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A community in Ethiopia will receive the support of three midwives as a result of volunteer work by the Di Jones Real Estate team in the Southern Highlands.
The Barbara May Foundation received $3,400 from candles donated by Di Jones at the Bowral Christmas Carols held in December.
General manager of the foundation Joanne Crowley lauded the work done by the real estate network.
“It is a credit to Di Jones and its culture that its teams are empowered to volunteer in their local communities,” the GM said.
“The funds raised will train three midwives in the city of Barhir Dar, Ethiopia — which not only gives these young women a lifelong profession but also a paying job and great personal pride.”
Ms Crowley said that the benefits did not stop there.
“These young women become ambassadors in their own villages helping empower other young women to gain further education.
“They improve the quality of their communities while helping women have dignity and safety in childbirth, something we take so much for granted in our first world.”
Di Jones CEO Rob Ward said that volunteer work plays an important role in the life of the agency.
“We encourage all of our team members and offices to get behind a charity, and the Barbara May Foundation is just one of the many organisations we support,” Mr Ward said.
In December, Di Jones also supported the inaugural Clown Doctors Christmas Appeal to brighten the lives of sick children.
The boutique network was in the news recently after it announced the launch of a bespoke new digital platform that allows its network members and employees to work remotely from anywhere in the world, entirely autonomously.
IT manager Peter Chodyra said at the time that the centralised technology would allow employees to access their own files from anywhere in the world with a secure login to the server.
“Our agents are no longer geographically restricted to just one office or location,” the IT manager said.
“They can work from whereever they are, which means that they have more time to focus on listing property and working for their clients, which has already positively impacted the business.”
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