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Company’s orphanage renovations benefit

local community

ollowing the renovation of Father’s A new library to enrich the children’s lives
Home Care Ministries in 2021, The home’s 96 m library is almost complete and will be available to the children in the
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Fthe orphanage has initiated two home as well as those residing in the surrounding community, thanks to the help of
significant upgrades, enabling it to Primavera Foundation. The library is being built between the two houses on the Father’s
accommodate an additional 16 children Care Home Ministries property and will be operated by an employed librarian. In the
and offer enhanced facilities. Last year coming year, computers will be purchased for the library, to further enable and assist
the Home introduced a teenage zone, children with their schoolwork and knowledge.
and as of April 2022, began a project to In preparation of the anticipated opening of the library in January 2023, the Bosch
build a library with the collaboration of Rexroth South Africa Group of Companies is encouraging employees to implement its
Bosch Rexroth Ghana, and the Primavera motto, Driving Africa Forward, by participating in an initiative to donate books that will fill
Foundation which funded this project the library.
with €70 000. “There are currently no libraries in the proximity of the Home. We believe the new
library will offer an encouraging learning space that will greatly help the children in the
The addition of a teenage zone Home and those in the community. In addition, we look forward to the results of our
Due to the renovation in two sections initiative to supply the library with books. We believe the books and learning space
of the Home, the orphanage now will broaden the children’s knowledge, assist them with their schoolwork and boost
accommodates 67 children between the existing university entrance rates of the children residing in the home we have adopted,”
ages of 10 months and 20 years. The concludes Yamoah.
new teenage zone consists of a section
for boys and for girls respectively, each About Bosch Rexroth South Africa
housing eight children. The children are The Bosch Rexroth South Africa Group of Companies (previously the Hytec Group)
cared for by five ladies who consider is Africa’s largest fluid power and automation company. It comprises eight specialist
themselves as the children’s parents. companies: Bosch Rexroth South Africa (previously Hytec Holdings), Hytec South Africa,
Notably, the home additionally supports Tectra Automation, Hytec Fluid Technology, Hydraulic and Automation Warehouse, Hytec
45 children across Ghana through the Engineering, Bosch Rexroth Africa Development (previously Hytec Services Africa) and
supply of education and food parcels. HYSA, which collectively source, market and distribute over 30 international hydraulic,
“We are proud to have facilitated the pneumatic and automation brands. The Group employs approximately 900 people
growth of the Home to accommodate through a network of 40 sales and service branches across sub-Saharan Africa.
16 additional children,” comments
Rosemond Yamoah, Father’s Home Care Contact Gillian Allin, Bosch Rexroth South Africa Group of Companies,
Ministries. Phone 011 979-4630, Gillian.Allin@boschrexroth.co.za, www.boschrexroth.africa

Our adopted orphanage,
the Father’s Home Care
Ministries in Ghana, will
boast a new library, opening
in January 2023, for the
benefit of the children in the
Home and the surrounding
community.

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