilisation centre.
Assimilation of the advantages of outpatient treatment and the stable presence of MSF in the area has led to the active involvement of families, preventing acute malnutrition as critical as in earlier years.
These activities have focused on quality primary and secondary care, administering medicines, medical materials, therapeutic ready-to-eat foods and preventative work through educational programmes.
| Children attended in the nutrition programme | |
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| 2,524 children were admitted to the nutrition programme | |
| Cure rate | |
| 72% | |
| Financial contribution 2012 | €550,000 |
Treatment of leishmaniasis in the district of Vaishali
Leishmaniasis is a disease transmitted by insect bite which can cause death if not treated. India has the highest number of people affected by this disease and the state of Bihar is the main focus.
In this context in 2012, MSF, with the support of Inditex, executed a project to fight the disease in Vaishali distict, effectively treating 10,000 patients in five healthcare centres and the district’s reference hospital.
| Patients treated | |
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| A total of 2,700 patients attended MSF facilities for treatment | |
| Information, education and communication activities | |
| A total of 1,122 health education sessions were held for a population of 33,250 people and a high media presence was obtained, with a total of 39 awareness-raising appearances in the year | |
| Financial contribution 2012 | €450,000 |
