South Africa

Caring for the young and old Aspen Pharmacare’s East London employees chose two beneficiaries for their 2019 Mandela Day initiatives namely the Sinobulumko Day Care and Uvuko Elderly Home. Sinobulumko has previously been supported and the Aspen team spent their 67 minutes cleaning, painting, revamping and decorating the Day Care centre. As part of making Read More

Spain

Collecting food for the hungry and serving summer camp patients Hunger doesn’t take a holiday and this year Aspen España once again collaborated with Food Bank which collects and redistributes food to people in need. Some 422kg of non-perishable food was collected and donated by Aspen and several vendors and partners. Aspen España also supported Read More

Colombia

One country, three cities, triple impact! Two years ago, Aspen Colombia’s employees set a goal to increase our Mandela Day activities by expanding this initiative to an additional city each year so as to spread Aspen’s impact in support of this annual event. This year, that objective was achieved! The Colombian team hosted Mandela Day Read More

Japan

Forest maintenance to provide quality water supplies in tokyo Forest conservancy is very important for the supply of fresh air and quality water. Japan is a country with an abundance of nature with about 68% of this country covered by forests. The Tama forest area in the western part of Tokyo supplies almost 20% of Read More

Australia

Providing meals for the less fortunate Our Mandela Day week for 2019 was another success with Aspen employees all over Australia volunteering their time to help those less fortunate. We partnered with Fare Share, Food Bank and OzHarvest to cook, clean, garden, pack and prepare food for those who struggle to provide meals for themselves Read More

France

Supporting Mandela Day throughout the year Aspen’s Notre Dame de Bondeville team contributes to Mandela Day throughout the year given that July falls within their summer month vacation period and due to some of their initiatives being seasonally related. They are supporting various beneficiaries during the year including: Association des paralysés de France that assists Read More

Ireland

Helping to improve the Peter McVerry Centre In the spirit of changing the world for the better and supporting the most vulnerable, Aspen’s APTL team in Ireland spent a day supporting Peter McVerry Trust. This beneficiary is a national housing and homeless charity that offers solutions to the needs of people and communities impacted by Read More

South Africa

Aspen’s mobile library contributes to education In his State of the Nation Address earlier this year, President Cyril Ramaphosa laid out in his Vision 2030 that ‘schools will have better educational outcomes and every 10-year-old child will be able to read for meaning within the next five years.’ Aspen’s Stavros Nicolaou, said, “Aspen is actioning Read More

South Africa

Support for Carpe Diem’s Youth Centre In the spirit of making a difference to the lives of those in need, the Aspen Free State Direct Sales team braved a chilly Saturday morning on the 13 July in support of the 2019 Clicks Care Run and Mandela Day. Hosted at the Emoya Wildlife Estate in Bloemfontein, Read More

Asia

Caring for the community’s elderly The Aspen Asia team extended their caring spirit to The Hong Kong Society for the Aged – Sage Eastern District Elderly Community Centre for Mandela Day. This centre provides a full range of support services to the community’s elderly as well as family members who care for them. Aspen’s employees visited Read More