A generous gift of €5,000 for children and families supported by SOS Villages d’Enfants Monde in southern Ethiopia
On 31 May, around twenty employees of Forvis Mazars took part in the 18th ING Night Marathon Luxembourg. Following on from an initiative launched at the 2023 marathon, the management and employees of the audit and consultancy firm wanted to turn the race into a wonderful opportunity for solidarity by joining forces with SOS Villages d’Enfants Monde, humanitarian partner of the famous sporting event for the fourth consecutive year.
In the end, this action resulted in a generous donation of €5,000, which has just been passed on to the NGO. As in 2024, the aim is to support a major humanitarian project set up following a prolonged drought in southern Ethiopia, which has had a severe impact on pastoral communities, leading to malnutrition among young children and severe food insecurity. In three years, Forvis Mazars has raised €12,532 for populations at risk of starvation, whether in the far south of Madagascar or in the Oromiya region of Ethiopia.
On 9 July, the Shadow Board of Forvis Mazars, made up of young employees involved in the company’s strategy, welcomed Anne Schweizer and Lisa Forrler, respectively Partnership Manager and Communications and Fundraising Officer at SOS Villages d’Enfants Monde, to its Luxembourg offices for a friendly cheque handover ceremony. The representatives of the NGO presented the progress of the beneficiary project in Ethiopia and spoke about a new three-year project focusing on resilience. This project is being developed in the Oromiya region to continue the work already underway. They warmly thanked the Shadow Board and complimented the runners.
The €5,000 will support this multi-faceted project running since 2023 in the southern region of Oromiya. Set up by the local SOS association, it has already helped to improve the health and nutrition of young children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, and to ensure the protection of displaced women. It has also helped to restore families’ livelihoods and food security (sustainable gardening with moringa trees and nutrient-rich vegetables, goat rearing, bee-keeping, selling produce on the market, etc.) and to improve their economic situation by setting up savings and credit groups.