Foundation’s relentless women continue making a difference
Durban charity, the Domino Foundation, is largely staffed by women, unrelenting in their determination to see the vulnerable in communities shown mercy.
EACH year, South Africa marks Women’s Month in August and remembers the 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 to protest the extension of Pass Laws to women.
Durban charity, the Domino Foundation, is largely staffed by women, unrelenting in their determination to see the vulnerable in communities shown mercy, the marginalised empowered and those with no voice finding justice.
In the time of lockdown, the severely disrupted school calendar has meant several of the Foundation’s eight programmes have not been able to operate at regular full capacity, yet programmes like the Disaster Relief Unit and Nutrition Programme, have gone into overdrive, collecting donations, packing and distributing the equivalent of over one a half million meals to many of Domino’s 13,000 beneficiaries and others through collaboration with city partners, churches and NGOs.
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Karen Brokensha, Domino’s marketing storyteller, said: “The extraordinary times we find ourselves in have called for extraordinary agility in our female tribe. With extra time and capacity on their hands, due to the disruption in some of their programmes, we have been able to step into unfamiliar spaces to work together to meet the endless needs.”
The feminine contingent at the Foundation has taken much of their lead from Cathy Whittle, leader of the Nutrition and Disaster Response Unit, as she coordinates the distribution relief aid to reach those in need. Recently nominated as an ‘Everyday Hero’, Cathy has lavishly praised the teamwork, which is seeing vital paperwork done, monitoring and evaluation continuing, the 64 crèches on Domino’s ECD programme being made Covid-ready for when the children can and do return, and the endless administrative business is being attended as a united effort.
“Possibly it comes quite naturally as we women are multi-taskers by nature of our roles as working moms. The ladies are thinking smart and stepping into the gaps without being asked. This really is teamwork at its best!” said Karen.
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