ATIO supports JAM 'Feed a Child Campaign' for second year running - March 2011

Issued by ATIO for Atio Corporation
Johannesburg, 04 Mar 2011

Specialist ICT services provider ATIO is pleased to announce it will once again be supporting the Joint Aid Management (JAM) 'Feed a Child Campaign' in 2011.

ATIO's sponsorship will provide one meal a day for a year for the 40 children registered at the Reatakala Day Care Centre, in Orange Farm (Johannesburg), the centre that ATIO adopted in 2010.

“Here at ATIO we believe in equipping the young children of our nation in order to advance their chances of becoming valued citizens of South Africa,” says Chris Van der Sande, CEO of ATIO.

JAM is strongly aware that without adequate nutrition, children are unable to focus, retain or apply what they are learning. JAM's nutritional feeding programmes in South Africa focus mainly on child care centres, providing the children with a porridge-type blend, which supplies each child with 75% of its recommended daily allowance (RDA). For only R30, a child is fed in this way for a month!

“This is indeed great news for all the precious children at Reatakala. We are most grateful to ATIO for their continuous support and commitment, and we hope that many more organisations will follow suit by sponsoring JAM's feeding at child care centres,” says Ann Pretorius, JAM South Africa's Managing Director.

Already, one of ATIO's caring customers, Super Group, has followed ATIO's lead and has donated funds to JAM to feed 20 children in 2011. ATIO wishes to thank Super Group for its valued contribution, which will improve the lives of these children in 2011.

“We at ATIO are proud to be able to support the JAM 'Feed a Child Campaign' and urge everyone to get involved with this campaign to make a difference in the lives of so many children,” concludes Chris Van der Sande.

ATIO

ATIO is a Level 3, Value Adding Supplier black empowered company that has been providing specialised information communication and technology (ICT) services for over two decades. ATIO has three divisions each focusing on a clearly defined niche market. Its interactive division provides integrated communication services such as contact centres, converged networking, unified communications, mobility, workforce optimisation and IP telephony. It also offers IT services focused on system integration, managed services and professional services. Its telecoms division provides vendor independent performance management services focused on wireless network optimisation, and performance benchmarking for 2G, 3G and 4G technology standards. It also provides converged IP assurance and IP performance testing. Its netcampus division provides collaborative learning solutions. It is a fully accredited online provider of innovative technical training products and services from major international courseware vendors, empowering students to enter the IT industry with world-class certifications.

Joint Aid Management (JAM)

Joint Aid Management is a South African founded, registered non-profit humanitarian relief and development organisation, with 26 years' experience in sustainable development.

JAM's programmes focus on nutritional feeding, school feeding, assistance to orphans and vulnerable children, the provision of water and sanitation, as well as skills development, community training on agricultural development, income generation projects and HIV/Aids programming.

JAM currently assists more than 552 000 children through nutritional feeding programmes, health and social welfare programmes.

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