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Dell Christmas Challenge
Truly embracing the spirit of Christmas, staff at Dell South Africa
have gone the extra mile to ensure that the children of Child
Welfare South Africa (CWSA), living in the poorest areas of the
country, would not be forgotten by Father Christmas this festive
season. Approximately 100 children aged from just a few months
to 18 years old had gifts under the tree on 25 December 2012.
Natasha Reuben, Head of Transformation at Dell South Africa,
explains: “We believe in investing in the community to create
positive transformation, and there is no better time to do this
than Christmas. Festive trees decorated with tags were placed
inside Dell’s offices. Each tag had the name, gender and age of
a specific child, and staff members were encouraged to select a
child that they could spoil by simply writing the name of the child
and hanging it on the tree. Over 100 gifts were collected in this
manner and lovingly wrapped by the Dell staff who enjoyed every
minute of the experience.”
Beneficiary: TSiBA
Dell’s Investment: R650 000 towards Bursaries
and Dell ICT equipment
For the past seven years, Dell South Africa has donated
equipment and funds to the Tertiary School in Business
Administration (TSiBA). “Dell South Africa is focused on
developing literate and connected communities centered on
quality education, and TSiBA aligns with this goal by offering
emerging leaders the opportunity to study an enriched
Bachelor of Business Administration degree,” explains Stewart
van Graan, General Manager of Dell Africa and Managing
Director of Dell South Africa.
“It is Dell’s strong belief that technology is an essential tool
in bridging the digital divide, and with the establishment of
training programs and initiatives that address the need to
equip young adults with both life and educational skills, the
South African youth is provided with the platform to compete
academically with their global peers,” concludes van Graan.
Beneficiary: University of the Western
Cape and Dell Bursary Program
Dell’s Investment: Undergraduate
Degree and Extras
Over the years, the DDF has established a number of training
programs and initiatives with the overall objective of addressing
the existing need to equip young adults with both life and
educational skills.
In conjunction with the University of the Western Cape,
Dell has developed a bursary program that identifies the five
most academically deserving students from underprivileged
backgrounds. In addition to providing funds for a three year
undergraduate degree, Dell also provides each successful
candidate with their own Dell laptop, campus residential fees,
a monthly personal allowance, books, travel money, additional
tuition if necessary and ad hoc medical fees.
This year we have welcomed our new first year bursary
students who can look forward to Dell SA staff taking time out
to visit them, finding out how their studies are going and which
campus activities they are involved in.
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Natasha Reuben was
nominated for Black
Business Women Award.