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The idea took flight after enterprise risk consultant Amirali Batada took a year’s sabbatical from Deloitte two years ago. He volunteered with the Aga Khan Foundation’s economic development projects in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The effect he had – helping hotels develop corporate social responsibility policies – so impressed his employer that it asked him to develop a program for other Deloitte employees to do volunteer work.
Deloitte tried out a pilot project last year, sending seven employees on the fellowship before rolling it out to all staff this year.
Read more about how companies may be investing in volunteering in the time of recession, at Globe Investor.
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