Clover back on the road visiting mamas

For the next four months they will visit the mamas to establish their progress in their respective projects and identify what they need to continue their good work in their areas. The Clover Mama Afrika team sets out during the early hours of the morning, visiting no more than two mamas a day to ensure each one gets individual attention. The road show started in Polokwane this year and during the last week of August, moved to KwaZulu-Natal, covering 2552km of the 7204km they will have covered by the end of the road show on 8 December 2015.

Apart from attending to the needs of the mamas and their community centres, the road show allows the team to evaluate where each mama is in terms of her progress. Professor Elain Vlok, the Corporate Services Manager of Clover and Clover Mama Afrika Trust, and her team will analyse the financial status of each mama, assisting them with financial education while needs are assessed.

Provide further assistance

"When this time of year rolls around, the team is excited to visit the mamas in their own homes and centres. Throughout the year we meet at training sessions, which are usually not in their home towns, so when we do the road show, we try to spend as much time with them to ensure that we receive all the information we need to update the auditors and provide further assistance, as well as enjoy a nice cup of tea and usually some baked goods freshly made from their ovens," said Professor Vlok.

The Clover Mama Afrika managing team will take to the road again to visit mamas in the Eastern Cape from 12 September 2015 and continue again in the Western Cape in October with the last leg of the trip being over two days in the Free State and Gauteng in December.

The 40 Clover Mamas for the #40Mamas4Change 2015 National Roadshow is made possible by their sponsor MiX Telematics.