{"id":3146,"date":"2011-07-18T09:13:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T07:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/mandela-day-clean-sweep\/"},"modified":"2011-07-18T09:13:48","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T07:13:48","slug":"mandela-day-clean-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mandela-day-clean-sweep\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandela Day Clean Sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seventeen interns from Continental Tyre South Africa will each be donating at least 67 minutes of their time to helping SOS Children\u2019s Village<\/a> Port Elizabeth clean up the area around the village, situated in Schauderville, today 18 July, 2011 as part of Mandela Day.<\/p>\n

The interns, who are all currently doing their practicals at Continental Tyre<\/a>, approached their mentors at Continental and asked if they could do something to give back to the community, and proposed a clean-up operation be held at the Village, where the company has been a house sponsor for many years.<\/p>\n

Fundraiser for SOS Children\u2019s Villages\u00a0 South Africa, Mandy Spies, said the clean up idea as greatly appreciated as illegal dumping around the Village was a constant problem and posed a serious health risk to the children.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a serious problem with dumping of household refuse, builder\u2019s rubble and sometimes larger household items like broken furniture and appliances on Searle Road, adjacent to the SOS Children\u2019s Village, causing a serious health risk for our children and members of the public that use this main connecting road between Schauderville and Newton Park,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The activities for Mandela Day at SOS Children\u2019s Village, Port Elizabeth will include the actual clean-up by the students during the morning and will be followed by a short educational talk with the children focusing on reducing one\u2019s carbon footprint. The interns will end the day off with a friendly soccer match against the youth.<\/p>\n

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