Delivering Better Lives From Argentina to Zimbabwe
08 Diciembre 2015 - 7:00AM
LONG BEACH, Calif.,
Dec. 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UTi Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq:UTIW),
a global supply chain services and solutions company, is proud to
announce that its charitable foundation Delivering Better Lives
(DBL) will be funding the building of a new Out Patients Department
at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. The new department will
make a substantial difference to doctors and nurses as well as the
thousands of people who attend the hospital each week - many of
whom currently have to wait outside, sometimes up to 12 hours,
before being seen.
The project in Bwaila Hospital is one of more than ten new
initiatives due to be launched before the end of the year and will
mean that DBL has supported 40 new projects in 2015, with the
foundation currently funding projects from Argentina to
Zimbabwe.
This year UTi Worldwide team members have run, recycled, and even
eaten 'Freakin Hot Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches' to help raise money
for good causes. As well as these individual efforts, staff from
across all 59 countries in the UTi network took part in the
company's annual Global Walkathon and community week, raising
almost USD 60,000.
The money raised by UTi employees has, since DBL's launch in 2007,
helped millions of people around the world, by funding projects
that contribute to making a difference to local people in the
countries where UTi operates. Some of the programs DBL is currently
supporting include:
- renovating and extending an orphanage in South
Africa;
- funding the implementation of a water storage and
irrigation program in Peru;
- providing school equipment and building a new
library in Bangladesh; and
- rebuilding a children's home, following an
earthquake in New Zealand.
Glenn Mills, DBL Executive Director, said: "At Delivering Better
Lives we believe we have a responsibility to help the people less
fortunate around us. Through the dedicated work of UTi team
members, we work with local communities to find projects which are
making a real difference and identify what help we can provide,
putting in place the infrastructure that allows the benefits to be
sustained over the long term."
For more information on DBL, go
to: http://www.go2uti.com/delivering-better-lives.
About UTi Worldwide
UTi Worldwide Inc. is an international, non-asset-based supply
chain services and solutions company providing air and ocean
freight forwarding, contract logistics, customs brokerage,
distribution, inbound logistics, truckload brokerage and other
supply chain management services. The company serves a large and
diverse base of global and local companies, including clients
operating in industries with unique supply chain requirements such
as the energy and mining, retail, apparel, chemical, automotive,
pharmaceutical and technology industries. The company seeks to use
its global network, proprietary information technology systems,
relationships with transportation providers and expertise in
outsourced logistics services to deliver competitive advantage to
each of its clients' supply chains.
CONTACT: Katie Quinlan
Director, Global Strategic Marketing & Communications
+49 (0) 173 710 6425
kquinlan@go2uti.com
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Source: UTi Worldwide via Globenewswire
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