Global Language Solutions Blog How Giving Back Brings Our Team Together

Global Language Solutions' parent company Welocalize makes a difference all over the world with its localization and translation work. Welocalize companies are also involved in a number of philanthropic and charitable activities, helping to make a difference everyday.With more than 1,000 employees around the world, Welocalize recognizes that doing more for others in our local communities will benefit us all. Here's a quick insight into some of the activities that Welocalize participates in and the organizations these initiatives support.Translators without Borders: Translators without Borders (TWB) is the world's leading non profit translation organization. TWB works with a community of more than 3,500 translators worldwide to translate more than seven million words per year. The organization aims to allow access to vital information in local languages by providing translations for various non-profit organizations in the areas of crisis relief, health and education. TWB ensures the availability of culturally appropriate and accessible translation services, while raising awareness of the importance of languages as well as building language translation capacity at the local level. Welocalize has been a proud supporter of TWB for many years and is currently a silver sponsor of the organization. Find out more about TWB.Color Me A Cure: Established by Smith and Julia Yewell, The Color Me A Cure Foundation is a non-profit charity that focuses on pediatric art therapy and pediatric oncology programs in developing countries. The charity aims to make funds available to support treatment and programs for pediatric cancers in these countries, where just a few dollars can make a drastic, positive difference to a patient. The Color Me A Cure Foundation understands the importance of holistic mind and body care in a patient's road to recovery, and how engagement in art projects have contributed to the young patients' mental well being and overall healing. By supporting Color Me A Cure Foundation, Smith Yewell, Welocalize CEO and Color Me A Cure co-founder, believes that Welocalize is able to make a difference by helping children with cancer and their families from around the world. Click here to help us support Color Me A Cure.The Asian Project: Welocalize supports The Asian Project, a charity dedicated to redressing the inequality between the much higher numbers of cancer survivors in the United States in relative to a lower number in the developing regions around the world. The Asian Project collaborates with national governments, major hospitals and academic institutions to ensure local medical professionals are equipped with the knowledge and skills to recognize cancers during their early stages and be able to treat them effectively. "By supporting The Asian Project, Welocalize is able to help kids and adolescents with cancer in low-income countries like Ethiopia receive the diagnosis, treatment and care they need, including housing, nutritional and psycho-social support, to patients and their families," said Smith Yewell, Welocalize CEO and member of the Board of Directors at The Asian Project. Click here to support The Asian Project.Rosetta Foundation: The Rosetta Foundation promotes equal access to information and knowledge for the under-served communities in their native languages by collaborating with non-profit organizations across the world. The foundation has developed a web-based Translation Commons (Trommons) for communities and more than 15,000 registered volunteers. Welocalize is delighted to continue its corporate sponsorship of The Rosetta Foundation to maintain this vital service to make contents available in different languages to reach a wider audience. Find out more."My Plate" Garden: The "My Plate" Garden is an initiative run by Seeds of Life (SOL) Nurseries, Inc. in partnership with Frederick County, Maryland Public Schools. With the cooperation of sponsors and volunteers from local businesses, SOL Nurseries is able to install gardens at any interested elementary school in the Frederick County. Welocalize is a proud sponsor of this great initiative, allowing the installation and maintenance of a garden at Parkway Elementary School in Frederick last year. The students were also involved as volunteers. They participated in the planting of the garden, growing and harvesting the crops, connecting them with the agricultural community and giving them the opportunity to contribute to the local community. "With more than 600 employees around the world, we know that doing more for others in our local communities will benefit all of us. We look forward to seeing how the students and garden prospers by taking part with this great initiative," said Smith Yewell, Welocalize CEO.Local Initiatives: Welocalize teams all over the world do crazy, fun things to help others, support the localization industry, raise money and give back to the local communities.• To commemorate Martin Luther King Day on January 19, some of the team at the Welocalize headquarters in Frederick, Maryland, got their hands dirty to help build birdhouses and donated non-perishable food items to the senior citizen food pantry.• In June, Welocalize donated money to the Humane Society of Washington County and the team landed themselves a "Puppy Play Date" with four German Shepherd Mix puppies.• In October, Welocalize hosted a Women in Localization event at the Dublin office, a networking event to bring together like-minded globalization, localization and translation professionals.• Welocalize in Chester, UK, recently baked colorful cakes as a fundraiser for the national BBC Children In Need appeal.To find out how your organization can create a culture of giving, read "Beyond the Giving Season" in the November issue of Global Communicator.Tweet this: On #GivingTuesday and throughout the year .@welocalize gives back to @BBCCIN, @TWBorders, and @ColorMeACure. #Giveback ow.ly/Dt9z306D67z