Roche Hosts 'Children's Walk' to Support Underprivileged Children

On the 13th, Roche Diagnostics Korea and Roche Korea announced on the 14th that they held a donation campaign event, the Children’s Walk, to support underprivileged children at Daechi Yusuji Sports Park in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

Employees participating in the "Children's Walk" held on the 13th by Roche Diagnostics Korea and Roche Korea are taking a commemorative photo.
[Photo by Roche Diagnostics Korea]

The Children’s Walk is a donation campaign supporting underprivileged children that the Roche Group has been conducting since 2003. It is an employee participation social contribution activity where approximately 100,000 employees worldwide walk together every year on June 16, designated by UNICEF as African Children’s Day, to raise charitable funds for improving the health and welfare of underprivileged children. Since the campaign’s inception, 320,000 Roche employees worldwide have participated in donation activities, raising 23 million Swiss francs (approximately 35.4 billion KRW). The funds raised through the walk are used to combat poverty among low-income children living in poor and developing countries, as well as to improve public health and educational facilities.

In Korea, Roche Diagnostics Korea in the diagnostics business sector and Roche Korea in the pharmaceutical business sector have been holding the event annually under the name “One Roche.” This year, about 100 employees participated. In particular, in addition to employee fundraising, both companies added significance by creating a matching fund of the same amount.

Some of the raised donations will be used through the Roche Group’s global charity organization, Re&Act, to support welfare, education, and health projects for underprivileged children worldwide. Additionally, both companies plan to donate funds to the Korea Child Abuse Prevention Association and Raphael’s House to prevent child abuse domestically and support the healthy growth of children vulnerable to disabilities.

Furthermore, for employees who could not participate in the walk due to time and location constraints but wish to express their support for the campaign’s purpose, an event to make infant protective sleep vests will be held. Employees who want to participate will use DIY kits to make sleep vests that protect infants in crisis families from illness and promote warm sleep, which will then be donated to related facilities, gathering support for underprivileged children.

Kit Tang, CEO of Roche Diagnostics Korea, said, “The Roche Group’s Children’s Walk is a charitable event made more meaningful by Roche Korea and Roche Diagnostics Korea coming together as One Roche with one heart. It is very meaningful that all employees nationwide united their hearts so that underprivileged children around the world can enjoy a brighter future.”

Ejaz Azim, CEO of Roche Korea, also said, “I am pleased that this event, which the Roche Group started with the desire to provide even a small help to children in difficult circumstances, was successfully completed again this year. We will continue to strive to fulfill our social responsibilities.”

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