RB Delivers a Hole in One with Golf Day Fundraiser
£274,000 funds raised for Save the Children
2 July 2015, Slough, UK - In its eleventh consecutive year, RB, the largest global health and hygiene company and makers of products such as Dettol and Harpic, has generated £274,000 in support of Save the Children from the RB Charity Golf Day fundraiser event held in Wentworth, Surrey. This is the largest fundraising sum which has been raised at the annual event since it started in 2004.
These funds will contribute towards RB and Save the Children's vision, announced in 2013, to help stop children dying from diarrhoea. Last year, RB committed £6.5million towards this ambition - and a significant amount of this money was raised by RB colleagues and partners. Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of death among children under five and every year 567,000 children die needlessly from this preventable disease. Save the Children and RB are working in partnership to dramatically reduce this devastating death rate.
Justin Forsyth, Chief Executive of Save the Children said: "Our relationship with RB has developed into one of the most ambitious and innovative collaborations between a business and NGO globally and we are incredibly grateful for their on-going support. Money raised through the RB Charity Golf Day will help fund programmes in Nigeria, Pakistan and India, which aim to save thousands of children's lives by preventing unnecessary deaths from diarrhoea."
Rakesh Kapoor, Chief Executive of RB, adds: "Diarrhoea is a silent killer of children under five years old and RB is committed to helping tackle this complex health and hygiene issue through both development and market based solutions."
Since the partnership began in 2003, RB has helped Save the Children reach over 1.5 million children.
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Notes to Editors:
ABOUT RB
RB is the world's leading consumer health and hygiene company, We work with the best people to challenge conventional thinking and keep giving people innovative solutions for healthier lives and happier homes, through our brands like Nurofen, Strepsils, Mucinex, Dettol, Lysol Finish and Vanish.
For more information visit www.rb.com
ABOUT SAVE THE CHILDREN
Save the Children works in more than 120 countries and helps to save children's lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential. For more information visit: www.savethechildren.org.uk
ABOUT THE SAVE THE CHILDREN AND RB PARTNERSHIP
Save the Children's partnership with RB first launched in 2003, has raised over £23.5 million to date and reached 1.5 million children. Save the Children and RB are combining expertise and skills to target the devastating global death rate from diarrhoea in children under five with programmes in India, Pakistan and Nigeria.
