Sasol and Osizweni employees heeded the global call to stand for Good and Rise Against Hunger action
against poverty by commemorating Mandela Day 2018 with elderly people and
Early Childhood Centres children, from Leandra community.
Through
its Sasol for Good employee volunteering
programme, Sasol supports communities near its operations by encouraging
its employees to volunteer their time, skills or to donate resources to make a
difference in the broader society
In
support of the company’s 2018 theme "Stand
for Good and Rise Against Hunger #SasolforGood , Sasol, its employees and in
partnership with the Rise Against Hunger Foundation (RAH), a global organisation
which addresses early childhood development nutrition by providing meal packs
to ECD centres. The Secunda based OMEs employees registered as volunteer in
meal packaging that took place on Monday, 16 July did a commendable job task of
packing 146 boxes.
The meal packs, were donated to five
local Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDs) and Sifisosabadala Elderly
Centre in Leandra on Wednesday, 18 July 2018. Sasol in partnership with GCIS and
stakeholders also donated paint material that were used to paint the Leandra
Community Library and some of the ECDs centres as part of their 67 Minutes.
“As a company we value the partnerships we have with various stakeholders
that allow us to play our role in transforming the communities close to our
operations,” said Maureen Mboshane, Vice President Corporate Affairs Sasol
Secunda.