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In 2007, Cape Union Mart donated in excess of a half million rand to 14 charities. These charities range from the Cape Town Holocaust Museum, to the Red Cross Children's Trust, to Habitat for Humanity.
Cape Union Mart is committed to giving back to the community. We owe our ability to do so to you, the customer. It is only through your support that we were able to assist these fine charities.
Read on for a list of some of the organistions Cape Union Mart has assisted in 2007.
RED CROSS CHILDREN'S TRUST
The Red Cross Children's Hospital is at the cutting edge of paediatric health care in Africa. We want to make sure that they stay there, which is why Cape Union Mart made donations aimed at helping them construct a new children's ward.
CAPE TOWN HOLOCAUST CENTRE
The Cape Town Holocaust Centre, situated in Hatfield Street, serves as a memorial to the injustices suffered by the Jewish Community during World War II. It is dedicated towards creating a more just and caring society in which human rights are respected and valued.
Cape Union Mart is proud to be associated with this noble cause.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Habitat for Humanity South Africa works with communities that invite us to partner with them to help address their housing needs. A process of mutual evaluation determines whether a partnership is viable.
Habitat considers such factors as the level of need for housing in the community, support of local leadership and community stability. A build will traditionally compose of members of the Habitat team and local community, working together towards the common goal of creating housing.
Cape Union Mart considers Habitat South Africa an extremely worthy cause, and is proud to be involved.
IKAMVA LABANTU
In the late 1960's at the height of South African Apartheid, Helen Lieberman and other community social activists responded to the unjust conditions by setting up survival initiatives in the Western Cape.
In 1992, Ikamva Labantu (The Future of our Nation) was launched as a non-governmental and non-profit organisation.
Ikamva Labantu works with and assists affiliated Community Based Organisations serving various sections of the population: children, youth, adults, families, seniors and the disabled. These programmes interlink to ensure that critical needs of the communities served are comprehensively and effectively met.
Cape Union Mart is proud to be an ally of Ikamva Labantu.