Posts by Franck Semczak

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

Serving Dublin in the kitchen, gardens and along the channels From 7 June to 5 July employees from Aspen Ireland in Dublin travelled to various charities within the city to lend a hand for a day. These beneficiaries included ARC Cancer Support, The National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH), The Lighthouse Drop in Centre and The Dublin Read More

Adoption facility erected for sick, abandoned animals Vigyél Haza Alapítvány is the animal shelter that Aspen Hungary supported for Mandela Day. This shelter treats sick dogs and also places them in homes where they will be loved. As they are a volunteer organisation, they have little resources and were in need of a structure from Read More

Making a difference by caring, gardening and renovating More than 30 Aspen volunteers participated in three projects focusing on providing a welcoming environment for people with traumatised experiences or with mental health problems. Working alongside mentally ill patients Caritas Day Care Centre in Munich is a facility for 42 mentally ill patients. These residents are Read More

Spanish team’s commitment and collaboration The newly formed team at Aspen España in Barcelona has been enthusiastically collaborating closely with a number of beneficiaries as part of their Mandela Day commitment as they strive to #bethelegacy and #inspirechange. The Cares Foundation is a non-profit organisation that helps to integrate individuals with physical, mental or sensory Read More

Uplifting through education and smiles Aspen Philippines, in collaboration with the South African Embassy and Project PEARLS trudged through the mud and heaps of compost on two separate occasions during July in honor of the centenary Mandela Day celebrations. Project Pearls strives to improve the living conditions of the poorest of the poor children by Read More