"Donations Instead of Gifts": Sartorius supports peoplein the Congo

For Christmas, Sartorius is supporting an aid project that improves health care for people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The company’s donation of 85,000 euros will go to action medeor e. V., the European medical aid organization, which is supplying 14 health care facilities, among others, in this African country with medical equipment and nutritional supplements. Groups of rebels, refugee influxes and unstable economic development have caused many people in the Congo to depend on humanitarian aid.

"As a life science group, Sartorius contributes to the development of new and better therapies and affordable medicine. Through our donation, people in the Congo can be provided with life-saving medicines, medical personnel can be trained, and access to drinking water can be improved. In this way, we directly support medical care for people in need," says Petra Kirchhoff, Head of Corporate Communications.

“In the name of action medeor, we would like to thank Sartorius for its great donation to our emergency relief in the DR Congo. The project is funded by the Federal Foreign Office and provides important aid, which I saw personally while visiting the project. The health workers’ daily struggle for the well-being of their patients, with only very limited resources available, is incredible,” said Christoph Bonsmann, member of the Executive Board of action medeor and pharmacist.

As part of the "Donations Instead of Gifts" initiative, Sartorius is supporting an aid organization from the medical and pharmaceutical sectors for the sixth time, foregoing Christmas presents for customers and business partners. Moreover, Sartorius promotes further charitable initiatives at several company sites: For example, the company has been donating to an SOS Children's Village in Bangalore, India, which gives orphaned children access to medicine and education. This year, 46,000 euros were made available for this purpose.

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