Posts by Franck Semczak

For it’s third year as valued participants in the Mandela Day campaign, Aspen Pharma Brazil selected the Santa Rita Orphanage in Rio de Janeiro as their beneficiary. The home cares for 89 female orphans and Aspen voluteers took advantage of the opportunity to assist the young ladies with some guidance in terms of personal hygiene, Read More

On July 16, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Philippines, Aspen Philippines adopted a spirit of volunteerism for the revitalization of the Bagumbayan Community located in Bagumbayan Taguig Metro, Manila. This destitute community is home to about 70 families, approximately 300 beneficiaries in total. The Aspen team’s efforts kicked-off on July 16 by painting the Read More

Aspen’s employees in Australia once again chose organisations that provide meals to the homeless, disadvantaged and hungry as their Mandela Day beneficiaries. OzHarvest is the first perishable food rescue organisation in Australia collecting quality excess food from commercial outlets and delivering it directly and free of charge to 600 charities. These donations provide much needed Read More

Aspen’s team of 50 employees in chose five areas in which they could contribute for Mandela Day. These included the nursing home at the Sisters of St Jadwiga nursing home in Pielgrzymowice as well as a social welfare home for mentally handicapped children in Tarnow. In addition, the team worked with the Blessed Stanislaus Papczyński Read More

Aspen Asia’s 13 employees together with their family members as well as a pet visited Lok Fu Care Home again in June 2015. This was their second visit to the centre and the beneficiaries were delighted to welcome them back. The home, which is managed by the Helping Hand Organisation, provides a home to 75 Read More

The Taiwan Fund for Children and Families, a non-profit government organization that was established in 1950, has 27 branches that care for indigent, abused and abandoned children across Taiwan. These children, who are all aged between 9 and 12 years, received support from Aspen’s team in Taiwan for the second consecutive year as part of Read More

Johannesburg-based Aspen Pharmacare devoted its caring actions to improving the educational infrastructure and needs of the pupils of Blair Atholl Primary School in Lanseria over a four-day period. The school has a proud history since it was founded 30 years ago and accommodates 738 primary school learners. Unemployment in the area is high and most Read More

The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Woman and Children is a one-step centre for woman and children who are survivors of abuse. Their vision is to create a safe and secure society and a human rights culture where woman and children are empowered to exercise their full rights. Cape Town-based Fine Chemicals Corporation (FCC) supports the Read More

The generosity of the employees at Aspen South African Operations in Port Elizabeth touched the lives of more than 1000 people. They chose to support four beneficiaries: Masilakhe Day Care Centre, BASA Homes, Buhle beNkosi Playschool and the local Children’s Haematology Oncology Clinic (CHOC). Masilakhe cares for about 50 children and is run out of Read More

On 16 July, employees from Aspen Ireland’s offices travelled to the ALONE house in Artane, Dublin to paint the bedsit of an elderly resident. ALONE is an independent charity that works with the 1 in 5 older people who are homeless, socially isolated, living in deprivation or in crisis. Aspen provided the supplies needed for Read More