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Tiger Brands Limited integrated annual report
2015
Our communities
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Until 2014, the feeding programme was funded by a
“trickle dividend” equal to 15% of dividends received from
the foundation’s shareholding in Tiger Brands. Given the
success of the current feeding programme, the foundation
intends to expand its activities to other schools across the
country. This will be funded by increasing the trickle
dividend from 15% to 30% from January 2015.
Since inception, the programme has demonstrated that an
effective public-private partnership can make a significant
difference to the lives of learners via an in-school feeding
programme, contributing to improved attendance, class
participation and performance while helping to reduce
obesity.
The foundation fulfils its mission in partnership with a number
of stakeholders, including:
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The DBE at national, provincial and local level
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Academic and research institutions (such as University of
Johannesburg – Centre for Social Development in Africa)
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Beneficiary schools, parents and community leaders
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Community-based agencies (food delivery partners)
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Funders/donors wishing to invest in food security and
school nutrition programmes
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Tiger Brands, the public and shareholders.
The programme has been instrumental in supporting
229 jobs for food handlers who prepare the breakfasts
provided by the foundation. Each food handler is employed
by the DBE and offered a stipend by the foundation.
In the Lady Frere district, Eastern Cape, our in-school
breakfast programme covers 27 schools. It supplements the
government’s national school nutrition programme (NSNP),
ensuring these vulnerable learners have two nutritious meals
per day. In addition, a programme to support these learners
over the July and December holidays was established, with
food parcels distributed in June 2015.
In the Western Cape and Free State, 6 040 food
parcels were distributed to learners in 10 primary schools
participating in the breakfast programme at the start of
the July school holidays.
In March 2015, Meqheleng Primary School in Ficksburg
(Free State) was awarded first prize in the NSNP best
school awards. The foundation sponsors this prize which
entails adopting the school onto the in-school breakfast
feeding programme, and R450 000 towards constructing
a school kitchen.
In July, the Deben Primary School in Kathu, Northern Cape,
was adopted onto the programme. In Kathu, the
programme is implemented with the financial support of a
corporate partner, Sishen Solar Facility. We are excited
about this development, which is the first partnership of its
kind for the foundation.
Human rights
Tiger Brands supports and respects the protection of
internationally proclaimed human rights and endeavours to
ensure the group is not complicit in any related abuses. We
do not tolerate discrimination of any kind, nor any form of
forced or child labour.
There were no reported incidents of human rights violations
in 2015.