It was the giving of a simple gift – a box of personal care products – that brought home to energy professional Laura Sandoval the importance of her work with vulnerable young women and girls. And how this was possible thanks to a company which champions female leaders above and beyond their day jobs.
Sandoval and her colleague Andrea Nicole Arispe, both female leaders at Siemens Energy’s Santa Cruz headquarters in Bolivia, have been able to translate the goodwill of their colleagues into practical steps to support their community. In this case it was in donations and support for women and girls at a local refuge, who received boxes containing scrunchies, hair clips, a water bottle, soap, moisturiser and a wash bag. “These girls live together and don’t have anything they can call their own. To the boxes, we added a message: ‘I am loved’ to remind them that there are people who care about them.”
