M&D CONSTRUCTION GROUP MOBILISES NATIONAL TEAM FOR NELSON MANDELA DAY

M&D
Construction Group teams working across more than 20 construction sites in the
country proudly rolled up their sleeves to make a significant difference to the
lives of many disadvantaged South Africans this Nelson Mandela Day.

Some
of their projects were completed just before the 18^th of July and
others on Nelson Mandela Day. These are being complemented by more ambitious
undertakings that continued throughout July and will be finalised during
August. 

“We
decided to take a totally different approach this year by allowing our
construction teams, which are closer to the ground and interact with members of
the communities they are working in on a regular basis, to drive the process. I
am convinced that we made the correct decision considering the overwhelmingly
positive response that we received from the various team leaders and the
excellent suggestions made by their staff to uplift these communities,” Yolanda
Sedibe, Human Resources Director of M&D Construction Group, says.

On
Nelson Mandela Day, the M&D Team WhatsApp group was abuzz with updates as
representatives of the teams in various provinces handed over their projects to
community members.

These
included many photographs of the impressive repairs undertaken at a crèche in Thohoyandou,
Limpopo, by the company’s team stationed at a construction site in Mulenzhe.
Working to a very tight deadline, the day-care centre was completely
re-plastered and painted in time for Nelson Mandela Day.

This
initiative was complemented by the extensive upgrades undertaken to Lumaudeni
Day Care by the team of contractors working on a project in Meje, Eastern
Cape. The upgrades included maintaining the playgrounds; repairing the access
road, entrance door and toilet roofs; as well as constructing an earth berm
around the kitchen area.

Meanwhile,
M&D Construction Group employees working on a construction project in
Pofadder, Eastern Cape, undertook urgent repairs
and maintenance to a children’s home in the vicinity, while also donating
more than enough blankets for its many orphans.

In
the Western Cape, employees stationed in Langerug mobilised to clean streets
serving a nearby community. It was an extensive undertaking, with staff
starting at Cillier Street and gradually making their way to
the end of Hugu Naude Avenue, via Hugo Naude Avenue.

Moreover,
the team working on a project in Vryburg, North West, helped remove an illegal
dump site in Huhudi to the relief of members of this community.

These
initiatives are complemented by the significant contribution made by the group’s
teams stationed in Gauteng.

For
example, the company’s employees working on a construction site in Troyeville
cleaned David Webster Park where many young children regularly play. All of the
company’s sub-contractors participated in the initiative in a true spirit of Khula Nathi.

Workers
stationed at a project in Joscho cleaned and painted a facility in Dobsonville
that provides specialist care to elderly people living with HIV/Aids, while
employees at M&D Construction Group’s plant yard in Kya Sands cleaned and
repaved a nearby clinic.

In
KwaZulu-Natal, the company’s employees working on a project in Nungwane prepared
lunch for more than 100 children at a nearby preschool.

Rukesh
Raghubir, CEO of M&D Construction Group, says that he is very proud of the
significant effort made by his team to make a difference to the lives of many
South Africans.

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