Day 1: Empanadas, salsa and a visit to Reckitt Benckiser Colombia
Friday 30 September 2011 by Sarah Gillett
Feeling the tropical heat meant that I had finally arrived in Cali, which has a much warmer climate than Bogota the capital.
Feeling the tropical heat meant that I had finally arrived in Cali, which has a much warmer climate than Bogota the capital.
Save the Children’s partnership with Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has been recognised in the Corporate Engagement Awards, held in London on 19 July 2011.
After traditional speeches by the local people and an emotional one from Sandra, the parade started: a brass band, dancers to Pink Floyd as well as Beethoven.
Our path went through grass, bushes and the vegetation was getting richer remebling more a tropical forest, the closer we came to the small rivers which cross the valley.
‘I can’t believe a week has flown by and so much was accomplished! I am filled with many emotions that no words would do justice describing.
The RB volunteers are starting to see the impact of their hard work on the two creches they’re renovating in north-east Brazil.
Day 3 of the RB Global Community Challenge and the RB volunteers are making good progress with the creches and meeting some of the local children.
It’s day two for the community challenge volunteers from RB Global Challenge 2011 as they continue to renovate creches in north-east Brazil.
This week and next, 64 Reckitt Benckiser employees from 33 different countries are arriving in Brazil for this year’s RB Global Challenge in aid of Save the Children. Two of the volunteers recount their first day.
The team are now back in Delhi and preparing for their flights home, exhausted but happy. I had a quick chat with our RB global challenge organiser Sandra, who filled me in on their last few days…