Deutsche Telekom 15 169 Social Days were held in 2011 in Germany, with 3,524 employees participating. In 2010 T-Mobile Czech Republic also expanded its volunteer activities in collaboration with the VIA Foundation. Seven employees of the Czech sub- sidiary had worked together with external experts to train a total of 170 NGO employees at PR and human resources workshops by the end of 2011. the initiative was launched in 2009 we have backed 200 projects and reached over 50,000 children and young people. By the end of 2011, fund- ing had totaled around EUR 2 million. More than EUR 500,000 has again been allocated for 2012. Partnership with DKMS. Telekom supports DKMS, the German bone mar- row donor center, in the struggle against leukemia. For 16 years we have run a typing program to identify suitable bone marrow donors and covered the cost of typing for our employees. In 2011, 19 typing campaigns were held at 11 Telekom sites in Germany and 855 employees were newly registered in the bone marrow donor database. In all, more than 6,000 Telekom emplo- yees have volunteered for typing. Developing skills for the young and old. Supporting over 50,000 children and young people. Telekom’s “Yes, I can!” initiative boosts skills that enable children and young people to cope with the demands of everyday life and shape their lives successfully and effectively. In 2011, Telekom again funded a large number of projects for children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. A jury se- lected 87 projects from among more than 850 applications. We sponsored each of the winning projects with a maximum of EUR 15,000. A focal point Award for “taking responsibility”: In November 2011, Deutsche Telekom won an award for its engagement@telekom platform. The platform received a special award in the corporate volunteering category in the 2011 European Change Communications Award competition in Salzburg, Austria. UN Decade Award. On February 28, 2012, the “Yes, I can!” initiative re- ceived its second award in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. “Internet—it’s not a question of age” competition launched. We consider facilitating cross-generational participation in new media as one of our company’s core obligations. That is why, in February 2012, Telekom launched the “Internet—it’s not a question of age” competition together with BAGSO, the German association of senior citizens’ organizations, and klicksafe, the EU initiative for greater online safety. We aim to promote projects and measures targeted at helping older people use the Internet. The competition was launched on February 7, 2012, Safer Internet Day, with Kristina Schröder, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Seniors, Women and Youth as its patron. Five projects were granted prize money of up to EUR 5,000 in the catego- ries of “consultation and training” and “online offers.” A special prize was awarded as well. Internet mentorships started. In October 2010, we asked our employees to get involved as Internet mentors, a request that was met with great inter- est. Some 400 employees have signed up to help people learn how to use the Internet and mentor them as they take their first steps. The program, which was initially set up to address seniors, was extended to immigrants in 2011 at the suggestion of a Telekom employee. In 2011, Telekom employ- ees conducted over 100 Internet seminars for seniors and immigrants in Hanover alone. Equal access to education. of the competition in 2011 was “fair society.” We asked applicants to sub- mit projects that promote mutual respect and tolerance, whether it be film projects dealing with social marginalization, intercultural plays or work- shops on non-violent communication. Empathy and the ability to deal with conflict are key skills when it comes to making a future for oneself. Since Free Internet access for 34,000 educational institutions. As part of our Telekom@School infrastructure project, we offered to permanently in- crease the DSL bandwidth at some 34,000 general education and voca- tional schools in Germany from a maximum of 6,000 kbit/s to up to 16,000 kbit/s in April and May 2011. There was no charge for the switch-over or for subsequent use of the Internet.