History

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For years, Quiksilver and Roxy have been actively engaged in charitable activities, both locally and globally. Quiksilver recognises the concept of corporate social responsibility and benevolence. We want our philanthropic work to have impact beyond what we do as one company and believe that we can do this by coordinating the support of other organizations and individuals. The Quiksilver Foundation was formed to bring all of Quiksilver’s charitable giving under one umbrella. The Foundation commenced its activities as a private foundation in October of 2004.

With offices in Europe, Australia and America, Quiksilver has the capability of reaching people worldwide. Quiksilver has the vision of making a difference to community and environment through the Quiksilver Foundation.

The Quiksilver Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to benefiting and enhancing the quality of life for communities of boardriders across the world by supporting environmental, educational, health and youth-related projects.

The Quiksilver Foundation has a commitment to improve the quality of all our lives.

We desire to benefit:

Local Communities, including schools, local charities through support and outreach programs;

Major special projects and organizations sharing our focus on children, education, science, oceans and the environment.

Foundation projects

Kynarou SoWater

This year, the Quiksilver Foundation decided to become the partner of the association Kynarou on a project called “So Water”. Founded in 2004, Kynarou would lead projects to help the social and economic development of disadvantaged villages in the South of India, overall in the Tamil Nadu State. “So Water” is a 2 years project which should begin in July 2011. It has to fulfill 3 main objectives:

  • the improvement of water access of the local populations (12% of Indians cannot access drinking water),
  • the reinforcement of the autonomy of the local inhabitants
  • the diffusion of awareness campaigns about a good working knowledge of hygiene in order to reduce the propagation of diseases

 To reach these aims, several actions will be implemented in 3 villages selected according to their hydraulic installations conditions. On the menu: building of structures to clean up water, creation of collective toilets and an educational stage on the responsible management of water will be provided for children and population to make the effects of this project sustainable.