In celebration of Dell Technologies’ worldwide International Women’s Day campaign called #BalanceforBetter, the local DellEMC employee resource group Women in Action (WIA) held an initiative for employees to donate their fancy dresses and shoes. With the help of the Sci Bono Discovery Centre, these dresses and shoes will support girls around Gauteng who cannot afford to look and feel their best for their matric ball dances. Well done to the WIA team and each employee who participated in this initiative that will greatly contribute toward increasing the self-esteem of many...
The Black Networking Alliance (BNA) Employee Resource Group (ERG) aims to provide a culture and environment where black professionals can thrive and bring their full selves to work. This is made real every day by our mission to advance Dell in becoming the best place to work through recruitment, retention and talent development. The BNA team recently did a school shoe drive which supported 200 learners at Zandspruit Primary , all of which come from the impoverished community of Zandspruit. Each school shoe was donated by Dell EMC employees who played a role in making a difference to each bright learner. Below are some links to a media article about the 2018 launch of this chapter in South Africa: https://www.itweb.co.za/content/G98YdqLxOX8qX2PD...
“We make a living by what we do; we make a life by what we give” Stewart van Graan, GM Dell Africa
I am always struck by this quote from Winston Churchill in that it blends our responsibility at work with our social responsibility toward the communities we call home.
In partnership with Discovery Health, Dell invested in eight desktops which will be used for CHOC’s (Children’s Hematology Oncology Clinics) ReMission project.