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With 75,000 Volunteer Hours, Hanes Celebrates the Seal of Fundahrse

by | Sep 19, 2019 | 2019, People

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PEOPLE

With 75,000 Volunteer Hours, Hanes Celebrates the Seal of Fundahrse

Thursday, September 19, 2019

TEGUCIGALPA, (September 19, 2019) .- Closing a cycle of 75,000 hours of volunteer work, HanesBrands Honduras celebrated, together with its collaborators, obtaining for the ninth consecutive year the seal of the Honduran Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility, FUNDAHRSE. 

Between 2014 and 2019, thousands of collaborators have joined HanesBrands‘ social commitment by being an active part of the comprehensive education, health and environmental programs that the company develops in different communities of Villanueva and Choloma, locations where its manufacturing plants and sewing in this country. 

Together with Glasswing International, Hanes has been implementing for six years an educational program aimed at young people in these cities made up of Extracurricular Educational Clubs made available to the community free of charge and with which thousands of children have benefited. In addition, preventive maintenance, remodeling and decoration of play areas are offered in the four educational centers where they operate. 

“At Hanes we are convinced that education generates changes that transcend the private sphere and positively impact the social and community environment,” said Alejandro Caldera, Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility at Hanes in Honduras. 

Hanes has also developed an ambitious project for 10 years so that its employees can complete their high school education and qualify for a bachelor’s degree through a Continuing Education Program, which has already graduated more than 1,500 employees since it began in 2009. 

Hanes also runs community health programs through the development of fairs within each of the plants and in public schools, through which more than 5,500 consultations are offered free of charge in areas such as gynecology, ophthalmology and dental, to associates. and their families. 

The third component of Hanes’ Corporate Social Responsibility strategy is the environment, a commitment for which it has been awarded for ten consecutive years by the United States Energy Agency (EPA) for obtaining outstanding results in its Star Program of the Energy. 

Hanes has operated in Honduras for more than 28 years, and has in this country clothing and sewing plants for the manufacture of bras, sportswear, T-shirts, silk-screen printed garments and embroidered clothing where more than 9,000 Hondurans work, which represents more than 15% of its workforce globally. 

 

About HanesBrands 

HanesBrands is a socially responsible company, a leader in the underwear and everyday wear market throughout the Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia and the Pacific. The company markets t-shirts, bras, underwear, girdles and shapewear, socks, stockings and sportswear under some of the most recognized global brands including Hanes , Champion , Maidenform , DIM, Bali , Playtex, Bonds, JMS / Just My Size , Nur Die / Nur Der, L’eggs , Lovable , Wonderbra, Berlei, Alternative, Gear for Sports , and Bras N Things. For more information about the company and its award-winning corporate social responsibility initiatives, visit  www.Hanes.com/corporate or the newsroom  newsroom.hanesbrands.com/ . Connect with HanesBrands through our social networks, on Twitter ( @HanesBrands_ESP ) and on Facebook ( facebook.com/hanesbrandsenespanol ).