We always need to be prepared – and the younger we are when we learn how to react in certain situations, the better. Therefore, we are dedicated to providing wound care education to people around the world. Based on this, we commit to our global social mission:
We pledge to enable 200,000 children worldwide to be trained in first aid and wound care by 2025.
Learning in a playful way
We are launching first-aid activities for children to help them learn in a playful way – about how to protect themselves, help others, and get new insights into first aid and wound care. Our programme is based on the International First Aid, Resuscitation and Education Guidelines of the IFCR, the oldest and largest provider of first-aid education in the world.
Learning from first-aid experts
We cooperate with dependable local partners, allowing us to connect with the communities concerned. In Germany, Indonesia, the Netherlands, India, Austria and Belgium, Elastoplast partnered up with the local Red Cross organisations. In the United Kingdom, we work with Dr Zoe, an NHS GP. And in Australia, we cooperate with ACHPER (Australian Council for Health, Physical Education & Recreation).
Spreading better wound-care education
With these programmes, we at Elastoplast aim to live up to our new social mission and help thousands of people around the world. Spreading better education on first aid for children is one of the ways that Elastoplast can make our next hundred years even more meaningful than the last.
Because not all people around the world can participate in our projects directly, we will share our first aid and wound care knowledge via our platforms. You can find important information about first aid for children and adults, wound care and preventing infections on this website.
Elastoplast cares for skin and people. Caring for people means we promote and live by the principles of inclusion, respect and trust. We stand in solidarity with communities around the world fighting racism and injustice. As actions must echo sentiments, we are ensuring our skin-tone plaster portfolio reflects the diversity we support.
