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Our communities
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disadvantaged schools. (See “Tiger Brands
Foundation” page 121.)
Strategic food security partnerships
Our valuable partnerships with non-
governmental and other community
organisations are critical to achieving our
goals and include the following:
Buhle Farmers Academy
Buhle Farmers Academy was established in
August 2000 with the objective of providing
practical skills training to farmers on crop,
livestock, vegetable, poultry production and
farm management. The academy’s purpose is
to support and empower new farmers to start
up their own profitable farming activities. It
enrols up to 475 students per annum and
3 959 students have been trained since its
inception in 2000.
Tiger Brands has supported farmer
development through Buhle Farmers Academy
since 2009 by supplying dry foodstuffs for
meals for the students. Buhle Farmers has been
able to return the equivalent value back into
subsidising poor students who would
otherwise not have been able to afford the
full cost of training.
The academy also provides post-training
support to assist the farmers with setting up and
growing their own farms.
Afrika Tikkun
Afrika Tikkun was started in 1994 with a vision
to alleviate poverty. It adopted a model which
seeks to develop the competencies of South
Africans living in townships and uses these
Highlights FY2014
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Donated
R24,0 million
to various socio-
economic development initiatives.
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On
World Food Day
, KOO uniquely
highlighted food insecurity by erecting the
first edible billboard in Dobsonville,
Soweto. More than 2 000 KOO cans
formed the billboard and were distributed
to the community.
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For
Mandela Day 2014,
Tiger Brands’
volunteers shared their 67 minutes with
communities around South Africa. Food
parcels were distributed in KwaZulu-Natal
and Limpopo. In Polokwane, the volunteers
worked in vegetable gardens and painted
resource rooms.
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In another
Mandela Day
initiative, Tiger
Brands partnered with the Department of
Social Development to support the Twilight
Children’s Centre, donating one month’s
supply of food and cleaning products.
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In a 21-year partnership with the Avril
Elizabeth Home for the Mentally and
Physically Disabled, Tiger Brands has
contributed R6,8 million to date derived
from a portion of the sale of every Elizabeth
Anne and Purity toiletry product purchased
by consumers.
Food security
We believe that true transformation is only
possible through education. In this regard,
good nutrition enhances the ability to learn
and creates a platform for learners to fulfil
their potential at school. Tiger Brands, in
collaboration with the Department of Basic
Education and the Mandela Centre of
Memory, has initiated a food parcel distribution
programme to alleviate food insecurity in our