Company: BCDRF
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000891478-25-000054
Chunk: 129

Company: Banco Santander, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 20-F
Chunk 129
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 • In Brazil, we offer volunteering opportunities related to financial education, entrepreneurship, employability and upholding the rights of children, teenagers and senior citizens. The programme also encourages Volunteering Groups, which carry out continuous and autonomous actions, and are a reference for mobilizing and involving other employees through the Volunteering Programme. • At the Corporate Centre, we run initiatives to support the inclusion in the job market, mentoring programmes to help women victims of domestic violence find work, and coaching programmes to prevent early school-leaving. • In Chile, we support students in their transition to higher education through a tutorial programme and give financial education to schoolchildren across the country through the “Misión Ahorro” programme. We also run emergency operations to help build basic shelter for people left vulnerable following fires or earthquakes. • In Spain, on top of local activities that we run at our branches, we execute flagship projects such as the ‘ Finanzas para Mortales ’ financial education programme, where our employees teach financially vulnerable groups; the ‘Santander Natura’ programme, where employees and their families help preserve the environment; and our Pro Bono volunteer programme, where volunteers’ expertise helps solve the challenges that NGOs face so that they can continue to perform their work. • In Mexico, we run numerous volunteering initiatives with a special focus on reforestation and habitat conservation , such as Rally del Ajolote (sporting events and reforestation) and a beach clean-up programme alongside WWF (World Wildlife Fund) México. • Through Santander Tuiio, we delivered financial education sessions in schools to elementary education children on personal finance basic concepts, as well as delivering the financial health book "My first steps in finance".

64 It includes the social contributions of the foundations linked to the Group.

65 Based on the People Helped internal methodology, which considers international best practices. Calculated with partners’ certified data or with conservative estimates based on recognized conversion factors.

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Financial education Financial education is a key component of community support. It aims to boost citizens’ financial skills by providing the necessary tools and information to understand products, concepts and financial risks for better use and decision-making. Santander promotes financial education through several initiatives that target the general public, with tailored content based on age and needs to foster financial inclusion and better financial health. In addition, and