Our Social Impact

PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL CHANGE

Approximately 2.7 billion people, nearly half the world's population, exist on less than $2 a day, with about 1 billion of them living on less than $1 a day. And while the nations of the world collectively produce enough food to feed every person on Earth, the latest estimates reveal that more than 850 million people-roughly one in eight-do not get enough food to lead healthy, active lives.

Meanwhile, diseases of the developing world continue to exact a terrible toll: malaria, for example, is estimated to kill one African child every 30 seconds.
DC GROUP's involvement in social impact work is motivated by eye-opening facts such as these. Because we possess expertise that is capable of making a difference, we are compelled to work with humanitarian organizations to impact local communities and the world at large.

At the global level, we have chosen our areas of focus based on the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. These goals establish targets for combating poverty, illiteracy, disease, and other challenges facing the world's poorest people-all by 2015. Working in these areas, we have been privileged to partner with the World Food Programme, Save the Children, and several organizations in the global health arena.

At the local level, each DC GROUP office chooses its own initiatives and finds organizations with which to partner. Our local social-impact work includes launching a cancer care hospital in Hong Kong, starting a transformation effort with the school district of Chicago, improving the operation of a German zoo, and helping an organization that works on behalf of troubled youths in Sweden.

For detailed information on the social-impact work we have undertaken globally and locally, please read our latest Making a Difference report or visit our Social Impact Practice Area pages.