Mandela Day 2012

Aspen Venezuela’s employees were extremely excited about participating in their first Mandela Day activities. This team selected  ABANSA (Asociación Benefactora de Ayuda al Niño Sin Asistencia) as their beneficiary. ABANSA cares primarily for abandoned and orphaned children across Caracas. The staff of Aspen Venezuela actively engaged with ABANSA on Mandela Day and will continue supporting Read More

Aspen’s South African Operations in Port Elizabeth have selected three beneficiaries while the East London business has chosen one worthy recipient for support on Mandela Day. Port Elizabeth’s Mandela Day Activities The employees of Aspen’s flagship manufacturing site in Port Elizabeth are providing support to the Missionvale Care Centre in Algoa Park, the Sinethemba Children’s Read More

Shelys employees elected to support three beneficiaries for Mandela Day. These include the Chakuwama Children’s Home, Kigamboni Shelter and Mpambano Women’s Group in Dar es Salaam. Both the Chakuwama Children’s Home and the Kigamboni Shelter are in desperate need of clothing, food and medicines for the children and elderly respectively that are taken care of Read More

Aspen Philippines is the most recently established business within the Aspen Group, and was officially launched in March 2012. In true Aspen spirit, the employees of this newly formed business embraced 2012 Mandela Day and selected the House of Refuge Foundation as their beneficiary. This Children’s Home is in desperate need of a range of Read More

Woodmead-based Aspen Pharmacare made a significant difference in the lives of Mrs Annah Nhlapo, her 4 children and 1 grandchild this Mandela Day. Through Habitat for Humanity, Aspen Pharmacare built a home for Mrs Nhlapo in Orange Farm. Mrs Nhlapo, a 47 year old widowed domestic worker, has lived in a shack on the property Read More

“Devemos promover a coragem onde há medo, promover o acordo onde existe conflito, e inspirar esperança onde há desespero”. Nelson Mandela Aspen Pharma’s Brazilian-based business has embraced 2012 Mandela Day by electing to support the underpriviledged children from Cidade de Deus in Rio de Janeiro. The children of Cidade de Deus are subjected to extreme poverty Read More

Clayville-based Aspen Nutritionals chose the Bulamahlo Home and Day Care Centre in Tembisa, Gauteng as their beneficiary for their 2012 Mandela Day activities. Bulamahlo is in a state of serious disrepair, yet is a place of refuge to orphaned and abandoned children. The employees of Aspen Nutritionals engaged in a number of activities to support Read More

Aspen Labs in Mexico elected to support Escuela Hogar del Perpetuo Socorro in Toluca on Mandela Day. Nearly 120 employees from Aspen Labs tackled a range of projects at the home on July 18, 2012 to fulfill a variety of needs. Some activities that they engaged in included refurbishing, painting and decorating the installations, cleaning Read More

The employees of Durban-based Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited selected the Ekusizaneni Children’s Home in KwaMashu as its 2012 Mandela Day beneficiary. Aspen Holdings and its employees were able to raise over R100 000 from personal contributions and with the assistance of certain of its suppliers and service providers. The financial contribution is in addition to Read More

The Aspen Health Care employees based in Dubai supported Médecins Sans Frontières on Mandela Day. Funds are required by Médecins Sans Frontières, and they elected to host a book bazaar at which books of all languages and topics would be sold to raise funds. Over a few months, the Aspen Health Care team collected a Read More