DIY Trade News November 2013
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Safe
environment
In the biggest corporate social
responsibility (CSR) project that
Tanga Cement Company Limited (TCCL)
has undertaken to date, the company
recently handed over a multi-purpose
hall to the Saunyi Village School
situated in Kilindi district, within
the Tanga region of Tanzania.
This project fulfils a
commitment made by
the then TCCL board
chairperson, Charles Naude,
at the inauguration of the
company’s Cement Mill
number two in 2010. The
aim of the project was to aid
Tanga assists Maasai: TCCL managing director, Erik
Westerberg, hands over the keys for the multi-purpose hall
to the school
the Maasai school girls who
were experiencing difficulties
in attending school due to the
extreme distances and the dangers that they faced on the journey. TCCL was
prompted to utilise its skills and resources to eliminate the obstacles presented
by the remoteness and inaccessibility of the village. Spearheading the initiative
through its product, Simba Cement, the company decided to expand on its
original plans and added a kitchen and two blocks of washrooms, with 10 toilets
each, to the multi-purpose hall.
TCCL Managing Director, Erik Westerberg, says that this was prompted by
TCCL’s commitment to safety and hygiene. He explains that a kitchen provides
the villagers with a clean, safe place to prepare food while the washrooms
address issues around maintaining a hygienic environment. He points out that
apart from school activities, the hall can also be used by the Saunyi Village
community for other activities such as meetings and gatherings that require a
safe environment.
“In line with our tagline, ‘Simba Cement – Inayojenga Tanzania’ or ‘Simba
Cement – Building Tanzania’,
we will continue to seek ways
of building Tanzania, not only
by producing and selling
cement to the community,
but also by investing in the
Tanzanian communities
through our corporate social
investment programme,” he
concludes.
Apart from school facilities, the hall can also be used for
other community activities.
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