Tembisa daycares collected over one million bread bags for Sasko's Siyasizana Daycare Project

In December 2016, over one million Sasko bread bags have been collected in Tembisa by 420 daycares.

Sasko Siyasizana Daycare Project rewards participating daycares for collecting used Sasko Bread Bags with mattresses, backpacks, carpets, chairs, and even fridges or stoves for their schools.

Lungelwa Mnyamana, brand manager for Essential Foods Bakeries at Sasko, says that when Sasko's Siyasizana Daycare Project was launched in 2015, they had hoped members of the community would support the initiative and each other. “The name Siyasizana is Zulu for ‘we are helping each other’, which is true to the ethos of the programme. When we launched it in 2015, the response was very positive. Earlier this year, we handed out 1 385 prizes to over 360 daycares – a number that we thought would be hard to beat. We were wrong. Today we are rewarding 420 daycares for collecting 1 011 011 bags since March this year. We will be handing out 3 191 prizes in Tembisa.”

By collecting discarded or used Sasko bread bags, daycares in Tembisa, Soweto, and now Mitchell’s Plain and Khayelitsha in the Western Cape, Sasko is able to assist daycares with basic needs to make their daycare environments more comfortable for the children.

“We always say it’s a small gesture, with large impact. Over one million bread bags will see participating daycares now being able to refrigerate food, prepare cooked meals, mattresses for nap time, and set up tables and chairs during activity and meal times.”

In Tembisa, 65 000 of the bags came from Rhandzo Daycare. In a very close second place, Matema Mashilo from Bophelong Daycare collected 60 000 bags, and in third place, Sekgowagowa where Paulina Tselana and her team collected a total of 34 500 bags. 

Sasko's Siyasizana Daycare Project will launch in the Eastern Cape and Qwa-Qwa in 2017. 

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