Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development 2017-18
Enriching our communities
Transforming learning, health, livelihoods and infrastructure
"I am Faiz Rizki Maarif from Manis Mata village in
Kalimantan, Indonesia and I study in the YHMDC
school. I wake up every day before the sun rises, pray,
wash up, have breakfast and ride to school in my father's
car. Once the morning bell sounds in school, I enter the
classroom with friends,
my
the teacher and take
greet
my seat. I enjoy studying science, mathematics, Bahasa
Indonesian, English, and farming and often, after school,
join in the extracurricular activities such as the science
club. I have also been to Jakarta twice to participate in
science competitions with my school. My dream is to be
a scientist because I want to invent things that are useful
and become famous like other inventors".
Faiz Rizki Maarif
Cargills YHMDC school student
Faiz is one among over 6,000
students from 42 schools
managed by Yayasan Harapan
Masa Depan Cerah (YHMDC),
an education foundation set up
and supported by Cargill s oil
palm plantation business, Cargill
Tropical Palm (CTP). Founded
in 2012, YHMDC schools are
located in South Sumatra and
West Kalimantan and take
pride in their innovative student
enrichment programs.
In 2017, CTP partnered with the
Chelsea FC Foundation for the
Cargill-Chelsea Football Festival
Indonesia 2017. The objective
of the festival, held in South
Sumatra and West Kalimantan,
was to use the language of
football and Chelsea FC S
star power to inspire and help
children in rural Indonesia realize
their potential and view the world
as their oyster.
More than 1,500 students and a
classroom of YHMDC physical
education teachers benefited
from the clinics conducted by
the Chelsea coaches.
Providing better
education to every child
In 2017-18, Cargill extended
its support to public schools
across Indonesia. We renovated
schools and began a campaign
to provide books to children.
Since 2014, Cargill has donated
around 60,000 books, renovated
101 schools and 55 libraries,
presented 899 scholarships and
trained 191 teachers.
Empowering
communities
In 2017-18, Cargill also began
projects that were aimed at the
local economic empowerment.
These included a slew of
programs in the areas of
chicken, fish, goat and vegetable
farming for communities near
Cargill facilities and overall
improvement of infrastructure. A
Batik village was set up to revive
the traditional art of dyeing
cloth among local craftsmen.
In all, around 900 farmers were
impacted by these programs and
improved their livelihoods.
Furthermore, Cargill supported
local communities by building
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