Citigroup employees joined together in volunteer service to celebrate the first Global Community Day on Saturday, 18 th November 2006. Employees from 100 countries and 300 cities participated in volunteer events across the world.

Within the 52 countries in which Citigroup operate in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), more than 10,000 employees, along with friends and families, took part in 80 volunteer community projects addressing specific local community needs.

In Pakistan, which is part of EMEA, more than 400 Citigroup employees voluntarily forfeited their Saturday off to organize and participate in fun festivals arranged for children of the SOS Village in Karachi and young cancer patients at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital in Lahore. Both initiatives facilitated maximum interaction between Citigroup volunteers and the nearly 1400 children for whom these events were arranged.