Polish Employees Help Colleagues Flee Ukraine Poland has received more than 3 million refugees from Ukraine, more than all other countries combined. Employees from all three Boeing sites in Poland have helped colleagues from Kyiv find safe shelter and amenities, with all the means to continue their work. “I thank all our colleagues for their truly outstanding display of humanity,” said Rafal Stepnowski, head of Government Relations at Boeing Poland. How Boeing Employees Helped Each Other: • Initiated employee aid efforts from Polish sites in Gdansk, Warsaw and Rzeszow when the crisis emerged and continue to respond to needs as they emerge. • Enrolled schoolchildren, found COVID-19 boosters and sourced veterinarians for pets. • Transformed a former gym in Gdansk (Northern Poland) into a room filled with supplies for colleagues from Ukraine, offering everything from hygiene products and clothes to strollers and children ’ s games. • Purchased and collected essentials in Gdansk, where supplies were still available, and then drove eight hours south in a rented car to deliver them to Rzeszów, near the Ukrainian border. • Provided warm meals to refugees via a Boeing Warsaw employee, who drove to the border with her family food truck to serve refugees waiting in line. Colleagues supplied the necessary provisions, cleaning supplies and dishes. • Helped organize 1,000 accommodations for refugees in cooperation with the local technical university in Rzeszow to support the high volume of incoming refugees. • Picked up people in Ukraine with their cars to compensate for overwhelmed public transport close to the border, some directly welcomed into employees’ homes. How Boeing Assisted Employees in Need: • Providing resources via the Employee Assistance Program for Boeing Ukrainian colleagues. • Offered hotel accommodations and then transitioned to individual apartments. Ukrainian colleagues on arrival in Poland were given a prepaid Boeing credit card to buy basic necessities — food, clothing, over-the-counter medicines and toiletries. • Supporting fundraising and donations, including Boeing gifting $2 million for those displaced by the conflict, by matching qualifying employee donations made through YourCause, Boeing’s employee engagement portal. Top: Anna Samchuk, a Boeing employee from Kyiv, stands in a room at the Boeing site in Gdansk that is filled with clothes and supplies donated by her local colleagues. (Boeing photo) Bottom: Boeing employees carry supplies to a shelter for Ukrainian refugees in the Polish city of Rzeszów. (Boeing photo) 2022 Sustainability Report 26 Contents People Introduction Communities Operations Reporting Approach & Governance Products & Services
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