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REMONDIS helps visually impaired children
The children enjoyed the guests’ visit and performed a dance piece.
Norbert Rethmann presents a donation to the day care centre for visually impaired children in Saporoshje
Children need to have a clear perspective to be able to get through life successfully. For this reason, it is particularly important that young people, who are visually impaired, are given the right support right from the very start. On the occasion of the official opening of a new sorting plant in the Ukrainian city of Saporoshje, Norbert Rethmann, chairman of the supervisory board of RETHMANN AG & Co. KG, who himself has had to wear glasses since he was a child, presented a donation to the children’s home for visually impaired children in the city.
The day care centre for visually impaired children in Saporoshje was originally a project sponsored by the Saporoshje municipal company. REMONDIS was determined to continue supporting this good work. In 2008, therefore, the company used the foundation of REMONDIS Saporoshje and the 90th anniversary of the municipal company as an opportunity to support the kindergarten financially to enable it to purchase medical equipment. At the end of July this year, REMONDIS used the official opening of the new sorting plant in Saporoshje as a further opportunity to donate money to this good cause. |
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The donation will be used, among others things, to purchase urgently needed medical equipment.Besides the main sum donated by REMONDIS, the proceeds from auctioning off Ukrainian souvenirs by the former REMONDIS managing director, Fritz Buchholz, were also added to the amount as well as private donations from the board and the chairman of the supervisory board. With a wink, the donation was explained away by saying the Lord Mayor of Saporoshje, Yevgen G. Kartashov, had symbolically emptied some containers during his visit to FES in Frankfurt without ever receiving payment for this work. Norbert Rethmann has now “paid” for this work by donating it to visually impaired children in Saporoshje. In addition to the donation, the children were given presents such as paint boxes, caps, balloons and sweets. The City of Saporoshje also provided a new water filter and sweets for the children. The children thanked those present by performing dances and songs and showed that they already have quite a clear perspective. They demonstrated to the surprised guests how waste should be separated.