PBZ Group, part of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, as part of its humanitarian project “I Do Good Every Day” and Visa Cards with a Heart, donated EUR 49,700.00 to the Međimurje Community Service Center. This is the 99th donation from the PBZ Group as part of this project, and the Center used the donated funds to purchase an electric vehicle.
On the occasion of the donation to the Međimurje Community Service Center, Dinko Lucić, President of the Management Board of Privredna banka Zagreb, said: “In the PBZ Group, we are strongly committed to corporate social responsibility, which is an integral part of our daily activities and support for the community.
We have been confirming this commitment for many years through the “I Do Good Every Day” project and the Visa Card with a Heart, within which we donate 10 cents for each transaction to projects to help children and young people – at no cost to card users. So far, we have donated more than 5 million euros in this way and made a total of 99 donations to hospitals and children’s homes across Croatia.
In cooperation with the Ministry of Labor, Pension System, Family and Social Policy, we have also launched a new project “Helping Children, Helping the Earth”, which also includes an ESG component for environmental protection. As part of this project, we donated this new electric vehicle to the Međimurje Center, which enables safe transportation of users, greater availability of services in the community, and at the same time contributes to environmental protection. We are proudly moving forward towards our 100th donation.”
The Međimurje Community Service Center is a social welfare institution established in 2023 with the aim of developing and providing social services to children without adequate parental care and to families who, due to certain unfavorable circumstances, need professional help or other forms of support. By providing social services of half-day stay, organized housing and psychosocial support, the Center takes care of almost 150 users from the Međimurje County.
“From the very beginning of its operations, the Međimurje Center has focused on ensuring the greatest possible availability of its services to users, so we already operate in six locations, while we provide psychosocial support services in family homes throughout the county. In addition to experts, we also need vehicles for this, and therefore the purchase of this electric vehicle is of immense importance to us. We would like to sincerely thank the PBZ Group for giving us additional impetus through this donation for the further development of our services and their greater availability to users; thanks to this, we can do even more good every day,” emphasized Andrea Krznar, Director of the Međimurje Community Service Center.
Source: PBZ