Vodacom Foundation Press Releases
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Run-on with Springboks will be huge moment for youngster
Saturday, 12 June 2010 When 8-year-old Logan McClean runs onto the pitch alongside Springbok captain John Smit today, it will be a huge moment in his life, one that ranks alongside the operations he has undergone to correct the cleft lip and palate with which the youngster was born.
Sight restored – Just in time for the soccer fest!
Saturday, 5 June 2010 Thirty seven senior citizens from disadvantaged communities today received the gift of sight - just in time to witness the world's biggest sports tournament taking place in South Africa!
Vodacom Resource Centre will give Impetus to E-Learning
Tuesday, 1 June 2010 Vodacom today joined hands with the Department of Education and several business partners to establish an ICT Resource Centre that will provide e-education facilities to educators and learners in the Nkangala region of Mpumalanga Province.
Vodacom Launches SMS Disaster Fundraising Platform
Thursday, 27 May 2010 Vodacom today launched a technology-enabled disaster fundraising platform, Vodacom Red Alert, which will enable its customers and employees to donate money to large-scale humanitarian disaster relief efforts using an SMS or USSD number.
Vodacom helps broaden blood outreach in three more provinces
Thursday, 13 May 2010 Three state-of-the-art mobile blood collection clinics that will reach blood donors in underserved and remote communities of KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and the Northern Cape were today handed over to the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) by the Vodacom Foundation. The clinics will enable SANBS to extend its services to areas in these Provinces that it has previously not been able to access.
Vodacom helps enhance a culture of reading
Friday, 23 April 2010 Vodacom today made a contribution towards addressing the library shortage experienced by many South African schools when it handed over a mobile library to the Mokwena Primary School, Thaba Nchu. This is just one of sixty such libraries that were provided to schools through the help of the Vodacom Foundation.
School hall for Mitchell’s Plain learners
Tuesday, 30 March 2010 Learners at the Westridge Secondary School in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, had plenty to smile about today as their brand new school hall was officially opened, giving them a community asset that many other schools simply take for granted.
Youngsters get chance of healthy lives
Wednesday, 3 March 2010 Nineteen young children who unfortunately suffer from craniofacial anomalies were happy beneficiaries of corrective surgery through the Johannesburg Craniofacial Programme, supported by Vodacom and Netcare. The operations will go a long way towards affording them a chance to enjoy happy and healthy lives.
Vodacom helps to uplift Science and Maths Skills
Thursday, 25 February 2010 Over 50 000 high school learners will be better equipped in Mathematics and Science, following a R1.29-million contribution from the Vodacom Foundation.
Eye care services for rural KZN a step closer
Thursday, 18 February 2010 The opportunity for people living in remote rural areas in KwaZulu/Natal to receive treatment for visual impairments is a step closer today, following the formal handover by the Vodacom Foundation of a mobile eye care clinic to the province's Department of Health.
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