Corporate Responsibility
The Lemongrass Culture Committee strives to enact positive change in the world. We empower our employees to have a greater impact on their local communities through volunteering and giving. Our employee-driven social responsibility programs provide time and funding support to nonprofit organizations around the world.
Below is more information of all our charitable organizations and the progress of our outreach activities:
Global
Global Fund for Children partners with community-based organizations around the world to help children and youth reach their full potential and advance their rights. Lemongrass partnered to support Do It for the Kids (DIFTK), who step in to ensure that Children living in Zimbabwe’s Ngozi Mine- a landfill site, have access to basic education.
North America
Pajama Program Center offers a comforting bedtime routine, resources and promotes a healthy sleep education to children nationwide. Lemongrass supports children facing adversity by providing story books and pajama’s to help with bed time routines and healthy sleep.
Ronald McDonald House provides necessary living and meal assistance to allow families to focus on the medical care of their child. Lemongrass partnered with the Atlanta, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania Ronald McDonald Houses where we provided meals to families in need so they could stay focused on the medical care of their children.
EMEA
Ronald McDonald House provides a free and welcoming ‘home from home place’ to stay for families with children being treated at nearby hospitals. Lemongrass sponsored the running of the Ronald McDonald House in Oxford.
World Wildlife Fund collaborates with people around the world to develop and deliver innovative solutions that protect communities, wildlife, and the places in which they live. Lemongrass partnered with the WWF to support farmers in planting and protecting over 100 native trees.
India
The Shelter Progetto India Charitable Trust provides both long and short-term homes to vulnerable children who need care, protection, and a safe environment. Lemongrass sponsored the cost of admission and transportation for 5 children to attend a local private school. We also supported Shelter Progetto in aligning a psychotherapist with children who have been through trauma.
Delhi Youth Welfare Association strives to enlighten underprivileged children about the significance and importance of education. Lemongrass sponsored 40 children by providing them with course books to improve and aid their learning experience.
Turkey
Gündoğdu Rotary Club established the Gizem Erten Children’s Palliative Care Unit. Lemongrass donated funds to assist the building of the first palliative children’s unit in Turkey.
Malaysia
Ronald McDonald House creates programs to improve the health and well-being of underprivileged children. Lemongrass sponsored meals for a month to the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz so they could stay focused on the medical care of their children. We also sponsored children and their families to visit the Kuala Lumpur Aquarium.
Philippines
Food for Hungry Minds provides education by creating schools for disadvantaged children in the poorest areas of the world. Our Philippines team supported Food for Hungry minds where they packed boxes full of school supplies and health kits for local underprivileged children.
Australia
Ronald McDonald House provides a wide range of programs to support the needs of seriously ill children and their families, Lemongrass provided 3 nights of accommodation to a family staying at the Ronald McDonald house in Sydney. Lemongrass also contributed to the “Gift a Night” program to support seriously ill children and their families.
The Smith Family helps children in need create better futures for themselves through long-term support for their education. Lemongrass sponsored a disadvantaged child to help them get the most out of their time at school so they can achieve their educational goals.
South Africa
The Baby Box Project provides a box of essential baby items to underprivileged new mothers. The Lemongrass South Africa team partnered with the Baby Box Project making holiday gift bags for disadvantaged mothers and babies in need.