MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
Impact Report as of Sept 30, 2022
The founders of Unify Dots came back together as entrepreneurs to ensure they could give back to society by helping children of poor families gain an education and have a seat at the table of the world. Each child that gets removed from the cycle of poverty by education has a multiplier effect of 6 people as the child then goes on to work, provides shelter and removes a family out of starvation and homelessness. In addition, we focus on providing humanitarian assistance to areas impacted by natural calamities, disasters or unforeseen circumstances. We have committed to donating over 25% of our profit to charitable causes. I am pleased to report the following impact we have been able to create around Humanitarian Relief in Ukraine, Covid Pandemic assistance in Philippines and India and upliftment through education in India, Philippines and Afghanistan.
Unify Dots is working to ensure that children across the world get access to high quality education.
STEPPING TO SAVE LIVES
In a 100-day program that we started we discussed missions to support with our team. For every team member that walked over 1Million steps over 100 days we provided financial, healthcare and educational support to cover all the costs for 1 year for a child. In 2022, 57 people at Unify Dots competed in this program to help 57 children get a place on the table that they otherwise wouldn’t have.
DISASTER RELIEF FOR PHILIPPINES
When Super Typhoon Odette (also known as Typhoon Rai) struck Philippines, we found that residents in Southern Leyte did not have electricity or any way to communicate with the outside world. We donated solar lamps with plug points to provide ability to power phones and fans so that they could get the basic needs and be able to re-establish communication plus have warmth in their houses. Our team members also collected clothes to help the residents that were shipped along with the solar lamps.
HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOR UKRAINE
Support for Migrant Refugees
We worked actively with our team in Poland and donated funds to purchase items that refugees and displaced Ukrainians needed. We partnered with HelpUkraine Center which has a warehouse in Chelm, Poland and shipped the following products most funded by us and some via donations and help we raised.
- 3,300 Blankets to help with cold weather sourced from Poland to Ukraine
- Medical supplies including first aid kits, medicines sourced from a combination of Poland and Amazon and shipped to Ukraine
- 1 million food kits shipped for Ukraine war refugees
COVID PANDEMIC ASSISTANCE
Food for Day Laborers
We partnered with Lotus Petal Foundation in India and with ABS CBN Foundation in Philippines to provide support and meals to day laborers. We donated funds for 100,000 meals to be provided
Protection for Health Care Workers
At the early stage of the Pandemic, we found that nurses, doctors and other health care workers were looking to get protection while working at the hospitals in Philippines. Since there were no readymade supplies available, we came up with the idea of modifying full face snorkel masks and using them as face shields so that healthcare workers in Philippines could continue to operate in hospitals while being safe. We purchased the masks and worked with doctors to modify masks. These masks were provided in 12 hospitals and 20 other health care facilities in Philippines.
Tablets for Children
Due to the Pandemic, schools were shut down and Lotus Petal Foundation in India was unable to do in-person teaching. To enable shifting to a remote model, we donated 50 tablet devices and also organized an online digital concert to raise funds for the charity. In all, we were able to get tables for every child in Lotus Petal Foundation with funds raised for 550 tablets provided to the school.
Laptops for Faculty and High School Children
Unify Dots has also donated approximately 50 laptops (new or lightly used) to faculty and high school children to allow for more advanced work that cannot be done with Tablets.
Get Children off the Streets
In the Philippines, we noticed that children in Tondo, Manila were playing on the streets where large trucks and vehicles drove endangering their lives. We partnered with Purple Community Foundation to identify a unused space around an area where Trash pickers lived and converted it into a Gym. Above is a picture of the transformation. Unify Dots paid for all the supplies to transform the space into a workable gym to get kids off the street and into a safe place.