Our foundation’s key objective is to provide fixed social infrastructure and resources that enable self-sustaining communities.
Stories/Projects
ASLA Foundation facilitates skills development opportunity for local youth
What better place to gain practical experience for a Community House Building, Brick Laying and Carpentry certificate than at one of the Western Cape’s most experienced community home builders? And what better feeling could there be than participating in one of @ASLA...
Kinderland “Waardes” book handover to ECD educators
As part of our continued endeavours to support educational initiatives in the areas that ASLA undertakes construction projects in, we recently handed over more than 100 Kinderland "Waardes" (Values) books to Early Childhood Development (ECD) educators in the Cederberg...
Fixed Social Infrastructure: public ablution facilities in Elim
The quaint small town of Elim, characterised by its whitewashed cottages, celebrated its bicentennial this year and, in preparation for the high number of visitors and tourists expected to attend the 200-year Heritage Festival, the ASLA Foundation sponsored a...
Skills Development and Training: Swellendam Housing Project
The ASLA Foundation partnered with the Department of Social Infrastructure to offer work experience opportunities for 25 young men and women participating in the Departments Construction programme in which they acquire the necessary skills to become entrepreneurs as...
Skills Development and Training: Jakes Gerwel School of Skills, Bonnievale
The ASLA Foundation partnered with ASLA Construction to contribute civil engineering equipment for the technical/construction education at the Jakes Gerwel Technical School of Skills. The equipment hand over was followed by a demonstration by ASLA engineers on how to...
Cape Agulhas Safe Haven Extension Enhances Community Safety and Support
On Wednesday 16 August 2023, the ASLA Foundation officially handed over the extension of the Cape Agulhas Safe Haven to Heavenly Promise48, the NPO managing the facility. Attendees included Cape Agulhas Municipality Manager Eben Phillips and other municipal...
Impact
Since inception the Foundation’s activities have directly impacted 201 black females, 272 black youth, 47 black unemployed, 169 black people living in rural areas, and 17 black disabled individuals.
“If we as a community don’t step up to help each other, then who will?”– Kathy Grimes
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About
The ASLA Foundation was established by the ASLA Construction Group in 2021 to help the group realise its vision of scaling up social investment through projects beyond a level that it is able to achieve with its own resources.
The ASLA Foundation, and NPO, facilitates social impact investment, that contributes to a community’s ability to be self-sustaining.
Vision: Self-sustaining communities made possible through innovative infrastructure and skills development.
Mission: To pioneer collaborative partnerships that deliver integrated infrastructure, resources and skills for sustainable community development.
The Team
Mervin Green (foundation administrator) has over 40 years of experience in the Public, Private and International Sports Sector. After working in Education for two decades, he joined the South African Rugby Union as General Secretary, and later Namibia Rugby (Pty.) Ltd as Chief Executive Officer. This afforded him exposure and access to the international sports arena, where he advised and engaged with various regional, provincial national and international bodies and sports federations (including South African Sport and Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), SA Sports Trust, African Games Federation, Commonwealth Games, IRB now World Rugby) as a strategic advisor, consultant, and project manager. Mervin puts his professional communication, negotiation, people and project management skills into play for the ASLA Foundation, and is instrumental in stakeholder relationship building and engagement.
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We realise that there are many other charitable entities and NPOs that work within communities, however, we wanted to leverage our capabilities as well as our CSI spend to make a difference, while doing things that other entities may not be able to do,” explains ASLA Group CEO Werner Jerling. “Our skill is constructing fixed social infrastructure, and we’d like to utilise this capability, as well as our unique placement and relationship with communities to add even further value.
