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MANDELA DAY: GO GEORGE supports community initiatives

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Jul '21
Two men working for GO GEORGE handing over 20 bags containing personal care items for women staying at the Phambili Refuge for women and children. It is received by a lady working at Phambili.
Contributions from GO GEORGE staff made it possible to deliver 20 care packs to the Phambili Refuge for Women and Children. Receiving the donation is Megan October from Phambili (left), with Basil Myners (GO GEORGE Communications Team) and Tyron Jeyi (GO GEORGE Community Liaison Officer).

GO GEORGE staff always enjoy demonstrating care and compassion by giving of their personal time to the community on Mandela Day.

This year, as was the case in 2020, Covid-19 lockdown restrictions and safety measures limited the ways of reaching out and making a difference. However, there is always some way to send a message of care to those in need, and to support the organisations and volunteers dedicated to improving their lives.

Generous donations from the GO GEORGE staff in their personal capacity made it possible to deliver 20 care packs to the Phambili Refuge for Women and Children, as well as bread and soup ingredients to CREMHOG, an organisation providing food to the homeless, amongst other initiatives. A few staff members also decided to donate blood.

James Robb, GO GEORGE Manager, expressed the commitment of the bus service and all stakeholders to the upliftment of the George community. “Our staff’s personal contributions towards the Mandela Day initiative are but a token of our commitment towards building the caring society that Madiba has envisioned and strived for,” he said.

Mandela Day 2021 George CBD Food Initiative
GO GEORGE staff donated soup packs and bread in support of CREMHOG, a volunteer organisation providing food to the homeless. Handing over the donation to André Olivier (far right) are Basil Myners (GO GEORGE Communications Team), left, and Tyron Jeyi (GO GEORGE Community Liaison Officer).

 

Mandela Day 2021 Blood Nondumiso

 

Mandela Day 2021 Blood Cecil
To support the Mandela Day initiative of giving back to the community, Nondumiso Buthelezi and Cecil Barry, members of the GO GEORGE system planning team, donated blood at the Western Cape Blood Service.

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