CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Medanito has a strong commitment with the community and this is reflected on specific facts. Corporate Social Responsibility has always been a key concept within the company’s philosophy.
The company and the people working at it are a sole unit. The concept of people goes beyond of that of a simple ‘employee’. Medanito’s people mean its personnel, their families and the communities in which they live.
Corporate Social Responsibility may sound as a plain academic concept, though not to Medanito. It is a true guideline precept governing the organization.
Money and goods donations. Support to cultural and social projects.
Medanito regularly donates money and other goods to a large quantity of non-profit foundations and organizations within the community. The company has always taken pride in the true involvement with the lofty ideals defended by these organizations. |
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FUNDAMIND
is a non-profit foundation, which aids children in need or in situations of actual risk. (*). |
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Argentina’s Red Cross works actively to prevent and alleviate human suffering selflessly, regardless of political ideas, religious credos or races. (*). |
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The Bank of the Province of Neuquén devotes its efforts to social commitment and creating a thriving community, always protecting the entity’s assets and creating genuine resources to ensure the development of the institution, within a framework of fair and transparent rules in its operations, activities and contributions (*). |
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Cáritas Argentina is in charge of the charitable organization of the Catholic Church. It coordinates and organizes this pastoral trying to create and offer integral responses to the issues related to poverty with a sense of dignity, fairness and solidarity. (*). |
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The Argentinean League fighting Cancer is a Public welfare (non-profit) organization, founded on July 22, 1921. It is an active member of the Union Internationale Contre Le Cancer, of the Argentinean Anti-smoke League and the Association of Latin American Leagues against Cancer and, in said capacity, it’s been responsible for the Latin American Program against Cancer in Argentina. (*). |

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Children’s General Hospital ‘Dr. Pedro de Elizalde’ (former Casa Cuna) currently has a Neonatology Service, six clinical admittance rooms: one for infectious diseases, TB, another one for patients with AIDS and oncology blood diseases, and the remaining three treat several pathologies, mainly gastrointestinal diseases during summer time and respiratory illnesses during the winter season.(*). |

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The Garrahan Foundation is a non-profit private entity that supports the development of the Paediatrics Hospital Prof. Pedro Dr. Juan P. Garrahan. Activities sponsored include medical facilities as well as teaching and researching through human resources training and constant coaching of the health team members.
Further, this Foundation gives support to the social and emotional needs of children and their families
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FUCAVI has been working for more than 20 years with the weaker and less protected communities in search for a real change in the life of their children. This has been achieved by promoting education in order to rescue values such as responsibility, compromise and solidarity and to further attain its development and reach a better social integration. l (*). |
Medanito an the music
By means of respective agreements with the Town Halls, Medanito has created and continues to give support to Music Academies in the cities of Catriel (Rio Negro) and 25 de Mayo (La Pampa). It also cooperates with the Provincial School of Music of the City of Neuquén, through courses given by Mr. Jorge Gabriel Fontenla. |