Better in the Long Run

Better in the Long Run

by James Bainbridge   For the sustainable business guru and former Puma boss, Jochen Zeitz, it began in Africa. The German philanthropist made his first trip to the continent in 1989, and watched the Berlin Wall coming down while on safari in Kenya. The African...
Tanzania – Pastoral Women’s Council

Tanzania – Pastoral Women’s Council

In Tanzania, we are supporting the Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC) to create a Maasai Women’s social enterprise. The PWC is responding to COVID-19 across all its projects. The PWC has trained over 178 local volunteers on how this disease spreads. Staff have...
Zambia – Tikondane (Tiko) Community Centre

Zambia – Tikondane (Tiko) Community Centre

In Zambia, we support a community livelihoods program at Tikondane (Tiko) community centre. Tiko relies on its tourist accommodation and restaurant as a significant portion of funding for its community programs. The advent of COVID-19 has meant that Tiko lost most of...
Sri Lanka – The Bakery School Project

Sri Lanka – The Bakery School Project

In Sri Lanka, the RoundTrip Foundation supports a bakery school for young women who have been victims of sexual assault and have been ostracised by their family and society. Sri Lanka has a reasonable health care system, with functioning public and private hospitals...
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