Posts by Franck Semczak

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

Aspen Global’s Mauritius based office has selected the three Institutions that form part of Foyer Namaste in Beau Bassin as their beneficiaries for 2012 Mandela Day. Foyer Namaste have a variety of needs and the small staff complement at Aspen Global have donated a range of these items including food, kitchen appliances such as a Read More

The employees from Fine Chemicals Corporation (FCC), will be supporting the Tehillah Community Centre and the Casa Mia Pre-primary School on Mandela Day. Tehillah has various needs and the team have elected to support it by painting a number of the rooms including the leisure areas such as the dining room and the communal television Read More

Kenyan-based Beta Healthcare elected to support three beneficiaries for the 2012 Mandela Day programme. These included the Havilla Children’s Home, the Aga Khan Hawkers Market programm and the Mother Teresa Children’s Home. Beta’s employees  collected a range of items including clothing, food and toys and these much needed donations were taken through to the Havilla Read More

The team at Aspen Bad Oldesloe selected five beneficiaries to support through their 2012 Mandela Day activities. These include St Joseph’s Children’s Home; SterniPark Kindergarden, OASE Multiple Generation Home; Wichern Retirement Home and Ronald McDonald House. Aspen Bad Oldesloe’s employees participated in a range of activities in accordance with these beneficiaries’ needs. The gardens were enhanced Read More