Safire’s beanie brigade at work
Nimble-fingered knitters at Safire Insurance have been creating snug, colourful beanies to keep warm the little ones at crèches where Singakwenza donates their educational toys made from waste products. Singakwenza, meaning “We can do it”, is a non-profit organisation building sustainable Early Childhood Education programmes in economically disadvantaged communities, using resources produced solely from recycling […]
Assistance for local school
Staff at Safire were delighted to be able to assist TPA (Tamil People’s Association) School in Northdale, Pietermaritzburg, with donated paintbrushes for the art classes, fabric for the craft and sewing class and A4 files that were no longer in use at Safire through our “going paperless” drive. Seen here are pupils and a teacher […]
Inspirational book boxes
A few years ago, Safire Insurance and Cordwalles Boys’ Prep School in Pietermaritzburg joined forces to inspire young readers at Ashdown Primary School, where the more than 1600 pupils come from under-privileged homes, to become ‘book-wise’. To encourage a passion for books and reading, Safire created ‘book boxes’, brightly coloured storage boxes, which were filled […]
Encouraging literacy with local pupils
Encouraging literacy with local pupils Safire staff and extended family recently held a ‘book drive’ to collect books for schools in the Pietermaritzburg area where Safire’s Head Office is situated. TPA Full Service School and Hayfields Primary School received donations of books from the Safire team for their libraries. By giving youngsters access to books […]