Social Investment in South Africa

We get a lot of enquiries about how does one go about contacting the “Dis-Chem Foundation” which is a CSI / CSR initiative out of pharmacy chain Dis-chem.

You can find out more information on them via the Dis-Chem website at www.dischem.co.za and there is an e-mail address listed below. I tiny piece of feedback is that they should try and do a bit more to promote themselves. They are tucked away on the Dis-Chem site but a simple Google search still finds it difficult to pull up their details.

The write-up on the Dis-Chem Foundation describes the initiative as follows:

To provide care and support to improve the lives of individuals in their environments with their specific needs, and in so doing, relieve the burden of those around them.

“The Dis-Chem Foundation has been established so that we at Dis-Chem Pharmacies can continue to grow our commitment to our customers and extended communities.  In a country that is so needy on different levels, the Dis-Chem Foundation will assist people in need and our motto is ‘one- on-one caring for the community’”  said Lynette Saltzman, Director of Dis-Chem Pharmacies.

The aim of the Dis-Chem Foundation is to select individuals to whom we can offer specific relief in different circumstances. In this way we are relieving the burden of supporting them from family friends and communities, therefore our efforts are more far-reaching than merely caring for the chosen few.

The Foundation’s aim is to help people whose faces and names you will come to know and whose stories will become a part of your life. We will follow their progress so you are able to feel the positive impact that assistance from the Foundation has made.

The Dis-Chem Foundation is a part of Dis-Chem Pharmacies Benefits Programme, a customer loyalty programme whereby members get benefit points on what they spend in the stores, and at the same time Dis-Chem puts a percentage into the Foundation Fund.
 
The main endeavor of the Dis-Chem Foundation is to help people in various circumstances for example: financial, lifestyle improvements, educational needs, health attention etc.

Requests for assistance can be emailed to foundation@dischem.co.za