Posts by Franck Semczak

Earlier this year Aspen established an office in the Ukraine and the small team of 4 employees eagerly participated in Mandela Day by electing to support the Kovcheg Children’s Rehabilitation Center. This centre  cares for approximately 30 – 50 children from Doneck and Lugansk, although the numbers have recently increased  as a consequence of the Read More

Aspen’s team in Colombia hosted internal campaigns prior to Mandela Day, calling for support of its employees for the Fundación Vida Noble, a worthy organisation that focuses on providing a nutritional meal to approximately 120 disadvantaged children – many of whom are not given a daily fully balanced meal at home. The full team of Read More

Aspen´s team of volunteers in Ecuador celebrated Nelson Mandela´s birthday with activities and donations to Hogar de Niños San Vicente de Paúl. This children’s home is located near the colonial area of Ecuador’s capital, Quito, and provides shelter and protection to 20 toddlers, 40 children ranging from 5 to 12 years old and 22 adolescents. Read More

Shelys in Tanzania supported Under the Sun, the Chawata Programme and Bethsaida Secondary School as part of their Mandela Day activities, directly touching the lives of over 1500 beneficiaries. These homes all received donations of medicines, clothes and food. Shelys’ efforts with the beneficiaries was to provide hope to the socially challenged children and elderly Read More

The Nsambya Babies Home was established in 1958 by a group led by Rev. Fr. Rawlinson, the then General Secretary to the Episcopal Conference of Uganda, and founded what later came to be called the Ugandan Child Welfare and Adoption Society. Nsambya is home to 36 children who are orphaned, abandoned and socially challenged. These Read More

For the third consecutive year, employees from Beta Healthcare in Kenya reached out to make a difference to the little ones at the Havillla and Mother Teresa Children’s Homes. This year, the Blessing Children’s Home was selected as a third beneficiary for this team’s Mandela Day activities. Hearing the call of Madiba’s charge to take Read More

The SOS Children’s Village in Lagos was selected as a worthy beneficiary for the Mandela Day activities by the team from Aspen Nigeria. This organisation cares for orphaned, abadoned and socially challenged children from birth to approximately 18 years. The Village in Lagos looks after the needs of some 100 children and also attempts to Read More

The Fundación Hogar Esperanza, a non-profit organisation that does not receive any government funding, was selected as a worthy Mandela Day organisation by Aspen’s team in Chile. Hogar Esperanza currently has two facilities, one that has a nursery and a pre-school, and the other which is used for children aged from 6 to 25 years. Read More

The recently established office of Aspen Peru selected the Hogarde Niños “La Aurora” Children’s Home located just south of Lima, as their beneficiary organization. Hogar La Aurora, which falls under the auspices of the Hermanas de la Caridad and was established by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, is home to 30 children under the age of Read More

The Niños con Ilusión y Esperanza de Vivir and Casa Hogar Santa Inés Children’s shelters were selected to be supported by Aspen’s team in Mexico. Niños con Ilusión y Esperanza de Vivir provides a home and protection to 45 children aged from 3 to 16. Some are from broken families, while others are homeless or Read More