There are almost 200 corporate foundations in Poland today. The Citi Handlowy Kronenberg Foundation, which was among the first institutions of that kind, consistently sets the trends in corporate social responsibility and remains the leader of programs linking volunteers with people in need. During the thirteen editions of the #CitiVolunteers program, it has organized nearly 2200 projects, reaching almost 278,000 people.

Whether a trip is a success or not depends hugely on a positive attitude. It’s difficult to enjoy it, though, if the taxi driver is late and your hotel room looks nothing like the photos. Thankfully, such situations belong in the past.

Does the name of the program, “Business in Women’s Hands”, ring a bell? And what would you say to those numbers: 210 participants, 164 companies established within 4 years, of which 145 were running an active business in April 2018. All of that is possible thanks to the Business in Women’s Hands program and the idea of the Foundation for Female Entrepreneurship, plus the fact that the Citi Foundation and the Kronenberg Foundation at Citi Handlowy decided to pursue it a few years ago.

The initial working title of this piece was “What a student can learn from a banker” but if you think about it, more often than not it is modern banking learning from students, housewives or pensioners.