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social development and speci?c life skills training,
competitiveness, teamwork, discipline and timekeeping
PPC, in partnership with De Beers, supports three ?eld bands:
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Cullinan Field Band, with participants from Re?lwe,
Cullinan and Mamelodi East in Pretoria, performed at
the Human Rights Day celebration at the Union
Buildings in Pretoria, playing in front of the president of
South Africa, his cabinet, local and international VIPs
and the public.
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Kimberley Field Band serves the youth of Greenpoint
and Galeshewe. The band coordinator was selected to
lead a team of ten choral adjudicators during a mass
participation programme of South African Schools
Choral Eisteddfod in the Northern Cape; with a mandate
to select the best choirs in all voice parts, small
ensembles and sextets.
All three bands took part in the 2011 national championships
- an event fully supported by the Department of Arts and
Culture. Kimberley and Cullinan came second and third
respectively in the Premier category.CSI beyond South
African bordersThe true intent of corporate citizenship is to
uplift communities through involvement in socio-economic
and local economic development projects, starting with
communities hosting our factories and our labour-sourcing
areas. This intent guides PPC's investments in CSI
initiatives in Botswana and Zimbabwe as well.
Botswana
·
Danielskuil Field Band (serving Danielskuil, Kluisville
and Thlakalatlou) - this band has made a huge impact in
Danielskuil, a small town in the Northern Cape where
most band members come from poor families that are
poverty stricken. Alcohol consumption in these
communities is a particular problem, and the band is
providing vital extramural activities.
A dream come true for Kanye Village
PPC constructed a new building in Kanye village, some
90km north of Gaborone, which the Pan-African Christian
Women's Alliance (PACWA), a group of retired professional
women, are using it as a bakery. Equipment was installed in
May and the bakery is now fully operational. Six project
coordinators were trained in breadmaking, and they will in
turn train more marginalised people from the community,
focusing on the youth to equip them with bread-making
skills. The bakery will become an income-generating
initiative for marginalised people and youth of the streets
from Kanye village under the guidance of PACWA. The
project is scheduled to be launched in February 2012.
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