Corporate Partners

Changing a child's life forever is a team effort.

Your support means a lot to every child.

 

Ways to Partner with Us

SOS Children’s Villages understands the critical role that businesses play in creating sustainable change for vulnerable children. Considering the current economic challenges and the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, there is an increased need to supplement fundraising efforts creatively to sustain critical programs. We want to move beyond traditional ‘CSR’ relationships and instead embrace transformational and strategic partnerships with progressive businesses that share our values. We partner with companies and organizations in achieving our common Sustainable Development Goals.

Partner with us in helping children in need with the following:
  • Nutrition and health for development
  • Improved quality care to our children in need
  • Educational assistance/Scholarships
  • Youth Care and Empowerment
  • Transitioning Youth towards Independence
Partner with us in helping SOS Children's Villages Botswana to achieve the following:
  • Enhanced donor engagement 
  • Enhanced donor loyalty
  • Increased campaign effectiveness and impact
  • Increased community support and visibility
  • Strategic resource allocation
  • Enhanced brand image and trust
Partner with us and enjoy the following benefits:
  • Community engagement and enhanced CSR
  • Brand visibility and recognition
  • Networking and partnership opportunities
  • Employee engagement and improved emplolyee morale
  • Enhanced public relations and media coverage
  • Building customer loyalty
  • ROI using our digital platforms and services such telemarketing and digital ad campaigns

Overall Value of Partnership:

As we commit quality care to every child, we also pledge quality engagements with our gracious partners through the following:

 

  • Certificate of Donation (Tax Exempt Certificate)
  • Program Updates and Project Interim & Year-End Reports
  • Brand Visibility in SOS Website, Social Media and Newsletters
  • Regular Employee Engagements and Volunteering Activities
  • We work closely with multi-national corporations, national companies, and small- to medium-sized businesses to build partnerships that leverage the strengths of the corporate sector.
  • The nature of our partnerships varies with each partner, evolving over time to respond to children’s needs and changes in the business environment.
  • Whether it’s through strategic programmatic funding, by leveraging a company’s core expertise and networks, or by working with industries to promote child-rights principles in responsible business practices, we partner with the private sector to make a transformational difference for children.

Limitations

  • SOS Children's Villages Botswana will not enter into partnerships with companies engaged in the sale of alcohol, tobacco, arms and weapons, and gambling (except charity lotteries).
  • SOS Children's Villages Botswana will not enter into partnerships with companies that utilise child labour in any aspect of their activities or supply chain.

 

Marketing Guidelines
  • Although SOS Children's Villages Botswana is the beneficiary of donations through its partnerships, we have no ability to sell or distribute products for our partners. While SOS Children's Villages Botswana may publicly acknowledge its corporate partners, we cannot advertise for our partners or promote our partners’ products and services because of our non-profit status. To help raise awareness of SOS Children's Villages Botswana we ask our partners to publish our URL (www.sos-botswana.org) and associated messaging on all promotional materials, press releases, and other partnership outreach materials.
  • SOS Children's Villages Botswana is happy to provide partners with language to use for this purpose. For all marketing programmes, SOS Children's Villages Botswana requests that partners provide consumers with information about our work around the world, along with a way to contact SOS Children's Villages Botswana for further information.
  • SOS Children's Villages Botswana owns the registration for the SOS Children's Villages Botswana name and logo. These are licensed marks, and written permission is required for their use. In order to use these licensed marks, a company must enter into a written contract with SOS Children's Villages Botswana outlining how the company will use the licensed marks.
  • Cause-related Marketing
  • Without a fully-executed contract, use of the SOS Children's Villages Botswana name and/or logo is strictly prohibited. Sale of Products and Commercial Co-Venture If you wish to contribute a percentage of proceeds from the sale of a product, you must provide a sample to SOS Children’s Villages for review. We accept drawings and/or photos in cases where the product is still in development. In its simplest terms, a commercial co-venture is a relationship where a company promoting a product or service fully discloses to the public that a specified portion of the proceeds will benefit a cause. SOS Children's Villages Botswana cannot give legal advice to organisations or corporations that conduct programmes or promotions with us; we advise them to seek legal counsel to ensure that they comply with these registration requirements.

House Sponsorship

An SOS Family Home is a loving, family-like environment, for children without parental care. Your CSI contribution towards an SOS Family Home, provides an SOS Family, with up to 8 children, with a qualified carer, the SOS Mother, an education suited to their needs, nutritious meals, access to good healthcare, clean water and minor building maintenance. Many of the children we care for have had difficult life experiences and for those children with specific needs, we provide remedial tuition, trauma counselling and psychological support.

Does your Corporate Social Investment policy aim to contribute both financially and through staff involvement? Do you want to be certain that your investment and involvement will create immense impact? Family Home Sponsorship presents an ideal opportunity for you. Through an annual contribution of P72 000 (P6 000 per house per month) you will be allocated a specific family in a specific village whom you will sponsor. Your donation will be used to supplement the running costs of the house. This is a mutually rewarding partnership. We would welcome your enquiries. Please email us info-fdc@sos-botswana.org

 

Thanks to the social commitment of many donors and responsible companies, children who have lost parental care, now have the chance to have a successful childhood, the chance to develop their potential, to take up jobs and to become independent and responsible members of our society.

 

Current corporate collaborations

KFC

KFC’s contributions through its Add Hope campaign, combined with P2 donations from our customers, feed more than 30 million nutritious meals to children throughout Botswana. This contributes to a brighter future for these children, as they will be able to focus when they have a full stomach which fuels them to learn, grow and thrive. We are proud to partner with SOS Children’s Villages to feed the potential of those who need it most.

The Foshini Group (TFG)

 

The Foshini Group (TFG) Funds a Family Strenthening (F) Project called Support My School in Tlokweng Village and donates clothes to all SOS Villages in Botswana

Imperial School of Business & Sciences

Imperial School of Business & Sciences provides child sponsorship, scholarship for children, clothing and other needs

 

Orange Foundation

Orange Foundation provides internet in the Tlokweng Village facility on annual basis and funds a sports development program for children

Sharma & Associates

Sharma & Associates provides House Sponsorship in which an SOS Family live with a qualified carer, the SOS Mother, an education suited to their needs, nutritious meals, access to good healthcare, clean water and minor building maintenance.

Standard Chartered Foundation (Standard Bank)

Standard Chartered Foundation (Satndard Bank) Funds youth empowerment project in Botswana for and employee volunteering. In 2022, post Covid 2019, SOS Children’s Villages in Botswana embarked on a project called Collective Communities to empower young people who were severely affected by the pandemic. Standard Chartered Foundation, and in partnership with other stakeholders, started several intervention projects with the objective to offer young people vocational education, entrepreneurship training, digital training, and incubation facilities.

Herbalife Nutrition Foundation

Herbalife Nutrition Foundation, supports a project for child nutrition.

Delta Waters International School

Delta Waters International School is a committed giver of SOS Children's Villages Botswana in the form of cash donations. 

Debswana

Debswana funds the SOS Children's Village, Serowe Farm.

Carmel Auto

Carmel Auto provides House Sponsorship in which an SOS Family live with a qualified carer, the SOS Mother, an education suited to their needs, nutritious meals, access to good healthcare, clean water and minor building maintenance.

Imperial Hardware

Imperial Hardware provides Child Sponsorship for three children in SOS Children's Villages, Tlokweng.

Big Thanks to our long-standing

Corporate Partners

Do you have any questions about your partnership?

If you need further information about a partnership, we will be happy to help you personally. Just give us a call or write to us:

Telephone: +267 395 3220 
Email: info.fdc@sos-botswana.org