Mandela Day 2018

Making a small difference for people with cerebral palsy “We are different. We move differently. We communicate differently. We see the world from a different perspective. Our day-to-day experience is so profoundly different that others do not just struggle to understand us, they struggle to understand what it is like to be us”- Cerebral Palsy Read More

Performing little miracles for little persons Aspen Slovakia‘s team of volunteers comprising Milan, Denisa, Silvia, Radka, Marcela and Janka decided to improve the children’s playrooms and the bedroom at the Kindergarten in Dvorany nad Nitrou. ThisKindergarten, which was founded in 1980 and was established from the former primary school, accommodates children aged from 3 to Read More

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Developmental stimulation for handicapped, challenged and ill children Warsaw region Ośrodek Wczesnej Interwencji, an Early Intervention Center in Warsaw, offers complex diagnosis, specialized family counselling services and individual therapy by expert psychologists, physiotherapists, logopaedians and educators for children experiencing delayed or irregular development such as speech defects, or who are mentally handicapped. Some 1 800 Read More

Supporting Dubai’s less fortunate community As part of the Ramadan spirit, Aspen HealthCare had the chance to make a difference as a team and help people in need by taking part in the Sharing Fridges initiative, licensed under the patronage of the Emirates Red Crescent. The initiative began in 2016 with the formation of a Read More

Caring for dogs who care for the disabled By caring for dogs, the team in the Czech Republic are also helping to care for people with disabilities. The HELPPES organization, established in 2001, strives to integrate people with disabilities back into society, to assist them to engage in education or to be able to work, Read More

>Making a difference for children and Station Mission guests “To care seriously about others, both in private and public life, would bring us much closer to the world we so long for,” Nelson Mandela. The team at German-based Aspen Bad Oldesloe selected two beneficiaries to support through the 2018 Mandela Day activities. The Kindergarten Glindenberg Read More

American colleagues help to feed children and build a home Aspen’s API employees took part in two initiatives for Mandela Day. The team from Des Plaines in Illinois assisted Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) by packing 116 boxes of food. This contribution constitutes 25,056 meals that will feed 65 children for a year. The food Read More

Making memories with maltreated children For Mandela Day, the Aspen Romania team chose to bring happiness into the lives of less fortunate children at Braila Emergency Placement Center. This facility cares for 18 maltreated children aged from 4 to 16 years. As the Center does not have the resources to attend to the playground and Read More

Italian employees’ commitment to food redistribution In celebration of Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday, for the fourth consecutive year Aspen Italy collaborated with Banco Alimentare, a non-profit organisation dedicated to collecting and distributing surplus food to the needy. The Aspen team participated in the preparation of food for redistribution purposes thereby contributing to feeding some of Read More