SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
We believe in sharing our success and appreciation with the community and our clients. Our vision of "Financial Leadership Through Professional Excellence" goes hand in hand with our corporate social responsibility offerings.
We have made donations to the following charitable organisations on behalf of our clients, as we continue to work with and support those in need.
2009:
Festive Greetings
MD are proud to have supported the JAG Foundation and the
Starfish Greathearts Foundation as
part of our annual Festive Season donations on behalf of all of
our clients, colleagues and staff.
“The
JAG Foundation inspires South Africa’s disadvantaged children to
build a positive future
for themselves, their families and their communities, by
encouraging them to participate in
various sport-related programmes.”
To
read more about the JAG Foundation, please visit:
www.jagfoundation.org.za
“Starfish
Greathearts Foundation is an international development charity,
aiming to bring life, hope and
opportunity to orphaned and vulnerable children in South Africa.
We believe that everyone anywhere can
make a very real difference to the lives of these children.”
To read more about the Starfish Greathearts Foundation,
please visit: www.starfishcharity.org
Click here to view the thank you
letter from Starfish
Rosh Hashanah and Eid
MD again supported The Oranjia Jewish Child and Youth Care Centre
and Gift of the Givers Foundation on behalf of our clients for
Rosh Hashanah and Eid.
Oranjia aims to provide child and youth
centred services as well as residential care group care to
Jewish children who have been found in need of care in terms of
the Child Care Act.
The philosophy of care is based on the core principle that
children at youth at risk need opportunities for competency,
development and personal growth. Children and youth with
emotional trauma and distress present with interpersonal and
social difficulties.
Click below to view the card sent by Oranjia to our staff and
clients for the donation MD made on their behalf.
Oranjia Card
The
Gift of the Givers run 24
projects, administered
by the offices in
South Africa and
Malawi. The projects cover areas such
as Health,
Education,
Agricultural Sustainability,
Life Skills, Job Creation &
Entrepreneurship,
Feeding Schemes, Sport
& Culture and
Winter Warmth.
Casual Day
On 4 September 2009, the MD
staff once again took part in Casual Day.
Click on the PDF below to read more about Casual Day
History of Casual Day
MD started the year on a high note by donating R10 000 worth of
computer equipment to ThembaCare.
Click here to view pictures of the donation.
2008:
Charitable Organisation |
Cause |
Website |
| Toddler Educare Centre |
Toddler's Educare is a daycare
and aftercare. They are provided with breakfast, a
cooked lunch and most of all are showered with love and the
utmost care by the three educators or as everyone calls them
"Day Mothers". |
|
| Chrysalis Academy |
Contributes to youth
development and is currently involved in caring for the
refugees in the Tokai area.
Click here to see more |
www.chrysalisacademy.org.za |
| South African Red Cross Society |
By focusing their efforts on
the changing process that was initiated in 2003, they are making
progress towards becoming a
well functioning national society |
www.redcross.org.za |
| Kiddies Meals on Wheels |
The
Graceland Centre/Kiddies Meals on Wheels is a dual
non-denominational project which was established in 1999 to
cater for the demands of the under privileged and abused
people |
|
South Africa Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind |
To enhance the mobility, independence and dignity of blind and partially sighted people |
www.guidedog.org.za
|
| Tygerberg Zoo |
With 24 hectares of land, the
Zoo is home to lions, tigers, zebra, cheetah, chimpanzees
and marmosets. The types of animals include: 61 mammal
species, 160 bird species and 63 reptile species. The
zoo also specialises in the breeding of rare and endangered
species.
Click here to view MD's plaque at the zoo. |
|
MD entered a team into the
Community Chest Twilight Run "The MD Wannabe's".
The annual race is one of the many fundraisers hosted by the
Community Chest Team whose aim is the alleviation of
poverty, by adding human value and human resource to make a
positive impact on the community.
Click here to view the pictures from
the race
MD again supported The Oranjia Jewish Child and Youth Care Centre
and Gift of the Givers Foundation on behalf of our clients for
Rosh Hashanah and Eid.
MD recently supported National Casual Day, on
5 September 2008, by buying stickers from Fountain House.
Casual Day is a fundraising and awareness creating project
benefiting persons with disabilities. Fountain House is a
professional self-help program, operated by men and women
recovering from mental illness, in collaboration with a highly
professional and caring staff.
MD supported SAICA with their initiative of
helping unemployed and disadvantaged people. SAICA help these by
people by taking them off the streets and offering them jobs, in
which they can improve their skills and knowledge. MD bought
flash drive decorations, made in traditional South African style
for the 37th Kreston International World Conference.
MD staff again attended the Jason Coetzee
Benefit held in July 2008, as well as making a donation to this
very worthy cause.
The aim of this benefit is to raise funds for Jason's ongoing
Chemotherapy treatment. So although the evening is held on a
serious note, much fun was had by all who attended.
MD supported the Last Night of The Proms,
which was hosted by the Rotary Club of Wynberg. Rotary organises
various charitable projects, including setting up computer labs, libraries and sports fields in disadvantaged areas.
2007:
Charitable Organisation |
Cause |
Website |
Catholic Welfare and Development Programme: Women in Need Programme |
South African black, destitute and homeless women and their pre-school children who are living on the streets of Cape Town
|
www.cwd.org.za
|
The Oranjia Jewish Child and Youth Care Centre |
Jewish children “at risk” |
www.oranjia.com |
Gift of the Givers Foundation |
Largest internationally acclaimed non-governmental, humanitarian, disaster relief organisation of African origin, on the African continent. |
www.giftofthegivers.org |
The Emma Animal Rescue Society (TEARS) |
Pro-life non-profit animal rescue society, whose core aim is to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home abandoned, abused and neglected dogs and cats |
www.tears.org.za |
The Cancer Association of South Africa
|
In remembrance of those who have passed away with Cancer |
www.cansa.org.za |
| St Luke's Hospice |
The heart of this specialised
category of nursing, known as palliative care, is in giving
patients whose illness is not curable, optimum quality of
life – by working to keep them as pain and symptom free as
possible, as well as emotionally, socially and spiritually
supported; and also drawing in those people in their circle
of nearest and dearest. |
www.stlukes.co.za |
| SAICA - We Care Project |
This unique mentorship and social
responsibility programme aims to unite all Woman Chartered
Accountants in South Africa in making a meaningful
difference to the lives of children and orphans struck by
the anguish of poverty and HIV/AIDS |
www.saica.co.za |
We are also very proud of our long standing associations with the Save The Children's Fund and The Italian Motorcycle Owners Club of Cape Town trading as The Toy Run ( www.imoc.co.za) , as both organisations have earned world wide respect for their contributions to and upliftment of the children of socio-economic communities.
MD staff supported the Jason Coetzee Benefit held in 2007 to help raise funds for his Chemotherapy treatment. Jason is a close friend of Winston Kriel, an ex-employee of MD.
