Chennai: FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company, has announced that more than 3,200 members of its team across the Indian Subcontinent, Middle East, and Africa region, have volunteered more than 11,000 hours since July last year for its volunteering platform.
The initiatives are part of FedEx Cares, the company’s giving and volunteering platform and in India, activities included spending time at centers with differently-abled children, helping build homes with Habitat for Humanity (an NGO), road safety events with SafeKids India, and planting saplings in local communities, etc, said a release.
“Across the world, FedEx team members volunteer thousands of hours each year to make our local communities better places to live, work, and play. Through FedEx Cares, we are committed to supporting the communities we serve through strategic investment of our people, resources, and networks. We seek to create value wherever we operate by connecting communities across the globe with possibilities,’ said regional president of FedEx Express Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa, Jack Muhs.
Between 2016 and 2020, FedEx is investing $200 million in more than 200 communities around the world through the initiative, added the release.