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SOCIAL COMMITMENT

EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT

Mellby Gård is committed long-term to several key community initiatives that aim to strengthen
education, research and community development. The Group supported several organizations
and initiatives in this area during 2024.

Teach for Sweden recruits and trains graduates to become qualified teachers, the aim being
to create an equal school in which all children can reach their full potential. Lärargalan
(Teachers’ Gala) celebrates teachers as role models, helping to raise the status of the profession
through awards and seminars. The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences promotes
collaboration between research, business and the political sphere, driving innovation and
sustainable development. The Center for Business and Policy Studies is an independent forum
for fact-based dialogue and research on current societal challenges.

Mellby Gård’s long-term support is both a financial investment and an investment in
people, ideas and knowledge. By supporting these initiatives, Mellby Gård wants to be part
of the solution to a number of societal challenges. Collaborations like these provide better
opportunities for future generations, with better prospects of a more sustainable and
competitive society as a result.

NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH HELP TO HELP

Mellby Gård initiated a multi-year collaboration in 2024 with Help to In addition to scholarships, the foundation also offers the Help to
Help, a charitable foundation that enables young talent in Tanzania Help Academy program, which helps students prepare to enter the
and Uganda to engage in academic studies. The foundation provides labor market. These initiatives enhance students’ opportunities to
financial support, thus contributing to long-term change for individu- educate themselves and gain a foothold in the world of work.
als and the communities in which they are active.
Through this collaboration, Mellby Gård wants to help create a
In East Africa, only a small proportion of young people go on to sustainable future in which more young people have the opportunity
higher education, which is putting the brakes on the region’s devel- to shape their lives and their communities. It is an investment in
opment. Help to Help supports students in professions critical to people’s potential and in a more equal world.
society, such as medicine, engineering and agriculture. These are
areas that offer great potential to create positive change. Since the Everyone having the right to a
foundation’s inception in 2010, over 850 students have graduated good education is fundamental
with its support, with many of them now working for sustainable
development in their local communities. in a society

“We look forward to working with Help to Help to lay the founda-
tions for more young people to fulfil their dreams and, with that, help
ensure a better future for the whole region,” says Johan Andersson,
Chairman of the Board of Mellby Gård. “Everyone having the right to
a good education is fundamental in a society.”

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