School Libraries Enrichment in collaboration with the Hellenic Book Club
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KPMG ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ Μονοπρόσωπη Α.Ε.
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With more than 51 years of activity in Greece, we provide through 4 companies, integrated audit, tax, accounting, legal and consulting services to Greek and international companies in Greece and abroad.
We employ in our offices in Athens and Thessaloniki approximately 830 people, high-level professionals, with significant and specialized experience. We are a certified company according to the international standards ISO 27001: 2013 and ISO 9001: 2015 while we also have an internal International Quality System as well as a Risk Management System which is applied during the implementation of projects we undertake.
Objective Action
Since 2018, KPMG in collaboration with the Hellenic Book Club (ELBI), enriches lending libraries throughout Greece and especially in affected areas. It is a project of love, culture and social sensitivity which initially started with the perspective of supporting the local community and now, thanks to the sponsorship of KPMG in Greece, it has managed to expand its activity throughout Greece. The ultimate goal of the initiative is for KPMG in Greece and the Hellenic Book Club to strengthen quality education, to provide intellectual stimuli and resources of knowledge to the new generation and to contribute substantially to their spiritual cultivation. To date, KPMG has enriched 16 Lending Libraries in 16 public schools in Greece, offering more than 1430 quality books, selected one by one, to 2716 students and 308 teachers.
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At KPMG we recognize the benefits of quality education and lifelong learning.
Through our actions, we ensure that we promote the 4th goal of Sustainable Development of the UN. for quality education, as it is an inalienable right of citizens living in a modern inclusive society. Although the right to education should not meet geographical barriers, it is a fact that critical areas of Greece have serious deficiencies in schools regarding the educational material that should be provided to children from the school library.
Through our contribution to the work of the Hellenic Book Club we have managed to help both in achieving this goal and in fulfilling the second pillar of KPMG's Corporate Responsibility action for "lifelong learning" as we operate throughout Greece in order to enrich school libraries and therefore to offer intellectual stimuli and knowledge supplies to the new generation, contributing essentially to their spiritual cultivation.
The innovation of the above program lies in the fact that a central management and coordination system has been created for libraries in schools from all over Greece and teachers and parents are given the opportunity to highlight any needs and deficiencies encountered in their place in terms of education. The process of enriching school libraries is not simple, as it is preceded by an assessment of the needs of each place. The selection of books to be given to a school serves exactly the deficiencies and is not done vaguely. In this way, the effectiveness of the work of the Hellenic Book Club is ensured. In addition, the Hellenic Book Club has managed to make the book a social issue and not just a personal one. In addition to the above service that it provides to the schools of Greece, it gives the opportunity to those who wish to contribute practically to its work and to the promotion of the importance of the book, through actions such as the purchase of books from the Hellenic Book Club with the aim of maintaining the sustainability of the club, participating in school library enrichment processes, reading books with the perspective of having a discussion about them, and much more. KPMG executives, thanks to our collaboration with the Hellenic Book Club, have now recognized the importance of the book in people's lives and choose to contribute individually to the above actions as they put the company's values into practice every day and work to create a positive impact on society.
From 2018, when our collaboration with KPMG began, until today, May 2023, 16 lending libraries in 16 schools in Greece have been enriched and upgraded with selected books and materials. Specifically, 1430 quality books have been given to 2716 students and 308 teachers. A work of love, culture and social sensitivity which over time has evolved as follows:
May 2018
€2,850
5th Primary School of Perama, N.Attica, 237 students, 26 teachers, 135 selected books, furniture and library material.
January 2019
€5,550
2nd Primary School of Rafina, Attica, 260 students, 23 teachers, 130 selected books, furniture and library material.
Rafina High School - High School of Attica Prefecture, 580 students, 65 teachers, 140 selected books, furniture and library materials.
March 2020
€10,000
5th High School of Agia Paraskevi, Attica Prefecture, 178 students, 20 teachers, 105 selected books, furniture and library material
6th Primary School of Agia Paraskevi, Attica Prefecture, 294 students, 32 teachers, 90 selected books, furniture and library materials
6th Primary School of Amarousi, Attica Prefecture, 160 students, 24 teachers 105 selected books, furniture and library materials
4th Primary School of Thermi N. Thessaloniki, 240 students, 23 teachers, 135 selected books, furniture and library material
November 2021
€4,425
Lake Evia Primary School, 108 students, 12 teachers, 75 selected books and library materials
Primary School of Rovia Evia, 43 students, 8 teachers, 75 selected books and library materials
