Cotton On Foundation Field Report 2015 Cotton On Foundation Field Report | Page 36

GLOBAL PROJECTS Whilst we’ve been working with communities in Southern Uganda for several years, our work in other parts of the world is still in its early stages. During the first few years of our work in a new region, we constantly monitor and review projects to ensure the most effective and sustainable change to the community. In doing so, we prefer to focus on the cause and relationships being forged, rather than targets and projections. SOUTH AFRICA Last year, we partnered with the Nelson Mandela Foundation in South Africa to implement critical programs in line with our four pillars of education, health, infrastructure and sustainability. Mandela Library Program In line with our strong belief in education, we donated libraries made from shipping containers to five schools in need in South Africa. Mandela Day Food Security Program The food parcel project focused on those students and families from selected rural schools, and helped deliver parcels to 240 students during the school holidays to ensure they remain healthy and able to concentrate all year round. Caring For Girls Program Caring4Girls is a sanitary towels and menstrual hygiene program for underprivileged girls, mainly in rural communities. The project aims to provide puberty and menstrual hygiene training to underprivileged girls, support them with sanitary towels for a minimum of one year, and provide each girl with a menstrual hygiene booklet. School Enhancement and Assembly Shelter Our dedication to quality learning environments doesn’t mean we only build classroom blocks. Last year, we responded to a need in a local school in Cape Town, and built a shelter area for school assembly and shaded outdoor activities for students. Fodisong Community and Health Centre Fodisong which means ‘Place of Healing’ provides primary health care to an underprivileged community in Johannesburg. In 2015 we began supporting Fodisong, to help them reach those most in need in the community. The Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign Over 95 million children in schools across sub-Saharan Africa have no access to a classroom desk. In order to help create better learning environments for children, we forged a new partnership with Desmond Tutu in 2015. SANITARY PADS DONATED TO GIRLS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES FOOD PARCELS DELIVERED TO STUDENTS DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 36 CONTAINER LIBRARIES DELIVERED TO SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL MENSTRUATION BOOKLETS DISTRIBUTED TO GIRLS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES 37