eg solutions plc, the operations management software company based in Dunston, Staffordshire, was treated to some enchanting entertainment today – as three members of male staff dressed up as pink fairies for charity.The magical trio from the company’s Software Development team, Phil Ezzard, Tony Lynock and Phil Jones, appeared in fairy costumes during a Software User Group held at eg’s Training Academy at Dunston Business Village and attended by clients from organisations such as Co-operative Financial Services, Norwich Union and Capita.
The spectacle was in aid of eg’s company charity, The Doornkop Needy Children’s Centre in South Africa, chosen after eg opened a subsidiary company in the country in 2007. The aim of the Centre is to provide 160 poor children between the age of 1 to 5 years old with safety, shelter, clothing, education and love. Some of the children have been abandoned or orphaned and live in foster care, and some are HIV positive. They all come from very poor families.
eg’s donations to the centre have helped provide:
- e-pap (a nutritious cereal which swells when added to milk or water to provide a healthy meal)
- Toys
- Learning materials
- Clothes
- A Christmas party
As little as £40 can provide food for one child for a year and around £125 can provide one child’s food, clothing and school fees for a year.
Phil Ezzard, one of eg’s fairies, said: “To begin with this started off as a joke with clients but it soon became clear that they were genuinely keen to humiliate us and it was therefore a great opportunity to have a bit of fun but raise some serious money at the same time! At the moment it looks like we have hit our £1,000 target, an amount that will go a long way in supporting The Doornkop Needy Children’s Centre to continue to make children’s wishes come true.”
If you would like read more about eg’s work with The Doornkop Needy Children’s centre, visit the South Africa pages of the eg website: http://www.eguk.co.uk/eg-south-africa/. To find out more about the centre, including how you can sponsor a child, visit: www.dncc.co.za/.
To see photographs of the eg faires, click here.
