The Lyoness Child & Family Foundation

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Preserving life through education –
The Lyoness Child & Family Foundation
Earn a profit with Lyoness and also help others: Every penny spent
supports the social
projects of the Lyoness Child & Family Foundation
In the middle of 2007 Lyoness decided to launch a
charity that could benefit from the huge Lyoness
shopping community and in May 2008 the Lyoness
Child & Family Foundation was born. Active use of
the Lyoness Cashback Card, the Cashback Online
Shopping and the Mobile Cashback not only saves
money, but also supports people in need with every
purchase made: A fixed percentage of these sales
goes automatically to the Lyoness Child & Family
Foundation and helps them to realise social
projects.
The aim of the Lyoness Child & Family Foundation
is to help people in need to get qualifications to
improve their lives. Lyoness members are not only
part of a huge shopping community but also active
partners in a strong social network.
Help at home and around the world
The Lyoness Child & Family Foundation knows no boundaries. Poverty is
not only on your own
front doorstep, but the world over. For this reason the Lyoness Child
& Family Foundation splits
the donations: 50% remains in Austria and is used to help people in
need get qualifications, to
raise public awareness and offer security. The other 50% goes towards
international projects.
“I am really pleased that it took such a short time to get from the
idea stage to actually making a
difference” says Hubert Freidl, the CEO of Lyoness International AG
regarding the foundation of
the Lyoness Child & Family Foundation. “Preserving life through
education” – that is the
philosophy that we, together with our partners, want to achieve and to
make a real lasting
difference for people in need.”
Corporate Social Responsibility
The social responsibility of a company for what is happening in the
world – with Lyoness this is
connected with a unique quality and dynamic: It’s not only the
signature at management level
that makes it possible to help people live a dignified life, but also
every single person that enjoys
the benefits of Lyoness. Lyoness is much more than just a company:
Lyoness takes
responsibility for their employees’ actions, and shares benefits with
others. Members who are
not just purchasing goods, but taking responsibility for their own
actions, are part of a new
consumer culture. Every Lyoness member and partner can enjoy being
part of such a
responsible shopping community, knowing that they are benefiting
others and are thinking of
their fellow men.
International Projects
A school as a social meeting place for young and old.
In 2010, the Foundation has committed itself to a special
international project: Under the title
“Lyoness Education Programme”, a school will be built in its own
grounds in Honduras, the
second poorest country in Central America. This project will serve as
an adult training centre
and a social meeting place, proving that the well-being of the entire
community was the focus
for this project.
Help for orphans in Tanzania
The Child & Family Foundation enabled the start of the building of two
orphanages in Tanzania
by donating 70,000 Euro. Lyoness decided that, together with the
international help organisation
“Youthcare International“, they would help to build the orphanages
that will give 80-100 children
a safe place to live. To date, one of the orphanages is complete, one
of them is a shell, and two
planned houses are still to be started. 48 children now have a safe
refuge.
3 Projects for children and their future in Mexico
In accordance with the philosophy „help others to help themselves“ the
Lyoness Child & Family
Foundation has been supporting another project in Mexico since
February 2009.
• Dining hall in Santa Maria
Just 5 minutes away from Santa Fé lies Comedor Santa Maria, a dining
hall for children of all
ages who can’t get healthy and nutritional food at home. 150-200
children are provided for daily
– from baby bottles to full nutritional meals for school children.
• Temporary orphans – Infant Foundation
At the Infant Foundation children and young people, whose parents are
imprisoned, find a
refuge when there would otherwise be no-one to care for them. More
than 40 boys and girls live
together in a huge house with two professional Carers – some for just
a few weeks, some for
several years. There is a school not too far away which the children
attend. With qualifications,
once the children leave the Foundation they will have the necessary
skills to give them a head
start in their lives.
• Best education with the Meyalli-School Concept
In the school association Civil Meyalli children have the opportunity
to get a real career. The
main aim of the school is to give the children independence.
National Projects
• Disabled Dancers Compete in Dance World Championships (Slovakia)
• Drawing Competition on International World Children’s Day (Romania)
• “As High as the Sky” - Festival & Art Course for children (Hungary /
Romania)
• “Strong as a Bear” – Prevention Against Child Abuse (Austria)
• Flood Help from the Community (Hungary)
• Education as a Bridge to a New Life (Slovakia)
• Children Help Children (Poland)
A bike for a good cause
„Rolling for Charity“ is another Child & Family Foundation project. By
renting the designed
Harley-Davidson Fat Boy, money is raised with every kilometer, and
this will go towards helping
the Child & Family Foundation projects. This Charity Bike was stripped
down to basics and
given a special tuning. As well as being impressive as a motorbike,
the Fat Boy also looks
fantastic – the Child & Family Foundation design was artistically
airbrushed onto the bike. This
exclusive motorbike, a symbol of the philosophy as well as a means of
transport, will be used
for big Lyoness events and can be hired from Clocktower Harley
Davidson & Buell Graz, on
Kärntnerstraße.
And a song for a good cause
The song “The Miracle of Lyoness”, sung by pop star Nina Stern, not
only reflects Lyoness with
its contents, and proves the Lyoness philosophy of a community being
strong together, but also
raises money for the project in Honduras. Every download and every
purchase of the CD goes
directly to the Foundation to help with their social projects.
Each Project chosen by the Lyoness Child & Family Foundation, is
chosen using the following
criteria, which ensures a fair decision process:
 Compliance of the philosophy and the principles
of the Foundation
 Assurance that it reaches the targeted people
(families, groups, communities etc., not single
individuals)
 Feasibility of the project with regard to time,
place, financial and other resources
 The transparent need and urgency of the
projects
 Long-term, sustainable benefit for the recipients
and for the geographical surroundings
 Complete submission of the documents
For a project to be considered by the Lyoness Child & Family
Foundation, an application must
be made via the application form online, in either German or English.
Contact Foundation
Mag.(FH) Nina Passegger
Director Lyoness Child & Family Foundation
c/o International Office Foundation
Kärntnerstraße 9, A-8020 Graz
Tel.: +43 (0) 316 / 70 77 681
Mobile: +43 (0) 664 / 34 56 883
Fax: +43 (0) 316 / 70 77 17
E-Mail: off...@lyonessfoundation.org
www.lyonessfoundation.org