Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics helps “A chance to play”
Free transport of soccer kits for underprivileged children Hundreds of underprivileged children, through Volkswagen of South Africa’s A Chance to Play programme, will benefit from soccer kits which arrived from Germany recently. The 2 000 soccer kits, consisting of bags, towels and balls arrived via ship from the company’s German hometown of Wolfsburg recently. A Chance to Play is an initiative of the Volkswagen Group Works Council in Germany and is co-ordinated by the German child rights organisation terre des hommes. The programme aims to improve the lives of disadvantaged youth in South Africa by linking sport and play to learning and training. A Chance to Play supports nine children’s organisations in South Africa. Five of them are located in Nelson Mandela Bay, namely the Oosterland Youth Centre, the Masibambane Africa Action Group, the Khanya Development Foundation, the Ubuntu Education Fund and Sophakama Community Based Development. The 9 800 km journey would not have been possible had it not been for a tremendous group effort. German transport company Schnellecke transported the kits from Wolfsburg to the German port of Bremerhaven. Independent auto logistics company, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics then transported the sporting kits on a RoRo ship from Germany to Port Elizabeth harbour over 21 days. Once there, Schnellecke transported the 162 pellets to the Mediterranean Shipping Company’s (MSC) facility in the Nelson Mandela Bay Logistics Park, where they’re currently being stored. The entire 35-day trip was co-ordinated by Volkswagen’s logistics department. What makes the effort extra special, though, is that all the companies did their bit – whether it was transport, handling or storage – at no cost. Quelle: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Portal: www.logistik-express.com |
