Mandela Day 2019

Donations of medicines for children and drought-stricken communities As part of its Mandela Day activities, Beta Healthcare in Kenya supported two beneficiaries. Medicines were donated to the Satya Sai Medical Centre that provides free medical care to orphaned, abandoned and ill children from the surrounding poverty- stricken area of Waruku in Kagemi. Food, clothing and Read More

A visit to Little Saints This year Aspen Nigeria visited Little Saints Orphanage, a safe haven for 32 abused and abandoned orphans from birth to 18 years of age. Little Saints has been operating since 1994 and it provides education, a feeding program and medical help to the children. At the end all the children Read More

Slovenia Mandela day 2019 Sharing the promise of possibilities for a better future Financial circumstances in Slovenia rob many children of the opportunity to ever go on a vacation, experience nature or simply go camping with their class mates. They are trapped in a difficult and sad everyday life, where there is no place for Read More

Feeding the needy through Foodshare For Nelson Mandela Day 2019, the Aspen Pharma United Kingdom team decided to continue to support a local charity that they had worked with last year. Foodshare in Maidenhead is located close to our office. The goals of Foodshare are to help people in need, including the homeless, those on Read More

Operation Healthy Children project Teaching children that it is possible to make their dreams come true formed part of a short presentation hosted by Aspen Ecuador’s team at the Centre of Reference and Inclusive Hosting for Children in Carcelen. Using Aspen’s values and philosophies as the foundation for their Operation Healthy Children Project presentation, the Read More

Contributing to reforestation On 28 June, 39 employees from Aspen Caricam in Costa Rica visited a forested location near San José to spend a day in nature. Their goal was to plant four hundred trees to support reforestation in the area. Reforestation is one of many activities that helps maintain biodiversity. It is important for Read More

Feeding, painting and beading with Chile’s less fortunate Aspen Chile demonstrated our ongoing caring spirit by reaching out to three beneficiaries. Casa Caridad Don Orione is an NGO that supports 56 children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities and whose rights have been violated. Fundación Las Rosas accommodates 45 underprivileged adults who are subjected to poverty Read More

Teamwork helps to exceed goals set to help AMANC As part of the activities that were scheduled by Aspen Mexico to celebrate Mandela Day, this year we decided to support the Mexican Association of Aid to Children with Cancer I.A.P (AMANC), who help children and youths from low income families. Aspen Mexico’s 250 employees set Read More

Making a small difference to a destroyed primary school ​This year Aspen Greece collaborated with the South African Embassy and South African friends, in commemoration of Mandela Day. The Agia Marina Kindergarten and Primary School in New Makri was selected as the beneficiary by the combined teams. This primary school was deeply affected by the Read More

Hunger does not go on holiday! In 2014, five employees from Aspen’s newly established office in Verona, Italy selected Banco Alimentare, a non-profit organisation that recovers short dated non-perishable food for distribution to the poor, as their beneficiary for Mandela Day. Little did they realise at that time that this partnership would develop and strengthen Read More