Spain, Portugal, France, Argentina, Mexico… and now Colombia! Volies now has a presence in six countries with its own local team, in addition to the local and regional experience developed over the years.
This March, we are taking another step forward with the opening of a new subsidiary in Colombia, headed by Emilio Sierra as Regional Director for Latin America, from where we will be able to promote volunteering in Colombia in a more intense way.
This new stage consolidates our long trajectory in Latin America for the last decade, with a significant presence of Voluntare Network partners, as well as the development of projects with numerous companies in Latin America since Volies.
All of this with the firm purpose of accompanying organisations in promoting social change from within, through the strength and capacity of their teams as the driving force for change, mainly through corporate volunteering.
Colombia tour
At Volies we have been working for some time to promote volunteering in Colombia in depth with organisations such as Fundación Bolívar Davivienda, Fundación Nutresa, Colectivo Traso, Wom and Fundación Bancolombia, among others.
As well as developing other activities in the country in collaboration with some of our international clients, such as Fundación Telefónica and Repsol.
On the occasion of the opening of this new local office, we have visited these projects for a week in which we have been able to share with all of them, in addition to work meetings and meet their companies in person, various discussions and experiential experiences of some of these projects.
Such as the work being carried out in Comuna 13 by Nutresa volunteers, or the conversation with entities of the Aflora project promoted by Fundación Bolívar Davivienda.
The opening of this new office in Colombia will allow us to further intensify our presence and roots in the country.
Glocal spirit
This is how we started 2024 with a team of 31 people of 9 different nationalities working in 11 cities around the world.
A diverse, plural and “glocal” working spirit: seeking the greatest positive impact around the world, but always taking into account the particularities of each culture and environment. Working with local organisations rooted in each city of the world.
This is precisely one of the values that has characterised Volies since its creation more than 10 years ago. A network of trust with more than 400 social, civic and citizens’ organisations around the world that serve all kinds of groups and causes: climate crisis, children, youth, people in situations of social vulnerability, refugees, migrants, people with disabilities, elderly people with unwanted loneliness.
To understand the needs of the environment at all times, and to offer companies collaborations aligned with their sustainability strategies and social and environmental commitments, long-term, high-impact relationships that generate benefits in both directions.
With this objective in mind, we launched Volies 10 years ago in Valencia, with the aim of promoting corporate volunteering, a field that was somewhat incipient in Europe at the time. Today Volies is a leader in this sector in Spain and Europe, and has expanded its range of action to other areas such as diversity management, communication with social impact, citizen participation and other forms of activation for social transformation.
Moreover, after a decade of activity, Volies is now part of the innovative B Corp company model, with an international presence, and continues to be committed to being a benchmark for a sustainable and regenerative business model that contributes to mitigating the major social and environmental problems of our present and future.
