Sigma Connected helps KFM and LottoStar make history with R35,000 charity donation

June 9, 2022

by: Sigma Connected

Business outsourcing provider Sigma Connected and its senior directors have made a significant donation to the historic KFM and LottoStar radiothon which has raised South Africa’s largest amount of money ever in a 12-hour period.

Sigma Connected, which is based in Western Cape, gave R35,000 to the campaign which has raised a staggering total of R20,000,000 for the Peninsula School Feeding Association, which provides meals to children across Western Cape.

The R35,000 total from Sigma included R16,000 of personal donations from the company’s senior management and saw many staff auctioning off clay decorations from a team strategy day. The Sigma donation will feed around 60 children for the whole year.

Samantha Karro, head of operations at Sigma Connected said: “KFM successfully got thousands of people and businesses behind them for the radiothon and we are delighted to have played a role in helping them reach the record total.

“Our strategy day and our creativity helped us raise a great total but it was the icing on the cake for the company and our senior directors to personally give donations too.

“This has been the biggest ever total raised by a radio station in 12 hours and to do it for such a worthy cause is extra special. It isn’t widely known that R570 can feed one child for  whole year so that just underlines how exceptional the radiothon’s total is.”

An important local employer, Sigma Connected has pledged this year to bring 1,000 new jobs to Western Cape this year.

Last year, the company was awarded the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) New Compliance Certification – Level 1 by the Government for its work to support people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

For more information on the Sigma Connected and its services readers can visit www.sigmaconnected.com/za