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Spreading Joy and Hope: Our CSR Initiative with Sisters Incorporated

This year, as part of our ongoing commitment to social responsibility, we are honoured to support Sisters Incorporated, an organisation that has been a beacon of hope and care for over 60 years. Sisters Incorporated provides shelter, support, and empowerment to women and children who have survived domestic violence, abuse, and stigma.

They offer a judgement-free space, helping survivors heal and rebuild their lives, while empowering them to navigate the future with resilience and strength.

In their ongoing commitment to inclusivity and better serving those in need, Sisters Incorporated is reviewing and updating its admission policies and accommodation facilities. The organization recognizes the importance of ensuring that younger and older individuals, as well as those with disabilities, have access to the resources and support they need. Their goal is to ensure that no one is left behind and that their services are accessible to everyone who could benefit from them.

Gift of Joy Bags

This festive season, we are contributing to Sisters Incorporated through our ‘Gift of Joy Bags’ initiative – a project aimed at brightening the lives of women and children. The initiative is more than just a gift drive; it’s a way of showing that they are seen, valued, and appreciated.

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting Sisters Incorporated, we chose to support them for Mandela Day earlier this year, with the intention of creating a lasting impact. To further our ongoing support, we chose to conclude the year by sharing the Joyful Giving Bags.

This reflects our thoughtful strategy to support Sisters Incorporated throughout the year, helping to create a continuous cycle of care and empowerment. By doing so, we aim to end the year on a high note, ensuring that the individuals they help continue to feel appreciated and supported.

Each bag is filled with thoughtfully selected gifts, including toys, sweet treats, and toiletries for the children, as well as practical essentials that help the women feel cared for. Our goal is to spread a little holiday cheer to those who are facing immense challenges.

Sustainability

In keeping with our commitment to sustainability, we’ve chosen to use reusable gift bags instead of traditional wrapping paper. This small but significant decision reflects our dedication to minimising environmental impact while still delivering joy and kindness.

Why Sisters Incorporated?

For Relocation Africa, this was our year of empowerment, and rather than merely focusing on our team, we also looked at empowering our community. Sisters Incorporated’s mission resonates deeply with empowerment and social responsibility. By partnering with them, we are not only giving back to the community but also helping to break the cycle of abuse and stigma that too often keeps women and children trapped in difficult situations.

Through this collaboration, we hope to provide a moment of joy and relief to those who have experienced hardship. It’s a small gesture that can make a big difference in someone’s life.

As we celebrate the holiday season and reflect on the year gone by, we are pleased to support Sisters Incorporated in their incredible work for the second year in a row. This initiative is just one of the many ways we aim to give back to our community and make a positive impact on the lives of those who need it most.

 

Andrew Stegmann
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Relocation Africa’s Monthly Social Responsibility Project, Month 4: Food Hampers

As part of our constant drive to give back to our community, our team has endeavored to join together to participate in a monthly community-focused CSR initiative. The team comes together each month to participate in an activity aimed at uplifting the community around our head office in Cape Town, after which ideas are put forward for the following month’s initiative.

In this way, as South Africans, we are giving back not only on Mandela Day, but throughout the year, as the need doesn’t end after the holiday.

Naturally, we take all necessary COVID-19-related precautions when participating in the activities, so as to ensure the health and safety of our team members and those we are interacting with outside our office.

For our fourth month, in December 2020, the Relocation Africa team bought Pick n Pay food hampers, with the theme of ‘Improving SA’s Food Security’. Once staff had dropped off their hampers at reception, we handed them over to The Honeybun Foundation.

The Honeybun Foundation, a Cape Town based NPO, aims at improving the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable individuals. It was established in 2014 and since then has worked closely with informal settlements and safe homes. In addition to this, the foundation also has a feeding scheme once a month and feeds roughly 200 homeless individuals at a time.

The Honeybun Foundation is committed to providing meals and easing the burden of families who are struggling during the COVID lock-down. When we saw their drive to collect Pick n Pay grocery hampers, we decided to join in. For more information about the Foundation, click here, or contact Stephen on +2771 382 5455.

