New toilet facility for children in South Africa

ELECTROSTAR/starmix supports the Sir Peter Ustinov Foundation with a donation for urgently needed renovation measures

Stuttgart/Ebersbach, 19. March 2025 – Clean and safe sanitary facilities are a fundamental prerequisite for the healthy development of children and a positive learning environment. That is why ELECTROSTAR/starmix has provided €1,500 as part of its 2024 Christmas donation for the urgently needed renovation of the toilet facilities at the Phakamani Educare Center in Whittlesea, South Africa. The measures have since been successfully implemented, meaning that the children now benefit from improved hygienic conditions.

Picture: The renovated toilets at the Phakamani Educare Center.
Source: Sir Peter Ustinov Stiftung

The donation was made in collaboration with the Sir Peter Ustinov Foundation, which has been committed to education and creativity for children and young people worldwide for over 20 years. “Education opens up new perspectives for children, regardless of their background. With our donation, we want to play our part in ensuring that even the youngest children can grow up and learn in good conditions,” says Roman Gorovoy, Managing Director of ELECTROSTAR/starmix.

The connection to the Sir Peter Ustinov Foundation has a special meaning for Gorovoy: he studied at the University of Durham, whose current Ustinov College is named after the former Chancellor Sir Peter Ustinov. Throughout his life, the actor and humanitarian campaigned for disadvantaged children - first as one of the first UNICEF ambassadors and later as the founder of the Sir Peter Ustinov Foundation, which he established together with his son in 1999. His legacy continues to this day: the foundation promotes educational and creative projects worldwide with the conviction that education is much more than just imparting knowledge - it is a decisive key in the fight against prejudice and intolerance.

Picture: The toilet facilities at the Phakamani Educare Center before the renovation. Source: Sir Peter Ustinov Foundation

The donation from ELECTROSTAR/starmix went towards the urgently needed renovation of the toilet facilities at the Phakamani Educare Center in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, South Africa. 20 children aged 0 to 5 years now benefit from significantly better hygienic conditions, which not only protect their health but also create a more pleasant learning environment. The project was implemented on site by the Samara Foundation.

About ELECTROSTAR GmbH/starmix – a piece of German industrial history that is being continued with great success in the 21st century. The industrious Swabians invented the warm-air hand dryer and achieved world renown with the starmix food processor. Today, ELECTROSTAR GmbH, which has been part of the Algo Group since 2007, stands for innovative technologies, outstanding quality and uncompromising customer orientation. The company sells a wide range of powerful vacuum cleaners for trade, commerce and industry, modern warm air and high-speed hand and hair dryers and has an extensive hospitality product range. Since the acquisition of Haaga Kehrsysteme GmbH in 2012, the product range has also included innovative sweepers. ELECTROSTAR/starmix and Haaga Kehrsysteme merged in 2020. The merger with PRODUCTEERS under the ELECTROSTAR umbrella took place in 2021, followed by the opening of the new production site in Nýřany, Czech Republic, in 2023. The group of companies employs around 300 people at its sites in Ebersbach, Nýřany and Shanghai and achieved a consolidated turnover of around 59.4 million euros in 2023.

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