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30th
January 2010
RBC Blue
Water Project Commits $1 Million To Help Rebuild
Haiti Infrastructure
RBC
announced that the RBC Blue Water Project will
commit $1 million to support the efforts of
ONE DROP and Oxfam to provide access to water
and sanitation to the people of Haiti and rebuild
small water and sanitation infrastructure in
the country.
“The outpouring of support by citizens,
governments and companies worldwide to help
immediate relief efforts in Haiti has been overwhelming,”
said Gordon M. Nixon, president and CEO, RBC.
“But we know that the people of Haiti
will need our support for years to come, as
the need for emergency relief subsides, and
the priorities for longer-term solutions become
more clear in the months and years ahead. In
anticipation of the massive work ahead, the
RBC Blue Water Project will support the efforts
of ONE DROP and its partner Oxfam-Québec
in Haiti to fund programs to mitigate the tremendous
water and sanitation challenges faced by the
country.”
As part of an ambitious project developed by
Oxfam-Québec, ONE DROP’s Project
Haiti will be carried out over a three-year
period. Its objective will be to provide sustainable
access to water and sanitation, restore small
hydraulic and sanitation infrastructures and,
through the arts, raise the awareness of thousands
of Haitians on the importance of managing water
soundly. These are all essential conditions
for building a better tomorrow for future generations.
ONE DROP and Oxfam-Québec are currently
working out the details of the project.
RBC is a founding corporate partner of ONE DROP,
with a pledge of $10 million over 10 years to
help fund on-the-ground water projects and awareness
programs as needed around the world. Funding
for this Haitian project will come from that
commitment. RBC has also funded a ONE DROP watershed
protection and conservation project in Honduras
totalling $1.5 million.
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RBC also announced
that on Friday, January 22, 2010, more than
250 RBC employees in Winnipeg, Mississauga,
Montreal and Moncton will volunteer their
time to handle phone donations to support
the Canada for Haiti event. This signature
Canadian event is a one hour live national
broadcast with CTV, CBC and Global, on Friday,
January 22, 2010, airing at 7:00 p.m. EST.
RBC employees will continue to accept Canadian
phone donations during the broadcast of the
“Hope for Haiti Now” benefit organized
by George Clooney, airing on these networks.
The RBC Blue Water Project was launched in
2007 to help foster a culture of water stewardship
in Canada and abroad, and includes a 10-year,
$50 million philanthropic commitment to programs
supporting watershed protection and access
to clean drinking water. Since 2007, RBC has
committed more than $20.48 million in single
and multi-year grants to 155 organizations,
including ONE DROP.
RBC is recognized among the world’s
financial, social and environmental leaders
and is included on the Dow Jones World and
North American Sustainability Indices, the
Jantzi Social Index, the FTSE4Good Index and
the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations
ranking. In 2009, RBC contributed more than
$105 million to community causes worldwide,
through donations of more than $52.6 million,
and an additional $52.5 million in sponsorship
of community events and national organizations.
For more, visit rbc.com/bluewater.
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