Giving Back  |  02.15.10

At FIJI Water, we believe in doing well by doing good. Through our FIJI Water Foundation, we support significant initiatives that provide Fijian communities improved access to clean water, health care, and education — not to mention our longstanding large-scale environmental efforts.

With such humanitarian commitment established as a benchmark, giving back is a notion that permeates the company. At FIJI Water, employees around the world are encouraged to contribute to charities of their choice through Roll Giving, a program supported by Roll International, FIJI Water’s parent company. Last week, a special ceremony held at the FIJI Water office in Naikabula, Lautoka, honored the employee giving that has become such a valued part of our corporate culture in Fiji.

This year marked the third year of the employee grant program. Launched in mid-2007 with just three named charities, the fund has since grown to include more than 20 organizations identified by FIJI employees. Through this donation infrastructure, FIJI Water gives its salaried, Fiji-based employees $250-$1,000 USD to put toward causes that are important to them.With 100% employee participation, last week the FIJI Water family in Lautoka, Yaqara, and Suva gave away more than $52,000 FJD to benefit 22 local charities. We were privileged to have 16 representatives from these charities attend the commemorative giving ceremony. The organizations supported by Roll Giving include the Veilomani Boys Rehabilitation Center, Fiji Society for the Blind, Treasure House Children’s Home, Golden Age Home, Fiji Crippled Children’s Society, Dilkusha Girls Home, SPCA, Fiji Cancer Society, Homes of Hope, and Save the Children. It’s all a part of FIJI Water’s ongoing commitment to be a better business, a better employer, and a better neighbor by giving back to the communities in which we work and live.

Read more about the Roll Giving Ceremony:

Fiji Times: Workers Pitch In

Fiji Sun: Water Firm Boosts Charities