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Friday, 11 July 2008

Google Johannesburg celebrates World Environment Week

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On 16 June, Google offices around the world celebrated World Environment Week by initiating GoogleServe. The idea is to participate in community service projects addressing local needs related to a common theme. As part of this initiative, the Johannesburg office spent an afternoon visiting the Yenzani Children's Home. And what fun we had!

The home for abused, abandoned, orphaned and neglected children from different areas across sub-Saharan Africa, houses eleven children. The managers are particularly hands-on when it comes to trauma counseling and personal development for each child. The common goal is to create a homey atmosphere where every child can receive education, and on growing into adulthood, having the basic tools to succeed in life. And Yenzani seems to be an excellent place to grow a veggie patch, as the children are already involved in cultivating the land.

We all managed to get our hands considerably dirty. And although our puny spinach leaves, cabbages and stick-like peach tree don't look like anything to write home about, we're pretty certain that with enough watering and care, the children will be eating peach pie by summer.

Luckily, it wasn't all raking, watering and digging. We brought along a football and tucked into a few hot dogs for lunch. The girls were obliterated during the match, and although we insisted that we should be playing netball too ('You may be able to kick, but can you catch, boys?'), there were some impressive ball skills that I for one couldn't contend with.

Overall, GoogleServe turned out to be a great team bonding experience over soil and seedlings,as well as the opportunity to contribute in a sustainable way to a community that really needs it.Generally fun was had by all, and it is definitely something we in the office unanimously agree would love to do again. We are already throwing around ideas for our next mission.


Posted by Laurian Clemence, Associate Account Strategist

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Google Johannesbourg fête la Semaine Mondiale de l'Environnement


Le 16 juin dernier, les bureaux Google du monde entier ont fêté la Journée de l'Environnement en lançant le programme Googleserve (« Google sert »). L'idée est de participer à des projets attenant à diverses communautés et a leurs besoins locaux autour d'un thème commun : la protection de l'environnement. L'équipe de Google Johannesbourg s'est jointe au mouvement et a rendu visite à l'orphelinat Yenzani. Quelle belle après-midi !

Le centre pour enfants abusés, abandonnés ou négligés, qui viennent de différents pays d'Afrique, accueille en ce moment 11 enfants. Les superviseurs sont particulièrement impliqués dans leur convalescence émotionnelle et leur développement personnel. Le but étant de créer un environnement accueillant où chaque enfant est à même de recevoir une bonne éducation, et devenir un adulte armé des outils de base pour réussir dans la vie. Yenzani nous a immédiatement semblé être un endroit parfait où commencer un potager, puisque ses résidents sont déjà impliqués dans la culture du sol.

Nous avons tous retroussé nos manches. Bien que ce que nous ayons planté n'était pas du plus réussi (épinards gringalets, choux-fleurs maigrichons et un pêcher peu feuillu !), nous espérons qu'avec assez d'attention et d'amour, les enfants mangeront de la tarte aux pêches cet été !

Heureusement, la journée ne s'est pas passée qu'à planter, arroser et retourner la terre. Nous avions apporté un ballon de football et des hot dogs pour le pique-nique. Les filles ont été éliminées du jeu assez rapidement, bien que nous ayons insisté pour jouer aussi au netball (« Vous pouvez peut-être taper dans le ballon, les gars, mais pouvez-vous l'attraper ? »). Je dois avouer qu'il y eut de belles passes que je n'ai pu contrer.

En résumé, cette journée sous le thème de GoogleServe est devenue une merveilleuse expérience d'équipe à travers le jardinage ainsi qu'une opportunité de contribuer un peu et de façon durable à la vie d'une communauté qui a besoin de soutien. Nous nous sommes tous beaucoup amusés et les employés de Google Johannesburg sont tous d'accord pour remettre cela bientôt. Nous sommes déjà en train de débattre d'idées pour notre prochaine mission.

Posté par Laurian Clemence, Associate Account Strategist


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