To support the activities to protect children who are unable to live with their own families

Mazda Motor Europe (MME) supports SOS Children's Villages, a non-profit organization that helps children and young people who are unable to live with their own families.

Mazda Motors (Deutschland) (MMD) supported the SOS Children's Village training centre in Nuremberg again and paid for a single apprentice's complete training. Additionally they displayed the SOS Children's Village special-edition Mazda, which ran in the MX-5 Open Race and at the world-record parade in Essen.

In March 2011, Mazda Austria continued its support of the crisis group home Barbakus, following up a donation of a Mazda2 for use as a Barbakus vehicle.

In addition to covering the patron fee for every new Mazda2 owner for one year, Mazda Motor Czech (MMCZ) employees "adopted" one SOS child for a day and showed them their daily work. At the same time, MMCZ invited two teenagers to visit a Czech news magazine, where they wrote an article. Afterward, MMCZ employees provided a small party for all participants.

Mazda Motor Belux (MMB) funded the holidays of all SOS Children's Villages Belgium children, sending them on a holiday with their SOS mother, to an SOS camp or to a sports camp. In addition, the employees at MMB conducted an Easter chocolate auction for the organization.

Mazda Motor Hungary (MMH) employees renovated the playground of the SOS Children's Village in Köszeg in April 2010. In addition, MMH also funded the village's fuel costs for one year starting in September 2010 and loaned the village a new Mazda5 twice a year for when the children have holidays and need transportation.

In February 2011, Mazda Motor Croatia donated a Mazda3 to the SOS organization in Croatia, fulfilling the transport needs of the children and young people from the two villages. In addition, a cooking event was held. A Croatian celebrity chef was present and helped the kids and Mazda Croatia's team members.

Mazda Motor Europe (MME) generally supports by selling Christmas and greeting cards in the canteen, raising awareness with displays and brochures in the headquarters and at a pan-European dealer meeting in December 2010.

To support various organizations

Mazda Motors UK (MMUK) participates in numerous activities, including a monthly Dress-Down Day on which employees go to work in casual clothing, and charitable donations are collected on this day by organizing fundraising activities such as cake sales, tombola, competitions and "Zoom Zoom" challenges. Other activites include Mazda-organized events such as the London to Brighton Bike Ride and a Bungee Jump event.

Through the London to Brighton Bike Ride, a team of 25 Mazda "Zoom Zoomers" raised almost £5,000 in aid for British Heart Foundation, a national charity, while the Bungee Jump raised several hundred pounds in aid for Comic Relief. In addition to the employee events, MMUK also pledged £500 to BEN (the motor industry Benevolent Fund). Other charities MMUK raised funds for in the past year include Pancreatic Cancer Awareness, Alzheimer's Society, The Elenor Hospice, Leukaemia Research Foundation, Hounds for Heroes, Joshua Deeth Foundation, and the Emaan Foundation.

To support families in need

Mazda Austria aims to provide support for Austrian families in need.

In cooperation with PULS4 TV station and Tiroler Tageszeitung newspaper, Mazda Austria is providing two families in need with a car for one year from December 2010.

To protect children affected by cancer

The Peter Pan Association, a non-governmental organization, began in Rome in 1994 and aims to provide shelter to children diagnosed with cancer and to their families as they visit Rome's specialized hospital for treatment, sometimes for long periods of time. Mazda Motor Italia (MMI) has supported this association, which has hosted more than 450 children in the last ten years, since 2002.

To allow the children from the Peter Pan Association to "fly" faster in the terrible traffic of Rome, MMI has provided the organization with a Mazda5.

To support cancer research

In June 2010, the longest cycling tour in Flanders took place. The Fight against Cancer event, now in its second year, is the campaign of the Flemish League against Cancer, covers 1,000 kilometers, and involves a number of celebrities. MMB has participated in this event since its inception.

To participate in Fight against Cancer, each team must pay a 5,000 euros entry fee, and the foundation collected a total of 750,000 euros in 2010. Funds for the Mazda team's fee were raised through a quiz event that took place at Mazda Motor Logistics Europe (MLE) a few weeks before the tour, and thanks to the contributions made by International Service employees from MLE, MME and MMD. Each team had to cycle 1,000 kilometers in four days, and they all succeeded in mastering this challenge. MMB and MME also provided the vehicles that drove in front of and behind the Mazda cycling teams.

To be part of the community

Mazda in Turkey quickly responded to needs of victims following the devastating earthquake that killed more than 40 people in the province of Elazig in March 2010.

Mazda in Turkey donated two 2010 BT-50 4WD pickups to the Civil Defense and Red Crescent in order to support the logistics effort and transport of aid to the region.

To offset carbon emissions created by vehicles

Since 2005, the Tree for You (34U) campaign has planted nearly 44,000 trees in various areas of Malta in an attempt to reverse the drastic reduction in vegetation caused by centuries of human activity. Gasan Enterprises Ltd., Mazda distributor of Malta, was the first local car importer to join the 34U campaign in 2007. The company still believes that, as a car importer, it is obliged to contribute its share toward offsetting carbon emissions created by cars.

Gasan Enterprises pledged to plant 1,000 trees at dar Frate Jacobe in Wied il-Ghajn, which is currently the only proper practitioner of sustainable living and permaculture in Malta.