Posts by Franck Semczak

Improving school facilities In celebration of Mandela Day, Beta Healthcare chose to support the Kanaani Primary School in Athi River, Machakos County. Fifteen Beta employees, working with Amara Trust, painted classrooms at this school which provides educational facilities to over 800 students. Donations of dried provisions including beans, maize and rice were also made to Read More

Supporting children’s homes in Uganda The Beta Healthcare team in Uganda selected to support two beneficiaries for Mandela Day. Sanyu Babies Home looks after the needs of 54 children from newborn to 5 years of age, while Nsambya Baby’s Home currently cares for 23 children. Both of these beneficiaries were grateful for Beta’s donations of Read More

Kama Industries Ltd, Ghana The staff from Kama Industries visited the Orthopedic Training Centre (OTC) situated in Nsawam-Adoagyire in the Eastern Region of Ghana for Mandela Day. The institution is run and managed by the Catholic Church and it provides a children’s home that mainly treats children born with deformities or who have been undergone Read More

Focusing on infant nutrition The team from Aspen Nigeria celebrated Mandela Day at Amuwoo Odofin Maternity Child Centre Feastac in Lagos. A range of donations were made to the Centre including towels for the babies as well as refreshment for the nearly 130 mothers with their babies. In addition, a supply of Infacare nutritional formula Read More

Shelys employees’ generous donations Employees from Tanzanian-based Shelys reached out to two beneficiaries for Mandela Day. The first was Chakuwama Centre, a home that cares for orphans, street children as well as physically and mentally challenged children. Chakuwama was established in 1998 with only 5 children but currently accommodates 64 children under the age of Read More

Chase your Dreams This year Aspen Global celebrated Mandela Day with the NGO Oasis de Paix, which provides opportunities for children from challenging socio-economic backgrounds to learn vocational skills and help them enter the workforce. The Aspen Global team was treated to a wonderful performance of Mandela inspired songs anddances. What a joy to see Read More

Cooking for the local community On a rather warm evening in June, when England were playing a crucial match against Belgium in the World Cup, the Aspen UK team were preparing for a different kind of challenge – working with a charity called Foodshare, located near the new Aspen UK office in Maidenhead. Foodshare organises Read More

Cleaning the Food Bank and a bootcamp with elderly The first week of July was filled with Nelson Mandela Day activities at Aspen Oss in the Netherlands. Around 50 Aspen colleagues volunteered to work at the Food Bank and at͚De Wellen͛ home for eldery. The team set about thorourly cleaning the Food Bank in Oss, Read More

Singing to save the children The Aspen Mexico team has been hard at work in support of Save The Children Mexico that has initiated a vaccination campaign aimed at encouraging citizens to embrace the importance of healthcare. Some vulnerable populations in Mexico don’t consider healthcare as being important and citizens in some regions don’t appreciate Read More