OMV Move & Help 2010: Moving On With Reading
OMV, the leading energy company in the European growth belt, continues its education program OMV Move & Help in 2010. With its partner organizations Caritas, the Austrian Book Club and UNESCO, OMV works to strengthen basic education. The focus is on the active reduction of functional illiteracy and severe reading difficulties as well as raising awareness of this subject among the public. In addition, the social, cultural and international diversity of the projects is to facilitate access to education. The projects are realized in the OMV markets of Austria and Turkey.
- Caritas pilot project strengthens integration
- Reading Award and “School Start Philipp” with the Austrian Book Club for Young People
- UNESCO-funded education and reading project in the OMV growth market of Turkey
- Petronella's Colorful World of Oil
OMV Move & Help is already entering its seventh year. As it was at the beginning of the initiative in 2004, the focus is once again on basic education. “With OMV Move & Help we also want to work on equal rights in the education area. Education cannot be a question of origin, gender or social environment. That is why we consciously selected projects that also deal with this subject. Together with our professional partners, we want to draw more attention to this problem and provide real help with our actions,” explains OMV Director General Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer.
Caritas pilot project strengthens integration
Thanks to the support of OMV Move & Help, *peppa, the
intercultural center for girls, will celebrate its first
birthday this May. Young female immigrants from ten to twenty
years old are provided with a meeting place as well as active
learning aids, shared leisure activities and an intercultural
dialog in this Caritas project in Vienna. The free library is
stocked with around 300 books in seven languages and is greatly
appreciated, as is the entire project. This year, readings by
authors and actions by OMV employees will supplement the
program.
Further information: http://www.caritas-europa.org
Reading Award and “School Start Philipp” with the Austrian Book Club for Young People
After the successful joint realization of the recognized
Buddy Reading concept at 40 elementary schools in Austria in
the first Move & Help cooperation, now “
PHILIPP – the Reading Award” is jointly organized for
the first time. Elementary schools, schools at the lower
secondary levels I and II and extracurricular institutions such
as kindergartens, libraries and municipalities from all over
Austria can submit enduring reading projects. International
reading experiences are also evaluated by the jury and
recognized with a total of four awards in the context of a
reading gala event at the end of 2010.
In addition, the successful Book Club magazine Philipp was
distributed to children and parents in an OMV Move & Help
special edition for the registration in September. Among other
subjects, the edition of 80,000 copies will deal with safety
and health.
Further information: www.lese-award.at
UNESCO-funded education and reading project in the OMV growth market of Turkey
A new OMV Move & Help partner is the Austrian UNESCO
Commission. The selected project was founded in Istanbul back
in 1995 and currently supports around 10,000 participants in
the area of basic education and literacy in the OMV growth
market of Turkey. The program, certified and recognized by the
Ministry of Education, is to make reading and writing an
integral part of daily life. The offered courses are expanded
and developed with the support of OMV Move & Help.
Further information: www.unesco.at
Support of the partner organizations and raising awareness among the public
With the support of a total of EUR 330,000 to the aid organizations Caritas, Book Club for Young People and UNESCO, all measures in the context of the Move & Help program go under the slogan “Moving on with Reading”. Accompanying communications measures, activities in the employee area and at OMV gas station as well as the integration of OMV testimonials should also draw the attention of the public to this significant education issue.
Petronella's Colorful World of Oil
Petronella's Colorful World of Oil is an initiative by OMV Exploration & Production GmbH for the education program OMV Move & Help. Petronella, the leading lady of this children's book introduces the reader to the fascinating world of oil. Expect easy reading on the subject, extraordinary pictures to be colored and exciting puzzles!
