PRIMEDIA@HOME supports Cansa Shavathon Day, 15 February 2008

Staff gathered in the boardroom to watch the Cansa Shavathon video and learn more about the background to this annual fundraising drive. Cansa badges were sold to raise funds and everybody had their hair sprayed as a sign of support for people with Cancer. The Marketing team visited all the companies in the building at 284 Oak Avenue to sell Cansa badges, collect donations and spray heads. All money raised was donated to Lukholweni Cancer Association.

PRIMEDIA@HOME visits Akani School near Diepsloot, February 2008

PRIMEDIA@HOME’s inland sales team donated funds, raised through teambuilding efforts, to Akani School in Northern Johannesburg. The team purchased hampers for sixty of the school’s historically disadvantaged children, aged between six and eight. “The team decided to open their hearts and support children in need, rather than spend the money on a year-end lunch at the end of last year. That’s an amazing spirit of giving, we would like to see permeate throughout our country,” explains Melvin Chagonda, PRIMEDIA@HOME’s CEO.

PRIMEDIA@HOME brings cheer to underprivileged children, December 2008

PRIMEDIA@HOME donned Santa's hat during the 2007 Festive Season, as part of its national Learning for Life initiative, to cheer and support underprivileged children countrywide. Partnered by leading retailers, PRIMEDIA@HOME brought grateful smiles and lighter hearts to children and their carers in five under-resourced children's organisations around the country. "Children are our primary focus this festive season and we are delighted to have been able to support them and provide some back-to-school goodies to better their education prospects," says Melvin Chagonda, PRIMEDIA@HOME's Chief Executive Officer.

Read more about this end-of-year initiative here