Mandela Day 2016

Helping Prahova’s children Providing a home and ensuring that 520 abandoned and needy children are educated is the core focus of ProVita Association in Prahova. This NGO accommodates 120 live-in children with the balance coming from nearby impoverished homes. A new home is being built for some of the children and the team from Aspen Read More

Blessings for 250 children and the elderly The Aspen team in Poland, may be rather small but they have huge hearts. They engaged in five projects to the benefit of some 250 children. The Family Support Centre Gorzow accommodates 70 homeless children. General maintenance was carried out at this facility with ongoing support provided for Read More

Unconditional acceptance The team at Aspen Hungary believe in uplifting the community, reducing prejudices and accepting one another irrespective of circumstances. Drug addicts are highly stigmatised, and this team is working with the Budapest Drug Prevention and Rehabilitation Foundation in trying to help it’s members and reintegrate them into society. They purchased a tumble dryer Read More

Aspen Ecuador A new home for the Perfecto family An earthquake in Ecuador’s Manabi provice in April 2016 destroyed many families –claiming lives, homes and meager possessions. Yet, this catastrophe also changed the lives of Aspen Ecuador’s employees who reached out in need to a family that was left destitute. Collaborating with Techo Para, an Read More

Budding entrepreneurs This year Aspen Colombia supported the Biblioseo Foundation – an organisation that empowers children and youth to become social leaders and entrepreneurs. Using the IDEA Initiative, Biblio tries to encourage the youth to devise creative ways to provide solutions to community problems in Ciudad Bolivar, Bogota.IDEA develops children’s entrepreneurial and leadership skills so Read More

Caring for disabled children About 140 employees from Aspen Pharma supported the Casa Lar Dona Meca Life Institute located in Barcelona, Serra-ES in Brazil. This facility cares for 20 physically and mentally disabled children who were treated to a nutritious meal and spoilt with much needed daily items that we all take for granted. The Read More

Feeding the hungry Three primary beneficiaries, which reach across five vast territories, were selected by Aspen Australia for their Mandela Day activities. Aspen teams from New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia all contributed to the incredible efforts of Ozharvest, Australia’s first perishable food rescue organisation. Ozharvest collects quality excess food from Read More

Feeding Starving Children The Dominican Republic received an exceptional blessing for Mandela Day! The small Aspen API team of 11 from Des Plaines in the United States of America, supported Feed by Starving Children and packed 14 000 meals which will feed 40 children for a year. This is the first year that Aspen API Read More

Going green The choice of Mandela Day support varies greatly and Aspen Malaysia decided to support the Free Tree Society in Kuala Lumpur. This organization donates healthy plants to the public and encourages families to nurture the plants and thereby improve the environment. Aspen’s 22 employees pulled on their gloves and went gardening at a Read More

Improving the Hope Academy Mandela day was once again a success for staff from Aspen’s head office in Durban who participated in improving the environment at the Key of Hope’s new premises, the Hope Academy. Aspen re-selected Key of Hope, a United States-driven child welfare organization, for their annual Mandela Day project. The partnership was Read More