Humanitarian aid
In a year marked by calamities and pandemic, BB Foundation's performance in initiatives of the Humanitarian Aid Program stands out
In December 2019, BB Foundation created the Structured Humanitarian Aid Program, aimed at supporting actions to assist people in situations of social vulnerability due to occasional or chronic disasters and/or emergency situations.
Calamities
From the second half of January 2020, heavy rains hit the states of Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo, causing floods and destruction in several municipalities that resulted in thousands of homeless people.
Within the scope of this Program, BB Foundation opened exclusive accounts to receive donations from individuals or legal entities, which raised more than BRL 764 thousand in voluntary donations made by almost six thousand people. In addition to the amount raised by the campaign, BB Foundation transferred BRL 1.25 million of its own resources to support more than 25 thousand people affected by the floods.
The accountability of the donated resources was made available by BB Foundation for public consultation through the website https://enchentes.fbb.org.br/ .
Another extreme weather event hit, in June 2020, the state of Santa Catarina. The natural phenomenon, called bomb cyclone, caused damage in 207 cities in Santa Catarina.
In order to mitigate these impacts, BB Foundation allocated BRL 632 thousand of its own resources to meet the basic and urgent needs of approximately 10 thousand people, in 13 cities.
In November 2020, BB Foundation, in partnership with Sesi Amapa, participated in another emergency action in the country. The interruption of the electricity distribution service in Amapa worsened the situation of vulnerability of the population. In order to guarantee minimum conditions of protection for families impacted by the blackout, BRL130 thousand in own resources were allocated to the purchase and distribution of drinking water, food and hygiene products for 1.000 Amapa families.
The action also included the purchase of fuel for the operation of two generators, received as a donation, which pumped water along 7 uninterrupted days.
Covid-19
On 03.20.2020, the National Congress decreed the state of public calamity with effect until 12.31.2020, by means of Legislative Decree No. 6/2020, due to the public health emergency related to the occurrence of the pandemic of the new coronavirus (Covid-19).
After the state of public calamity in Brazil was decreed, BB Seguros and Banco BV, companies of Banco do Brasil conglomerate, in addition to Cooperforte credit cooperative, allocated funds to BB Foundation in the amount of BRL 40 million, BRL 15 million and BRL 1.5 million, respectively, to support actions to prevent and combat the coronavirus, made possible by the creation of the “Protect and Save Lives” campaign.
In addition to these funds, 20.800 voluntary donations were also received - exclusively through digital channels, from individuals and companies, through transfers in current account or credit card, which totaled 1.1 million.
The campaign served people in situations of social vulnerability and sought to support, preferably, those belonging to the risk groups of the Covid-19 pandemic. The funds were used for social assistance, food, health care, purchase of supplies, personal protective equipment and medical and hospital equipment, among others.
The “Proteja e Salve Vidas” (Protect and Save Lives) campaign served 1.7 million people in all Brazilian states.
Also within the scope of the Protect and Save Lives campaign, it is worth mentioning the action carried out with about 4 thousand family farmers, who became the suppliers of a good part of the inputs distributed to 55.6 thousand families, positively impacting more than 220 thousand people with 110 thousand basic food baskets distributed. The investment was BRL14.2 million.
Check out in the video how the support to producers and communities in the Green Belt of São Paulo was: https://youtu.be/EOO6CYuagQU
BB Foundation also signed an agreement with the Civilian Household of the Federal Government to enable emergency actions to combat and mitigate the effects of the coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic. With this partnership, the Solidarity Crowdfunding project was launched, an initiative linked to the Federal Government's Voluntary Homeland Program to support non-profit institutions that work with vulnerable groups of the society. The project made it possible for BB Foundation to receive voluntary donations from private resources, from individuals and companies, to carry out actions for the delivery of food, hygiene items, cleaning and personal protective equipment (PPE), among others. BRL 5.9 million was the invested amount, which served more than 180 thousand people in 104 Brazilian municipalities.
Among the various actions aimed at combating the effects of the pandemic, BRL 2.5 million donated by the BV bank were destined to Instituto D’Or de Gestão de Saúde Pública - IGSP (D'Or Institute for Public Health Management), to assist in the maintenance of the Parque dos Atletas Campaign Hospital, installed at Barra da Tijuca for emergencies, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ). The funds were used to cover part of the monthly remuneration of health professionals and employees who worked at the unit. The hospital beds have expanded the capacity to care for patients in the public health network in the municipality, victims of Covid-19.
In partnership with Votorantim Institute, an entity with experience in working in social projects related to the health area, BRL 2.5 million were invested in the acquisition of medical and hospital equipment, PPE (N95 masks, gloves, among others) and 70% alcohol gel, which met the needs of eight institutions (hospitals and research centers) directly involved in combating the effects of the pandemic.
This initiative resulted in the distribution of about 1 million personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves and aprons; 45 devices for medical-hospital or scientific use, and 287 liters of 70% alcohol gel.
Another important partnership was established between BB Foundation and the Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights. With the Solidarize-se campaign, BRL 160 million was transferred to 2,106 Long-Term Care Institutions for the Elderly - LTCFs from all regions of Brazil, supporting the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and allowing the protection of more than 68 thousand elderly people assisted by these institutions.
The Solidarize-se campaign enabled the acquisition, by the partner LTCFs, of inputs, medicines and basic safety and hygiene equipment, in addition to adapting spaces to promote the isolation of patients.
Reinforcing transparency in the use of funds raised and destined for its socioenvironmental actions, BB Foundation carried out in 2020 the rendering of accounts both to society in general and to its institutional partners/donors, publishing on its internet portal the values, municipalities, quantity of families and/or participants served.
Check resource usage at: https://coronavirus.fbb.org.br/
