Dangote Cement Plc Annual Report 2021
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Sustainability Week beneficiaries
4,992
Community
members (not
segregated by
gender,
households)
32
Communities
(villages, towns,
clusters)
50
Motorcycles
4,343
Beneficiaries
Students and
children
(Persons, stakeholder
groups, etc.)
66
Teachers
409
Women (members
of associations or
groups)
200
Elderly
80
Youths (members
of associations
or groups)
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Highlights include:
1,373 Dangote Cement employees volunteered during the
2021 Sustainability Week across 14 locations in 10 countries.
9,463 hours were spent on numerous activities and initiatives
by Dangote Cement employees during the week.
46 initiatives were carried out by volunteers across 32
communities, involving 15 schools, 1 hospital, 50 motorcyclists,
200 elderly, 66 teachers, 760 women, 80 youths, 4,992
community members, 4,343 students & children.
13 awareness sessions (Webinars, Lectures, Publicity, etc.)
alongside competitions (Quiz, Debate, Housekeeping,)
was executed.
General/Thematic support & COVID-19 donations: 3,860
washable facemasks, 10,750 facemasks (disposable), 3,120
bottles of hand sanitisers, 4,900 litres of refillable sanitisers,
7,000 bottles of hand washing soap, 3,300 copies of COVID-19
& UN SDGs sensitisation materials, 5,040 branded t-shirts, 55
branded shirts, 410 branded face cap, 530 branded reflective
jackets, among others.
Educational donations: 1 school building, 5 scholarships
(school fees, WASSCE registration fees, etc.); 19,745 notebooks,
35 boxes of writing pens, 25 pencils & erasers, 85 school bags,
and 60 mathematical sets were donated to students that
participated in various educational support initiatives in Congo,
Ethiopia, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.
Food and agriculture (Zero hunger and poverty alleviation
donations): Several packs/bags of food items such as rice,
cassava meal, beans, vegetable oil, spaghetti, sugar, salt,
semolina, noodles and beverages were donated to our Head
Office (Lagos) and Gboko operations.
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Economic/SME development and skills acquisition: Several
women and youths in the host communities were trained on
garri packaging, production of organic drinks/snacks, fabric tie
& dye, soap & cream, antiseptic and disinfectants; and were
empowered with over 200 startup kits in Ibese and Gboko.
Health outreach: 7 hospital/health centres benefitted from the
donation of sanitary pads, first aid boxes, breaded bedspread,
cotton wools and latex hand gloves; in addition to 39 blood
donations and sponsored medical checkups for 355 persons.
Water and sanitation: During the waste-to-wealth initiatives
executed at Head Office (Lagos), Obajana, Sierra Leone and
Zambia, 411 waste bins, alongside trash pickers, weighing scale
and DORI bin were donated. Also, several packs of cleaning
liquid soaps, detergents, toothpaste tubes, bathing soaps,
tissue paper and adult diapers were donated.
Environment: 1,869 trees were planted during the week to
support environmental regeneration and reduce the effect
of climate change (Gboko, Congo, Senegal, South Africa and
Tanzania).
Road rehabilitation: Grading and filling of one community
road (Zambia).
Rehabilitation of two community boreholes and water sources
(South Africa and Tanzania) and donation of 18 community
engagement tables/chairs (Ibese and Congo).
Over 401 external facilitators and subject matter experts
(including medical doctors) were supported during the various
initiatives.
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