{"id":998,"date":"2021-10-05T13:13:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T17:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/?post_type=resource&p=998"},"modified":"2021-10-05T19:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T23:12:20","slug":"deloitte-aiding-communities-affected-by-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/resource\/deloitte-aiding-communities-affected-by-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Deloitte: Aiding Communities Affected by the Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
Deloitte, a USCIB member, has released its 2021 Global Impact Report<\/a> – A year of connection, action and impact. At the onset of the report, Deloitte Global CEO Punit Renjen noted “Deloitte understands and embraces its responsibility to lead by example, to drive change through cooperative efforts, and to innovate to overcome challenges. Deloitte\u2019s focus during the past year has been on deploying our global capabilities to help clients respond, recover and thrive; on enabling our professionals to stay healthy and perform at the highest levels possible; and on helping communities bounce back so that people everywhere have access to opportunities.” Read below to see how Deloitte has demonstrated this in India and Brazil.<\/h5>\n

Deloitte has confronted the COVID-19 pandemic as an organization that strives to take care of its people, as a trusted adviser to clients, and as a corporate citizen committed to making an impact in the communities where we live and work. Around the globe, our people continue to support health care and humanitarian-response efforts aimed at recovering and rebuilding from this crisis.\u00a0Since the onset of the pandemic<\/a>, Deloitte firms and their people have donated money and time to nonprofit organizations, purchased and donated resources and medical equipment to local hospitals, and supported government responses.\u00a0Our people\u2019s stories<\/a>\u00a0are not just inspiring, but they also are a testament to how each of us can make an impact every day.<\/p>\n

Deloitte\u2019s community outreach in India and Brazil\u2014two nations hit hard by the virus\u2014illustrate the breadth of our efforts.<\/p>\n

At its peak, India\u2014where about 50,000 Deloitte professionals live and work\u2014witnessed more than 200,000 new cases daily, overwhelming its public health system. In response, Deloitte launched an innovative initiative called \u201cSanjeevani Pariyojana\u201d (The Life Project) to \u201cexpand the hospital ward.\u201d Developed by the state government of Haryana in collaboration with Deloitte, this suite of interventions provided those with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms the care they needed to recover at home. This helped to create capacity at hospitals to treat critical-need patients. Based on its success, the initiative was expanded to multiple districts across India and may be introduced in Africa.<\/p>\n

Deloitte also collaborated with the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, and the CEOs of large US companies to source and help deliver life-saving medical supplies and assistance to India. Deloitte provided project management and communications support and contributed 1,000 oxygen concentrators. More than 25,000 units were delivered thanks to donations from Deloitte and other multinationals.<\/p>\n

Much of Deloitte\u2019s charitable donations were directed toward United Way in Hyderabad. Donations supported critical-care infrastructure at 10 charitable hospitals in Hyderabad, Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai, and helped create 250 additional hospital beds for COVID-19 patients. Deloitte continues to work with United Way in Hyderabad to support the lives and livelihoods of families impacted by the crisis.<\/p>\n

In Brazil, the pandemic has taken about 600,000 lives to date\u00a0<\/a>and amplified the country\u2019s food insecurity and hunger crisis. Since the beginning of the crisis, more than half of households have experienced some level of food insecurity. In response, Deloitte Brazil launched the \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u201cImpacto Solid\u00e1rio\u201d (Solidarity Impact) donation campaign, collaborating with community organizations to provide food for 13,200 families. Deloitte Brazil extended the impact of this campaign by engaging the Brazilian Institute of Independent Auditors and the CEOs of other Brazilian audit firms to raise awareness and donations to address the hunger crisis. Our colleagues in Brazil also worked alongside people representing more than 400 companies to support the \u201cUnited for the Vaccine\u201d initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1006,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","resource_category":[9],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"resource_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource_category?post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}