Goodyear South Africa

Children from the Oosterland Youth Centre have fun while learning about road safety at the Goodyear sponsored safety day at the Kwanobuhle traffic department near Port Elizabeth.

LET’S GO – Nkosinathi Nombiba, left, and Terence Dias were delighted to show off their Goodyear-sponsored scooters to Ann du Toit, Goodyear Brand Communications Co-ordinator.

FLOWER POWER – Proud of Goodyear’s refurbished waste yard, Lizl Muller (Goodyear SHE Specialist) and Pamela Moodley (Goodyear Risk Control Manager) hold a sunflower from the yard’s small, environmentally friendly garden.

ON THE WINGS OF GOODYEAR – NMMU students Matthew Bussy (left) and Thembile Nqari are the first recipients of Goodyear’s ‘Spirit of Innovation’ scholarship, facilitated by Carla McIntosh, Goodyear Group Human Resources Development Manager standing in the middle.

BOOT BLITZ - Beulah Lumkwana, CEO of Community Chest, left, collected piles of worn safety shoes from Lizl Muller, Goodyear Environmental Specialist. The boots have been distributed to other needy feet and will serve them well for some time still.

NICE AND SLOWLY NOW ... Andile Sontshi, pictured here, assistant superintendent at the Nelson Mandela Bay Traffic Department, had his hands full controlling the one-wheeler traffic at the Goodyear safety day recently.

Leaders Join Forces to Increase Community’s Green Footprint. Picture: Learners from Albertyn Primary School with The Waste Trade Company’s school project bus. Photography: Werner Hills, Die Burger/Foto 24

Recently graduated Early Childhood Development practitioners, back row from left: Catherine Roman, Barbara Scott (PEELC Facilitator), Jolene Maletta, Catherin Ben, Judith Lottering, Ronel Fisher, Cheryl Fisher (PEELC Director) and Nicole Petersen. In front from left: Phindiwe Lande, Veronica Kock, Monique Koert, Anneline Pullen, Chizelle Human and Nomsa Dobela.

Mandisa Plaatjies (St Francis Hospice Care Worker - left), Vuyokazi Makhaza (St Francis Hospice Volunteer Care Worker - centre) and Lize Hayward (Goodyear Group Public Relations Manager - right) are holding one of the kit bags donated by Goodyear as part of the company’s support of St Francis Hospice’s home-based care initiatives in the Nelson Mandela Metropole.

Ann du Toit, Goodyear Public Relations Officer, with some of the SOS Children’s Village Kindergarten kids enjoying their new educational toys as part of Goodyear South Africa’s ongoing educational support.

NEW SKILLS - This recent group of apprentices, pictured with their Goodyear hosts, loved their on-site learning experiences. Back row from left: Andrew Solomon (Goodyear Mechanical Chargehand), Charlotte Kettledas (electrical apprentice), Nolufefe Mbebe (fitter apprentice) and Carla McIntosh (Goodyear People Development Manager). In front from left: Mkhuseli Tambo, Aphiwe Duba and Monde Zukisa (all fitter apprentices) with Daniel Rayners (Goodyear Training Co-ordinator).

Goodyear's Public Relations Manager, Lize Hayward out and about with some of the children at the Oosterland Youth Centre, who are supported by the company. Oosterland celebrates its 30-year anniversary in 2010.

Dustine Gascoyne (Goodyear Marketing Director, left) hands over the keys of the brand new vehicle prize to proud PE competition winner, John Petzer. Wayne Lightfoot (front), owner of Hi-Q Greenacres where John made his purchase, shares in his joy.

KEEPING MEALS MOBILE - Meals on Wheels manager Cynthia Smit, right, was delighted with the set of Goodyear DuraGrip tyres that will keep her bakkies mobile and delivering nutritious meals for the hungry. With her is Pieter Bienedell, left, owner Hi-Q Walmer Park which fitted the tyres, and Myles Dent, Goodyear Marketing and Communications Manager.

NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR SAs OWN HIGHWAY HERO - Sharmini Naidoo (Road Freight Association CEO), Dustine Gascoyne (Goodyear Marketing Director) and Gary Ronald (Automobil Association Public Affairs Manager) at the launch of the prestigious new Highway Hero campaign. Various road safety and transport related associations such as these are endorsing this campaign with enthusiasm.

Goodyear showing their commitment are from left Zelna Pietersen (Employee relations Manager), Stanislaw Cieszkowski (Production Director) and Bernie Roberson (Social Worker and HIV Co-ordinator).

The National Sea Rescue Institute in Port Elizabeth, a non-profit organisation which relies on the community for donations, is delighted with the Goodyear donation of a full set of tyres for its rescue vehicle. Showing off the tyres in the Port Elizabeth harbour are from the left Morne Will (NSRI crew member), Bruce Irvine (NSRI Base 6 Deputy Station Commander), Ralph Clark, Brent Clark (Adventure 4x4 Academy co-owners) and Myles Dent (Goodyear Marketing and Communications Manager).

Enjoying time with the racers - Luvuyo, Clare Vale (race driver), Khanyisa, Phila, Nkosinathi, Mackie Adlem (race driver) and Sinethemba. All these boys are aged between 7 and 12.

Goodyear broadens its corporate social investment to include creative Kruger National Park Crafters.

EAGER LEARNERS - Early Learning Practitioners Claudene Smith, left, and Cindy Clark, far right, are two of 20 women to receive the gift of further education from Goodyear. In the centre is a delighted Cheryl Fisher (Director of the Port Elizabeth Early Learning Centre), which is running the training programme, and little learners Charles Lotriet, left, and Chumani Pikinini, right, both of Stepping Stones Educare.

HAPPY FACES... These children attend the safe aftercare facility run by SOS Childrens Village in Walmer, which is financially supported by Goodyear.

Fruit Seller Thrives on Factory Pavement

Some of the Goodyear-sponsored children from Oosterland Youth Centre pose happily with Oosterland Director Riaan Marais and Goodyear Public Relations Officer Ann du Toit.

A group of cute-cheeked six- and seven-year olds in Port Elizabeth Walmer township enjoyed a nourishing snack, homework supervision and creative play each afternoon

Goodyear joins the international unity against HIV/AIDS and boosts the selfless work of community caregivers where it can.

Stephen Nkomo Primary School in Kwanobuhle near Uitenhage, who not only supplements the poor with produce from its food garden, but also recently hosted an HIV/AIDS community day in partnership with Goodyear, and planted seeds of care and awareness.

Goodyear has thrown its weight behind the previously struggling Kruger National Park Crafters Development Project, helping it reach full potential and boost the surrounding communities.

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Caregivers at St Francis Hospice quite literally sling their worries over their shoulders when they set off on their daily rounds, visiting the thousands of bed-ridden HIV/AIDS patients in the Nelson Mandela Metropole areas.

In a build-up to World AIDS Day on 1 December, Goodyear South Africa has embarked on a four-week series of talks and programmes designed to increase knowledge, build awareness and promote voluntary counselling and HIV testing.

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The House of Resurrection Aids Haven in Salsoneville, Nelson Mandela Bay, is a 24-hour care facility with a mission to cater unconditionally for anyone affected in any way by the hardship of HIV/Aids.

As a gesture of goodwill, Goodyear contributed a substantial amount to the Red Cross Society situated in the Uitenhage township of Kwanobuhle to assist those who have been affected by the recent floods. Apart from supporting the wider Kwanobuhle community via the Red Cross.

SOS Housemothers Career Shaped by Childhood Experience

Matron Lesley Lawson and her team at St Francis Hospice live this message daily.

The Ilinge Women Crafters, an entrepreneurial sewing group of women from Zwide township near Port Elizabeth, were thrilled with a donation of sewing machines and other materials from Goodyear after all their equipment was stolen during a burglary last year.

Goodyear Contributes to Local Education

Goodyear is renowned for pushing boundaries with leading edge innovation.

At the heart of Goodyears Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programme is the belief that we are working for the greater good of all our people.

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