Issued by: Kezi Communications


AA Public Affairs has been involved with Community Medical Services in the Van Reenen village for the past eight years. Hertz is supporting this community development effort through partial funding. Community Medical Services has been operational in the Van Reenen area for the past 25 years and offers its services to the community at no charge.

“Community Medical Services supported by AA Public Affairs is giving us a billboard which we will use for advertisement in exchange for the funds we provide them for their projects at Van Reenen," says Susan Stouffs, Marketing Manager of Hertz Southern Africa.

The community medical service is of high necessity in the remote Van Reenen village. It takes between two to three hours for an ambulance to get there from the nearest hospital.

“Our community medical service consists of qualified paramedics, rapid response and rescue vehicles which are used to stabilize patients at emergency scenes while waiting for the ambulance," explains AA Public Affairs' Gary Ronald.

Other projects run by AA Public Affairs in the area include road safety education and partnering with corporates in helping the community schools with food parcels, clothing and HIV/AIDS awareness. “We are grateful for the commitment from Hertz as this will go a long way in assisting with the operational costs of the projects in Van Reenen,” Gary adds.

AA Public Affairs is a division of AA which executes AA's corporate values aligned with business strategy, with the interests of communities being high priority.

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[22 Sep 2008 11:29]

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