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Helping people to help themselves - for a better life in CEE
We foster and support socially disadvantaged children, young people and women in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
Our focus is on education as the most sustainable investment in the future.
About the CEE Charity
We are a Corporate Volunteering Initiative of Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI)
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Tax-deductible donation
As an association that supports charitable projects in Central and Eastern Europe, donations to us are tax-deductible in Austria.
Our successes so far
over 100 projects
12 countries
over 6.8 million Euro donations
for 18 years
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Our Footprint
As CEE Charity, we are active in the same region as Raiffeisen Bank International. In other words, in the 12 markets in CEE where there are RBI network banks. Russia and Belarus have therefore been among the countries in which we have been able to support orphanages, schools, kindergartens and many children and their mothers since the beginning of our involvement. Since February 2022, however, we have not accepted any new projects and have let the existing ones expire on the agreed dates.
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Our Team
Our team of dedicated RBI Group employees in Vienna and at many Central and Eastern European locations manages all projects on a voluntary basis.
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Letter from the founder
The CEE Charity was founded in 2006 by Herbert Stepic, the former CEO of Raiffeisen Bank International. Read more about what motivated him to do so.