We hope this inspires our readers and other companies to start similar initiatives, as if we all work together, we can greatly improve the quality of life of those in need around us.

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For information as to how Relocation Africa can help you with your Mobility, Immigration, Research, Remuneration, and Expat Tax needs, email info@relocationafrica.com, or call us on +27 21 763 4240.

Sources: [1], [2]. Image sources: [1], [2].

Andrew Stegmann
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Relocation Africa’s Monthly Social Responsibility Project, Month 3: Book Drive

As part of our constant drive to give back to our community, our team has endeavored to join together to participate in a monthly community-focused CSR initiative. The team comes together each month to participate in an activity aimed at uplifting the community around our head office in Cape Town, after which ideas are put forward for the following month’s initiative.

In this way, as South Africans, we are giving back not only on Mandela Day, but throughout the year, as the need doesn’t end after the holiday.

Naturally, we take all necessary COVID-19-related precautions when participating in the activities, so as to ensure the health and safety of our team members and those we are interacting with outside our office.

For our third month, in November 2020, we came together to collect books, with the theme of ‘Literature & Education are Vital’. We invited our neighbors to join us in collecting books they no longer needed, and dropping them off at our office’s reception. We then handed them over to charity Help the Rural Child.

Help the Rural Child is a chain of charity shops that support the Goedgedacht Path Onto Prosperity Rural Youth Centres. Help the Rural Child, through its charity shops, is doing its bit to help these children break out of the endless cycles of poverty that have trapped their parents for so many generations. Help the Rural Child has nine shops at present: two bookshops, one in Mowbray and one in Kirstenhof; four clothing and bric a brac shops in Mowbray, Retreat, Sea Point and Cape Town CBD; a furniture shops in Retreat and a Mobile Bookshop that goes out to schools. Their newest edition, connected to the Mobile Bookshop, is The Children’s Bookshop in Mowbray.

Their shops are all run with two staff members and a wonderful group of volunteers. All the stock of books, bric-a-brac, clothing, furniture and household goods are donated by the very supportive Cape Town public. We are pleased that we could be part of one of these donations.

 

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We hope this inspires our readers and other companies to start similar initiatives, as if we all work together, we can greatly improve the quality of life of those in need around us.

 

For information as to how Relocation Africa can help you with your Mobility, Immigration, Research, Remuneration, and Expat Tax needs, email info@relocationafrica.com, or call us on +27 21 763 4240.

Sources: [1], [2]. Image sources: [1], [2].

Andrew Stegmann
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Relocation Africa’s Monthly Social Responsibility Project, Month 2: Neighborhood Litter Collection

As part of our constant drive to give back to our community, our team has endeavored to join together to participate in a monthly community-focused CSR initiative. The team comes together each month to participate in an activity aimed at uplifting the community around our head office in Cape Town, after which ideas are put forward for the following month’s initiative.

In this way, as South Africans, we are giving back not only on Mandela Day, but throughout the year, as the need doesn’t end after the holiday.

Naturally, we take all necessary COVID-19-related precautions when participating in the activities, so as to ensure the health and safety of our team members and those we are interacting with outside our office.

For our second month, in October 2020, we came together to pick up litter in the neighborhood in which our head office is located (Kenilworth, Cape Town), with the theme of ‘A Healthier City’. We invited our neighbors to join us, and the team from Vulcan Integrated Solutions joined us on the collection walk. We split up into 3 teams, each walking different routes, to pick up any litter we found in the roads surrounding our offices.

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We hope this inspires our readers and other companies to start similar initiatives, as if we all work together, we can greatly improve the quality of life of those in need around us.

 

For information as to how Relocation Africa can help you with your Mobility, Immigration, Research, Remuneration, and Expat Tax needs, email info@relocationafrica.com, or call us on +27 21 763 4240.

Sources: [1], [2]. Image sources: [1], [2].