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YOU GIVE STUFF
The Good Shop collects items such household goods and clothes that you no longer need and sells them in our retail store. We have a positive environmental impact by extending the useful life of goods and reducing waste.
WE TURN IT INTO JOBS
We provide employment opportunities to individuals and communities that face barriers to employment. We provide support, training, and a living wage.
AND SCHOLARSHIPS
A portion of the surplus from our social enterprise goes directly to a scholarship
fund to send children facing inherited poverty or hardships to receive private
education from premier primary and secondary schools.
Board Of Directors
Goodwill Solidaire Ltd is governed by a non-executive Board of Directors
whose members serve voluntarily and receive no financial or other remuneration.
Board Member
Police Inspector at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Centre. Darmen is also the co-founder and President of APPEL (Association Pour Personnes En Larmes), a charitable NGO running a rehabilitation centre for the homeless as well as training and empowerment programmes for vulnerable groups. With nearly 30 years in the service and varied experience as a telecommunication specialist in the Police Helicopter Squadron, Enquiry Officer, Police Prosecutor and now as Disaster Management Official, Darmen is also passionate about social work. He has been working towards the rehabilitation of addicts and homeless and heads APPEL since 2006. Besides having a specialisation in Telecommunications and now in Disaster Management, Darmen holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Technology, Mauritius.
Board Member
Managing Director of Aon Hewitt Ltd, an HR consulting firm in Mauritius and part of Aon worldwide. Bernard has more than 32 years’ experience advising pension and provident funds, multinational companies and international organisations. Bernard currently serves as the African continent’s representative on the Committee of Actuaries for the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund since 2007. He is also an independent non-executive director of a number of listed and other companies in Mauritius. He is passionate to use his skills for social good in his country.
Board Member
Founder and Director of Lighthouse Primary and Secondary School, a non-profit private school in Mauritius. Prior to starting the school, Susanna managed group strategy for a large financial services and information technology group, Loita, focused on sub-Saharan Africa, and she currently serves on its Mauritian board. She holds a M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University. A dual US-Mauritian citizen, Susanna is interested in issues of social justice, politics and societal transformation.
Board Member
Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the Celero Group, a logistics and shipping agency group operating in Mauritius and Madagascar. Marc has also been active in various trade associations and boards, including the boards of a company pioneering freeport operations in Mauritius and the Mauritius Exporters Association. He currently serves on the board of CIEL. He is a founding trustee of the Lighthouse charitable trust.