Deutsche telekom 9 #supportive with the “yes, i can!” initiative, we support projects and institutions that promote independent, confident behavior in children and young people between the ages of 9 and 14. the initiative particularly focuses on supporting organizations that work in difficult social environments. we have already reached more than 50,000 children and young people in germany with a sponsorship volume of eur 2.5 million. the “yes, i can!” initiative entered its third year in 2012 and was recognized for the second time in february by the education for sustainable Development un Decade. soCiety. ConneCt the unConneCteD. the “yes, i can!” initiative is the perfect example of an initiative that puts one of the focal points of our involvement in society into practice. we want to enable as many people as possible to participate in the knowledge and in- formation society. we want to connect the unconnected. we have compiled our broad range of activities revolving around social commitment under the roof of the engagement@telekom program. in 2012, we focused our involvement on projects for which our employees volunteer. we had sponsored more than 300 employee projects by late 2012 – in day care centers and schools, for the environment and many more. we donate up to eur 250,000 a year to these types of projects. we also give our employees the opportunity to work together on-site, using our social Days to volunteer for a good cause. 14,829 telekom employees did volun- teer work in 2012, e.g., as part of one of the 380 social Day. we also get our apprentices and students on cooperative degree programs to participate in targeted initiatives such as the “responsibility wins!” competition, for which around 700 participants submitted over 80 concepts in 2012. first prize went to a team from rottweil, germany that developed a concept to make telekom shops barrier-free. Our engagement@telekom platform was also a focal point of the collabo- ration with our international subsidiaries in 2012. the agenda at the cr manager network meetings with representatives from 20 international subsidiaries featured workshops and sharing best practices on how to put engagement@telekom into practice. involvement beyonD Corporate borDers. Our social commitment involves collaborations with a number of partners. Our employees’ volunteer activities breathe life into these partnerships. a good example is our partnership with Dkms, the german bone marrow Do- nor center, which we entered into in 1994. 7,465 telekom employees had been typed as potential bone marrow donors by late 2012; total monetary donations for typing measures came to more than eur 410,000. thanks to the stem cells donated by 64 telekom employees in germany, patients were given a new chance at life. the millionen lauf charity run that we initiated brings together the ideas of promoting health and social involvement. it is currently the largest charity run in germany. more than 41,000 participants from all over germany ran more than one million kilometers combined, earning donations in the mil- lion euro range from telekom for the “bilD hilft e.v. ein herz für kinder” charity organization. another example of our efforts to open up opportuni- ties for as many people as possible is the “go your way” grant and mentor- ing program initiated by the Deutschlandstiftung integration (integration germany foundation) where we provide content and technical support. the goal of the program is to promote the integration of young, talented people from immigrant backgrounds. sponsoring stem subjeCts throughout germany: the DeutsChe telekom founDation. the Deutsche telekom foundation is currently one of the largest german corporate foundations with funding capital of eur 150 million. it is dedi- cated to improving education levels in the stem subjects (science, tech- nology, engineering, and mathematics) throughout germany. for example, the Deutsche telekom foundation and the little scientists’ house founda- tion held the “inquisitive minds” project competition for day care centers in 2012. the jury selected five winning projects from among the 1,135 applica- tions received, each of which received eur 5,000. We take responsibility. • Our engagement@telekom program compiles our broad-based • social commitment under one roof. each year, we donate eur 250,000 to non-profit organizations for which telekom employees volunteer. • Our donation policy, which we revised in 2011, regulates our company’s donation activities. • we have supported more than 350 projects since 2009 through • the “yes, i can!” initiative, reaching more than 50,000 children and young people. employees can submit requests for support for their volunteer activities via an online platform. we had sponsored more than 300 projects by the end of 2012. • a team from rottweil, germany won our annual trainee competition, “responsibility wins!” in 2012. • we also honored dedicated employees on international volunteer Day in 2012, including “life savers” as part of our partnership with Dkms, the german bone marrow donor center. “Yes, I can!” InItIatIve has reached more than 50,000 chIldren and Young people sInce It was launched.