Spik N Span Tanzania

Spik n Span supports the Rotary Club of Tanzania’s annual fundraising marathon, the Uhuru Walk for fundraising events and the Swahili Fashion Week which supports local and upcoming artists and designers for fashion in Tanzania. We also participated in Nipe Fagio which is a beach clean- up initiative and Al-Muntazir Islamic School’s Autism Awareness Walk.

Our Core Values

We are all leaders

Everyone at Spik n Span is expected to act like and be a leader. Leaders do the right thing, even when no one is watching. Leaders take action. They get things done.

Integrity is our lasting legacy

Integrity means doing what we said we were going to do when we said we were going to do it. It means doing the right things, even when they are the hard things to do.

How we do the little things, is how we do everything

Details matter. We care about doing the little things right because when we focus on the details, the big picture always falls into place.

Create consistently delightful experiences

Our job is to delight our clients. To go above and beyond the cleaning and make the experience a pleasant surprise each visit.

CORPORATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Fair Labor & Wages +: Spik n Span believes in issuing bonuses to our top performing employees as an incentive to motivate them. If our employees work more than the hours required (45hrs/week), they are paid overtime for every extra hour. We enroll all of our employees in a pension scheme through NSSF and also cover their health expenses via the NSSF Medical Scheme. In case of injury when on duty, Spik n Span is covered through the Workmen's Compensation Act Policy with an Employer's Liability Extension. Also, in the event that our employee accidentally damages the Clients property, we ensure comprehensive coverfor the Company and/or the Client as we have a Professional Indemnity/Public Liability Policy in place with a Tsh 50 Million limit per claim.
Safe Cleaning Solutions +: Amazing things happen when you take the toxins out of the household and commercial cleaners. Spik n Span was founded with a mission to use cleaning products which are unmatched in safety and unbeatable in performance. All our Plant Derived Products are:

CRUELTY FREE, FRAGRANCE FREE, SULFATE FREE AND PETROLEUM FREE
Zero Paper Cleaning & Waste Reduction +: We are dedicated to reducing our environmental impact wherever possible. We only have one planet so we want to do our part to take care of it. Our cleaning processes have eliminated the wasteful use of paper products, so trees can rest easy knowing they won’t end up in your trash bag. Microfiber cleaning cloths have many benefits, but most importantly they clean extremely effectively, and last for up to 500 washes. We also use high quality tools and equipment that are durable and last much longer than consumer grade cleaning supplies. In fact most of our tools and equipment are recycled if possible, and very few enter the waste stream. We also are committed to reducing our paper use in the business in general. All of our offices recycle, and we even up cycle our clients plastic grocery bags, by collecting them and using them as dirty supply bags, and then recycling them after another use. Reduce, reuse, recycle. It works.
Water Management & Protection +: Most cleaning services not only produce lots of waste, but waste lots of water. We are committed to reducing water during the wash process for our supplies. And when we clean, our products rapidly biodegrade into their natural components, and have no harmful impact on our clients homes, or on Mother Earth as they enter back into the waste water stream.
Microfiber For Better Cleaning & Reduced Waste +: Microfiber cleaning products are one of the greatest innovations in house cleaning to date. Microfiber is a split fiber that has the ability to trap dust and debris much more effectively than other traditional cleaning products. We use microfiber dusters, cleaning cloths, and specialty mops. With the use of microfiber we have completely eliminated the need for paper products while cleaning. Microfiber cleaning supplies also last for years, so less of our cleaning supplies enter the waste stream. Microfiber is also great at absorbing water, better than even cotton, or paper products. Microfiber can hold many times is weight in water reducing the use of cleaning solutions and water while cleaning. In general microfiber has revolutionized the green house cleaning process, and we have adopted its use in nearly every possible way.
Better Training +: Green cleaning is also about making your home and office green, and safe for your family and employees, while leaving it squeaky clean. Our cleaning process is a system that allows our team members to clean safely, and efficiently, following the same pattern each time, eliminating back tracking, and reducing cross contamination. Some of these systems include color coding of cleaning cloths, a closed loop mop system that only uses clean mops, sanitizing tools after each use, and never using soiled cloths once used.

These are only a few examples. But our system is designed to make your home and office safer on each visit, and reduce our environmental impact compared to traditional cleaning methods. All employees have undergone formal training in Basic Cleaning through institutions such as VETA and MEEP. Once hired, they continuously undergo rigorous in-house training which keeps them up to date with the latest in cleaning technology, constant monitoring and evaluation.

During working hours, our employees are required to be in full uniform and to wear their identification card at all times. Every 6 months, Spik n Span issues an all-round employee evaluation where we assess every employee’s performance and merits for promotion.