COMMUNITY IMPACT Bridging the education gap in Brazil Meeting the needs of local communities Showing support for Ukraine refugees ABADEUS Centro de Inovação Social [ABADEUS Social Innovation As costs continue to rise due to in昀氀ation, food banks have seen an Thomson Reuters recognizes employees who’ve demonstrated an Center] is the 昀椀rst Social Innovation Center in Santa Catarina, Brazil. increase in demand. To help with this global issue, our employees extraordinary commitment to volunteerism with its annual Carla The relationship between ABADEUS and Thomson Reuters started continued to support food banks through volunteer events and Jones Social Impact Award. Recognition is a testament to the power with campaigns to support children for an annual Christmas party. collection drives. In Minneapolis-St. Paul, over 300 volunteers of individuals to drive change. Afterwards, a more effective partnership began, which resulted packed over 101,000 meals through an annual event with Feed My The winner of this year’s award is Agnieszka Podgorska, who in volunteering that directly contributed to the improvement and Starving Children, continuing our partnership with the organization organized a group of nine colleagues to travel to the Polish-Ukrainian transformation of families. that has spanned over a decade. border to help refugees 昀氀eeing Ukraine. During their visit, the team Throughout the year, Thomson Reuters employees supported ABADEUS In Dallas, Texas employees packed over 30,000 meals for the North volunteered over 200 hours, working to provide meals, purchase through various educational and professional volunteer events. Our Texas Food Bank. Employees in London participated in two food groceries, and more. Agnieszka also set up a crowdfunder, which employees were involved in the 昀椀rst robotics class for 18 youth from drives to collect boxes of food to donate to the Newham Food Bank. raised nearly $10,000 to purchase food, clothing, and electronics to the neighboring municipality of Içara, carried out by ABADEUS in As part of Global Volunteer Day, volunteers in Torreón, Mexico took help refugee children continue their education. In recognition of her partnership with ACII — Association. Students from this program also a grassroots approach and assembled over 100 breakfast kits and efforts, Thomson Reuters made a $10,000 donation to Ukrainian received a lecture and guided tour of our of昀椀ce in Brazil. In addition, 42 delivered them to those in need around the city. Children, an organization currently aiding in Ukraine refugee relief. employees received training in agile methodologies and lectures for professional development, which resulted in more quality education for students served by the institution. To date, over 450 participants have bene昀椀tted directly, and over 1,300 indirectly, from the support of Thomson Reuters volunteers. This partnership continues to help support a promising future for the vulnerable families assisted by ABADEUS. 27 REUTERS/Go Nakamura