The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect thousands of families in Mexico with economic impacts. Faced with this situation, Ford of Mexico started its engines in a commitment to helping those in the country who need help the most.

Proyecto Mexico was activated in 2020 to support various needs generated by the pandemic, carrying out efforts such as donations of groceries, transportation of food, the donation of face masks, consolidation and delivery of medicines and fleet use optimization. That work continues in 2021 as Proyecto Mexico works to help Mexican society.

For example, in the municipality of Irapuato, it is estimated that 45% of the economically active population works in the fields, a sector that is constantly affected economically. A grocery donation from the Ford Motor Company Fund, our global philanthropic arm, will reach 1,400 people, members of families living in the Ernesto Che Guevara and El Carrizal communities. Distribution of the donation was coordinated by Alimentos de México, Compartir, AC and Fondo Unido Mexico.

In Cuautitlán, collaborators were the main drivers of this initiative, who managed to gather 428 in kind donations of groceries, plus financial donations, which were delivered to the Town of Santa Lucía in Mexico City and in the Teoloyucan community in the State of Mexico, benefiting more than 1,600 people.

Another effort by Ford employees was donating blood. The Ford Assembly and Stamping plant in Hermosillo received the Mobile Voluntary Donation Unit and with the participation of the plant's altruistic donor club, an initiative that resulted in the participation of 33 collaborators, obtaining 20 units of blood, which are part of the reserves in the hospital units that serve various emergencies in the state of Sonora, the donations received are equivalent to saving 80 lives.

Ford Mexico has a history of supporting those who need it most. These donations are the latest in our ongoing efforts to help make a difference.