The Special Award for Established Long-term/Strategic Partnership Between Business and Civil Sector (joint award for company and association/foundation) was presented to AVON Macedonia and the Association Crisis Center Hope Skopje.

AVON Macedonia and the Crisis Center HOPE worked in partnership to increase the public awareness on family violence through the implementation of the project “Speak Out on the Family Violence”.

Namely, AVON Macedonia launched a special line of products marked with the “infinity” sign and the funds raised from the sales of these products were used for the activities to combat family violence. 12 workshops in 5 cities in Macedonia were organized with the aim to discuss the ways on how to identify family violence and mechanisms for its prevention.

As a result of this project, the family violence victims were provided with psycho-social rehabilitation and were also educated on the opportunities for their financial independence along with the possibilities for social re-integration. Bravo!