Domino Foundation appreciates women’s hard work
The extraordinary times we find ourselves in have called for extraordinary agility in our female tribe.
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.
“The Domino Foundation is largely staffed by women, unrelenting in their determination to see the vulnerable in our communities shown mercy, the marginalised empowered and those with no voice finding justice,” said CEO, Shaun Tait.
“During 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 the disaster relief unit and nutrition programmes have gone into overdrive, collecting donations, packing and distributing the equivalent of over one-and-a-half million meals to many of our 13,000 beneficiaries and others through collaboration with city partners, churches and NGOs.”
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 to some of their programmes, we have been able to step into unfamiliar spaces to work together to meet the endless needs.
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“The feminine contingent at the Toti and Durban North-based 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 by a news group 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 women are thinking smart and stepping into the gaps without being asked. This really is teamwork at its best!”
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