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Employees help make a dierence in the lives of
young people through the Johnson & Johnson
Bridge to Employment (BTE) program.
The Terai Arc forests in Nepal provide resources for nearly
 million people and are vital to the survival of endangered species.
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Mentors like Deborah Coburn,
Manager, Sales & Operations
Planning, LifeScan, Inc.,
encourage high school students
to pursue higher education
while introducing them to
career opportunities in
health care.
“Students work alongside
business colleagues and
develop critical skills that will
help them in college and
beyond,” says
Deborah .
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), in partnership with Johnson & Johnson and the United States
Agency for International Development, promotes community conservation and improves health
and family services for  families. Household bio-gas plants, in all, were built to provide
clean cooking fuel. This also reduces wood use by metric tons and carbon dioxide emissions
by  tons annually.
“We help people understand links between conservation and the health and livelihood of
communities,” says Shubash Lohani, WWF Deputy Director, Eastern Himalayas. Projects are also
under way in Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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by Johnson & Johnson in
partnership with the Task
Force for Global Health as the
first program to focus solely
on the global treatment and
prevention of STH.
CWW partners with
governments and
organizations in eight
countries to stop reinfection
through hygiene education
and access to improved
sanitation and clean water.
“You must have a prevention
component or children will be
continuously reinfected,” says
Kim Koporc, CWW Acting
Director. “The prevention
component breaks the cycle.”
Johnson & Johnson began
donations of mebendazole in
 through CWW in
Bangladesh, Cameroon,
Uganda and Zambia.
In , CWW expanded to
Cambodia, Cape Verde,
Lao People’s Democratic
Republic and Nicaragua. As a
result, these countries have
greatly expanded their
deworming outreach.
Cameroon now reaches all of
its  million school children.
Nicaragua expanded its
program to reach all children
 and under.
“The support of
Johnson & Johnson has
been fundamental in
improving the health of our
children and increasing
performance in
school,” says
Dr. Martha Reyes,
Director of
the National Immunization
Program at the Nicaragua
Ministry of Health.
Ultimately, CWW aims
to eliminate intestinal worms
in countries where it currently
works and to expand
donations to other countries.
“Our vision is to rid the world’s
children of intestinal worms
so they can grow, play and
learn,” says William Lin,
Director, Corporate
Contributions,
Johnson & Johnson.
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“The program enriches the lives
of young people, who go on to
share their experiences with
many dierent individuals.”
BTE, in partnership
with the Academy for
Educational Development,
has reached more than
 students since.
It is active in the U.S., Colombia,
Ireland and Scotland, and is
expanding to Brazil, the Czech
Republic and Spain in .
The Company’s
legacy of giving
is guided by Our
Credo responsibility
to communities.
We work with
hundreds of partners
worldwide to make
life-changing, long-
term differences in
human health.
Learn more at www.
jnj.com/ourgiving.
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