Mandela Month 2024: #ItIsInOurHands

Mandela Day with forgood clients was 31 days of change across a variety events that have had long-lasting impact for South Africa and communities.

Our clients have taken the spirit of Mandela Day into the entire month of July and beyond!

African Bank ran Mandela Month events across the country in its regional offices. The activities were planting sustainable gardens, painting, packing food parcels, donating school resources, donating food parcels, making sustainable toys and joining bead-making sessions with a Cause that will sell the items to generate income.

Alexforbes participated in meal packing with FoodForward in Cape Town, Durban, Gqeberha and Johannesburg. They also enjoyedSorting bottle tops and bread tags for wheelchairs for the Sweethearts Foundation
Supporting Causes focused on disability in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Coca -Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) had events across regions. Activities were food packing, river clean-ups, planting sustainable gardens and recycling.

The Liberty Group's employees came out in numbers to support the always impactful Rise Against Hunger food packing.

Lombard's People Brand team put together an awesome morning for our staff who joined in efforts to make sandwiches from 67 loaves of bread for 67 minutes. They were able to donate 536 sandwiches!

Mukuru hosted two in office events at their head office in Cape Town as well as their Gauteng location in Johannesburg. Cape Town colleagues enjoyed making 60 children's educational activity books for Common Good and the Grade R pupils at Disa Primary. Johannesburg colleagues enjoyed a no-sew blanket-making session in partnership with Johannesburg Dream Center. Seven other teams took the initiative and arranged their own Mandela Day activities enjoying cleaning and painting activities, spending time with animals and donation drives and drop offs.

Redefine Properties' employees in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg enjoyed events that called for hands-on work including painting and repairing facilities, spending quality time with mothers and babies, packing GBV packs.

Sanlam's Sandton and Bellville offices honed in on the need for care packs for new moms by packing 200 baby care packs for new moms with much-needed supplies which will start the moms off on their right foot as they embark on a journey of motherhood.

Standard Bank had a jam-packed Mandela Month with six different activities taking place including:

• Packing over 3000 GBV care packs for TEARS Foundation.
• Creating library nests to be donated to schools in Mpumalanga and North West.
• Meal packing with Rise Against Hunger in Johannesburg and Durban and FoodForward in Cape Town.
• Enhancing two primary schools in Cape Town and a youth care centre in Durban.
• Cleaning up Johannesburg CBD with JoziMyJozi.
• A beach clean in partnership with Unilever.

Sun International's employees rolled up their sleeves to volunteer and make a lasting impact. Together, they created 50 mobile gardens and packed 120 Jars of Hope, to impact over 450 lives in the process.These mobile gardens were donated to Tiisetso ECD in South Hills to offer children the chance to understand where their food comes from and how to nurture it. What may seem like a small act—creating gardens and packing jars of hope—actually means so much more.

According to the principal of the ECD centre, “Our children will now be enabled to learn about planting, where our food comes from, and how to take care of a garden. They will know more about agriculture at an early age.”

Packing events like these aren’t just about the finished product—they’re about the impact that each jar and garden carries. They offer tangible support and create a ripple effect of positive change in communities.

Telesure Insurance Holdings: In celebration of Mandela Day, TIH'ers came together, united by a common purpose, and spent 67 minutes packing food parcels, donated by our employees, for those close to our hearts - our communities across various provinces we operate in.

Each parcel is a symbol of our collective effort to make a difference and uphold our commitment to building a prosperous SA for all. Honouring the spirit of Ubuntu by giving to those that are in need, we continue to join hands and strive to do good, today and beyond Mandela Day. Together, we're not just giving back, we're investing in the future leaders of our nation.

Vodacom: Festival of Giving, a special initiative where Vodacom employees nationwide come together to give back throughout the entire month in honour of Mandela Month.

It was an immensely successful month, one that showcases the commitment of South African firms to transforming the country and inspiring volunteerism. This is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to the initiative and commitment of local companies and their employees, and we expect to see these numbers go even higher in 2025!

Discover how your team can enjoy these events over the next Mandela Month and beyond. with forgood, email us on contact@forgood.co.za.