Nutricia and Milupa of Spain are currently initiating a local Supporting Lives programme in cooperation with ‘Aldeas Infantiles SOS de España’. All Spanish support will be directed to the children’s village in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on the Canary Islands.

About Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Situated on the island of Gran Canaria, in the beautiful Telde area, the village was officially opened in 1999. The village has eight houses and offers a safe shelter to a maximum of 49 children. The director has indicated that there is a need for a facility room for children aged 0 to 4 with psychomotor functional limitations. Nutricia and Milupa Spain join forces to raise enough funds to make this wish become reality.

For more information on the village, log on to www.sos-childrensvillages.org.

Creating Awareness

Nutricia and Milupa launch several initiatives to create awareness and raise the necessary funds;

• Financial sponsoring of SOS Children’s Villages Stand in a Madrid shopping mall, 20 Nov - 20 Jan
• Placement of banners on two major Nutricia and Milupa websites
• Donation of € 0.20 to SOS Children’s Villages for each online Nutricia/Milupa club registration
• Encourage employees to volunteer for SOS Children’s Villages
• Special fundraising and employee collaboration events in January and May 2007
• Company purchase of SOS Children’s Villages Christmas cards

Employee Collaboration

Internal donation campaigns:

• Voluntary donation by employees of the value of the Christmas Box (November)
• Voluntary donation by employees of the value of 1 ticket restaurant per month (year-round)
• Voluntary donation by employees of school materials for the SOS children (end of December)

Project Team

Company sponsors of the Supporting Lives initiative are:

Enrique Bermejo
Managing Director of the clinical division

Gerd Loewen
Managing Director of the baby division

Ana Beltrao
Project Support

The Spanish Supporting Lives Project Team is made up out of:

• Marta Martin (Ambassador), CRM Baby food
• Julia Cachero, Marketing Clinical
• Maria Angeles Criado, Human Resources

L-R: Maria, Marta, Julia