INDIANAPOLIS, May 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of Eli Lilly
and Company (NYSE: LLY) volunteers from its operations worldwide is
on the ground in Thailand, working
with a local hospital and health volunteers as part of Lilly's
Connecting Hearts Abroad global employee volunteer program. A
second team of volunteers will depart next week to serve in
Ghana. Nine more teams of Lilly
volunteers will deploy throughout 2016 to serve with local partners
in impoverished communities across four continents.
Through Connecting Hearts Abroad, one of Lilly's flagship
volunteer programs, employees volunteer for two weeks in low- and
middle-income countries across Africa, Asia
and Latin America, collaborating
with local partners to better understand the challenges faced by
these communities, including access to quality care. Many of the
volunteer teams apply specialized skills in patient education,
information technology and other disciplines to help advance the
goals of local health partners. This video highlights the work of a
Connecting Hearts Abroad team that volunteered with the Lilly NCD
Partnership in Brazil last
September.
Growing Network of Partners
Lilly continues to expand
its network of Connecting Hearts Abroad partners. In 2016,
Connecting Hearts Abroad volunteers will work alongside these
leading organizations in these areas:
- Cross-Cultural Solutions in Thailand, Ghana, Tanzania and Guatemala, on programs that focus on health,
education and caregiving;
- A Fresh Chapter in Peru, a
program in which Lilly volunteers are cancer survivors or primary
caregivers;
- AMPATH in Kenya, on a program
that focuses on cancer care;
- The Lilly NCD Partnership, which focuses on improving diabetes
outcomes. These partners include:
- The Institute for Children with Diabetes and the Medical
Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul -
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
in Brazil
- Public Health Foundation of India, Population Services International and
Project HOPE in India
- Carlos Slim Foundation in Mexico
- Donald Woods Foundation and Project HOPE in South Africa.
About Connecting Hearts Abroad
Each year, Lilly sends
at least 100 employees from its operations worldwide to volunteer
in communities that often lack access to basic resources, including
quality health care. Through this program, ambassadors have the
opportunity to see the world through a different lens—and to share
their experiences with colleagues to help Lilly become a better,
more globally aware company.
Nearly 1,000 Lilly ambassadors from about 60 countries have
devoted more than 64,000 hours of volunteer service through
Connecting Hearts Abroad since the program began in 2011.
Multimedia Resources
Learn more about Connecting
Hearts Abroad and Lilly's commitment to corporate responsibility
through these online resources:
- Connecting Hearts Abroad 2016 Facebook Album
- Video: Connecting Hearts Abroad Overview
- Video: Connecting Hearts Abroad in India
- Connecting Hearts Abroad Ambassador and Partner Blogs
- Lilly 2015 Integrated Report
About Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly is a global
healthcare leader that unites caring with discovery to make life
better for people around the world. We were founded more than a
century ago by a man committed to creating high-quality medicines
that meet real needs, and today we remain true to that mission in
all our work. Across the globe, Lilly employees work to discover
and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve
the understanding and management of disease, and give back to
communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. To learn more
about Lilly, please visit us at www.lilly.com and
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