Dell South Africa staff spreading festive cheer

Issued by Cohn & Wolfe Africa for Dell
Johannesburg, 12 Dec 2012

A Dell staff member wrapping their gift.

Truly embracing the spirit of Christmas, staff at Dell South Africa have done their bit to ensure the children of the Christiana, Mahikeng and Vryburg Child Welfare South Africa (CWSA) branches are not forgotten by Father Christmas this festive season.

Approximately 100 children, aged from just a few months old up to 18-years-old, will have gifts under the tree come 25 December 2012.

The presents collected at the Dell office.

According to Natasha Reuben, head of transformation at the Dell South Africa Development Fund: "Dell believes in investing in the community to create positive transformation; there is no better time to do this than at Christmas.

Festive trees decorated with tags were placed inside Dell's offices. Each tag had the name, gender and age of a specific child. Staff were encouraged to select a child whom they could spoil by simply writing the name of the child and hanging it on the tree.

The presents.

The Dell Development Fund matched the value of every present bought. This money will go towards ensuring the holidays can be as merry as possible for these children."

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Dell South Africa Development Fund

The Dell South Africa Development Fund was founded based on Dell South Africa's belief that, by improving social conditions, it can improve business conditions. The Fund uses technology to provide training and develop human resources and thereby strives to bridge the digital divide. Education, enterprise development and health, in particular HIV/AIDS, are the main focus areas of the Dell Development Fund. For more information, visit http://www.delldevelopmentfund.co.za.

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