Mandela Day 2018

#InspiredByYou Inter-Pharma 5-a-side Football Tournament As part of our Mandela Day celebrations, Aspen Pharma Trading (APTL) in Ireland, in partnership with Real Staffing Recruitment Agency, organised their second annual #InspiredByYou Inter-Pharma 5-a-side Football Tournament. This year APTL used this event as a platform to raise awareness about homelessness in Ireland and to fundraise for Peter Read More

Mythri’s monthly gifts from generous employees For the third consecutive year, Alphamed* supported the Mythri Home, an orphanage in Hyderabad. Employees contribute toward the educational and basic living expenses of the 75 orphans by means of voluntarily monthly salary deductions, and this practice will continue for the year ahead. A few volunteers also visited Mythri Read More

The gift of a smile In order to support children suffering from cancer, this year we worked together with two non-for-profit organizations: Brave Hearts (Corazones Valientes) in Quito and Ronald McDonald House in Guayaquil. These organisations provide economic support to families who don͛t have the necessary resources to pay for proper treatment for their children. Read More

Small things make a big difference This year, Aspen Peru supported San Lorenzo, a socially vulnerable community, located in a underprivileged sector of Lima City, that offers educational support to 163 children and teenagers, between three and seventeen years of age. These students come from very poor families and many of them are under nourished Read More

“This little experience has changed our lives” Employees at Aspen Colombia started their Mandela Day efforts as early as March through fundraising activities for two beneficiaries – one in Cali and another in Bogotá. A lot of fun was had by the team who engaged in food sales, games, bingo and a world cup football Read More

Medical treatment for 23 children This year, we commemorated Nelson Mandela’s Centenary by supporting the Hogar Esperanza Foundation, which shelters and promotes healthcare to children, newborns and toddlers up to 5 years old. This Foundation repeatedly needs medicines for particularly diseases such as cancer, epilepsy and treatments for growth complications. In order to support the Read More

Empowerment through sport Mandela Day was a celebration of joy in the community. For the second successive year, Aspen Caribbean and Central America (Caricam) positively impacted the lives of more than 80 young athletes, by participating in the annual Costa Rica Special Olympics Organizationi competition. Aspen arranged sporting activities and spent the day with the Read More

Caring for cancer patients On 18 July 18 Aspen Pharma Brazil celebrated Mandela Day with a very special party at Ronald McDonald Institute that develops and coordinates programs that enable early diagnosis, appropriate referral, reception and quality integral care for young patients with cancer and their families. The volunteers spent the morning with the Ronald Read More

Having fun with mentally disabled teenagers The Sikiarideio Institute, a school for disadvantaged teenagers who are mentally disabled, was the chosen as the Mandela Day beneficiary by Aspen Greece. The school supports skills development as well as socialisation adaptation for about 100 teenagers and adults. Numerous workshops are hosted for the learners such as making Read More

Selling flowers, wrapping gifts and raising funds for those in need Aspen’s team from Notre Dame de Bondeville traditionally host Mandela Day initiatives throughout the year, given that July falls within their summer month vacation period. Over the 2017 festive season teams of employees wrapped gifts for donations to raise funds for numerous beneficiaries. These Read More