#VoithCares

Children and adolescents in Haiti receive financial funding as part of the #VoithCares program for a tree planting project to plant a total of 1,000 trees. The trees are valuable for the local population for several reasons: They serve as erosion control and help mitigate the impacts of climate change in Haiti. Additionally, children and adolescents can finance their education through the later sale of the planted trees.

In the economically underdeveloped East Pokot region of Kenya, educational opportunities for children and young people are scarce. However, education is key to breaking the cycle of poverty and improving prospects for employment and income. Voith supported the school in the village in 2023 to improve the water supply for the 120 students. The following year, with the help of a Voith employee on-site, a solar panel was installed at the school to ensure availability of electricity and lighting.

The Njobvu Cultural Village Lodge is a communal initiative of several surrounding village communities to generate income and raise awareness about the importance of preserving the valuable resources of the Liwonde National Park for tourism. The #VoithCares donation was used to provide meals for the kindergarten, where 150 children eat daily, and to repair houses for elderly people to prevent water intrusion during the rainy season.

Voith supports Einstein Motorsport, a dynamic team of students from the Ulm University of Applied Sciences that develops a racing car with an electric drivetrain and competes in international contests. In this way, we foster the innovative spirit of young adults – particularly in the area of sustainable and future-oriented technologies – and contribute to the development of their practical skills as well as to the promotion of science and research in the STEM field.

Voith in Ipoh organized an event to donate a sustainable aquaponics system to a special education school in Malaysia. Fifteen intellectually challenged students actively participated in the event, engaging in hands-on activities such as transplanting plants and feeding fish. These activities aimed to familiarize them with concepts of sustainable development, healthy eating and STEM education while highlighting the significance of urban agriculture and its positive impact on environmental protection.

Employees from Voith in Ipoh organized a STEM workshop for children and young adults at a local orphanage in Chemor, Perak. The event aimed to ignite curiosity and passion for STEM through interactive, hands-on activities. Additionally, Voith donated essential supplies to support the orphanage. The project engaged 40 children ages 5 to 19.

Voith was proud to award Theater Arts for Everyone (TAFE) in York, Pa. with a $1,000 #VoithCares donation for fiscal year 2023/2024. TAFE is a community theatre focused on the mission of giving everyone the opportunity to be involved in, educated about, and entertained by the art of live theatre. TAFE believes that everyone can benefit from what theatre arts can teach and is committed to serving those who are not always involved with theatre, such as seniors and people with disabilities.

Located in São Paulo's Jaraguá district, the Catavento Project is committed to combating child labor by offering educational activities to children and teenagers ages 7 to 16. The project's team actively reaches out to children engaged in child labor. With the consent of their families, the project provides after-school activities while also assisting families through a monthly stipend and helping them secure employment opportunities. Sponsored by Voith since 2023, this project serves over 80 children in the district.

In 2023, Voith China collaborated with the Ed-Ability Center for Child Development and the Shanghai Pudong New Area ZhongBang Public Service Center to launch a series of initiatives to support children with autism.

In 2022, Voith in India dedicated their efforts to supporting children's education. In collaboration with the Shri Adwait Pariwar Foundation, they funded the construction of three classrooms at the Adwait School and a lecture hall featuring desktop computers, laptops, and specialized equipment to enhance the learning experience of children with disabilities. These facilities have added qualitative momentum to the holistic development of the children, empowering them to reach their full potential.

"Collect together, help together." With this motto, Voith employees in Ravensburg, Germany held a donation campaign for a local food bank in December 2022. The number of people who visit the food bank to cover their daily needs has increased noticeably, and our Voith colleagues were eager to help. Food, hygiene products, and monetary donations were collected. After the success of the previous year, the initiative was repeated with equal enthusiasm in 2023.

The Voith Scholarship aligns with Voith's efforts to support young people in their development. In cooperation with AFS Intercultural Programs, Voith offers an international scholarship program for children of Voith employees. The aim of this scholarship program is to encourage and promote young people to gain intercultural experience and practice inclusion at an early age.

For the fifth year in a row, Voithians supported a holiday project to help children in need. In 2023, Voith employees once again volunteered to fulfill holiday wish lists for children from low-income families in Heidenheim. Over the past five years, Voithians have made 700 children's dreams come true by providing items such as toys, school supplies, clothing and more.

In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Voith North American D&I team hosted a fundraiser in October 2021 that inspired Voithians across the region to donate approximately 3,000 items and $2,000 to 13 nonprofits in their local communities. More than 15 Voith sites participated in the fundraiser.

Voith Paper employees in Neenah, Wisconsin held a food drive at the end of 2021. Due to the increased need for food in the community, a local nonprofit, St. Vincent DePaul, decided to expand its services and open the first food distribution in the Neenah area. Voith Paper employees quickly agreed to support this new community project.

Sponsored by Hanns-Voith-Foundation, Voith China launched the “Nurture the Future” book donation campaign. More than 1,100 books were donated to an elementary school in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, with strong support from Voith China employees.

Voith is a founding member of the association Wissensfabrik - Unternehmen für Deutschland e.V. (Knowledge Factory - Companies for Germany). Together with more than 130 companies and foundations nationwide, Voith is committed to making Germany ready for the future. How do we do this? By promoting innovative start-ups and by getting children and young people excited about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), as well as economic thinking and action. 

Hurricane Laura, which rolled into northeast Louisiana as a Category 1 hurricane in 2021, left a path of devastation behind it. One place particularly hard hit was Kiroli Park, a municipal park just 15 minutes from Voith’s West Monroe, Louisiana facility. Voith in West Monroe was honored to support the cleanup.

Voith North America was proud to serve as a gold sponsor of the 2022 Junior Achievement of South-Central Pennsylvania’s second virtual Inspire event, to help students in grades 7-12 increase their awareness of potential career paths in STEM and the trade industry.

In 2022, Voith North America awarded 14 children of Voith employees each a 2,000 USD scholarship towards continuing their higher education or technical training. The annual Voith North America scholarship program benefits eligible children of Voith employees in the U.S. and Canada. 

What began as a personal mission for one employee, inspired an office-wide, team effort to support the training of seeing eye service dogs. The Seeing Eye is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers to raise puppies to become seeing eye dogs. As a part of a Voith team member’s volunteerism as a puppy raiser, the entire Voith Turbo team in York, Pa. has continuously stepped-up to help expose puppies to new people and experiences while spending their days at the office.

Voith Paper North America was a sponsor of the 2022 Smart Girls Rock! – an event that inspires students to consider careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Members of the Voith team were on hand to tell students about Voith and the types of STEM careers the company offers. As a learning exercise, Voith team members also led students in a game, which introduced the concepts of eliminating waste and improving efficiency in a manufacturing setting.

Since 2006, the music project “A Música Venceu” (“Music Won”) has offered violin lessons as a music introduction course for students of the Friedrich von Voith State School, located in the Jaraguá neighborhood, near Voith’s plant in São Paulo. The project gave rise to the first classical music school founded by the Fundação Bachiana Filarmônica (Bach Philharmonic Foundation). The Voith Brazil Foundation is proud to be a sponsor of this project.

The public school's history is closely connected to the social responsibility and cultural inclusion initiatives sponsored by the Voith Brazil Foundation near Voith’s plant in Jaraguá.

The Voith Brazil Foundation sponsors the Voith Formare program, which annually offers apprenticeships and professional training to financially disadvantaged teenagers enrolled in public high schools from the Jaraguá neighborhood. Since 2006, more than 300 students have benefited from this social program which prepares young people for their first job.