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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
>> Launching of medically equipped caravan donated to Link to Life
CIM CSR’S FRAMEWORK
Cim’s CSR strategy is underpinned by the desire to make a positive impact on the lives of less privileged members of society. We aim to achieve this not only by contributing money to worthwhile causes but also by encouraging our staff to participate in the CSR efforts of the Group.
The Group’s subsidiaries channel their individual CSR contributions to the Cim CSR Fund Ltd, a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee which was created to administer the Group’s CSR spend. This entity allows for a more efficient management of Cim CSR’s activities and ensures that a proper governance process is followed by having the Board of Directors of the company approving the projects. The day-to-day management of CSR
activities of the Group is handled by a full-time employee, whilst accounting and company secretarial support are provided by the shared services arm of the Group.
FOCUS AREAS
With a view to creating a real impact while helping as many beneficiaries as possible, Cim concentrates its CSR initiatives in the following three areas:
1. Engagement
2. Environment
3. Education
For the financial year under review, Cim CSR spent MUR 13m (excluding administrative expenses), on projects submitted by NGOs across its focus areas.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
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>> Empowering women in NGO “Ti Rayons Soleil”
ENGAGEMENT
Our Engagement initiatives are geared towards helping the most vulnerable in our society. The NGOs we partnered with ranged from an organisation working to empower women from vulnerable backgrounds to launch their own small scale businesses to an association supporting children in need of special therapy.
One of the key initiatives we sponsored this year was the launch of the cancer screening caravan for the NGO Link to Life. The caravan will allow people from underprivileged regions to be screened at an early stage for breast and cervical cancer.
A total of MUR 9m was spent on our Engagement initiatives.
List of projects
NGOS/ ASSOCIATION INITIATIVES OUTCOME
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Sponsorship of the Charity Walk and supporting the physiotherapy services
Raising awareness from the public with over
100 PARTICIPANTS
Spiral Injury Rehabilitation Centre (SiRec)
The acquisition of medical equipment for the therapy programme
10 CHILDREN suffering from cerebral palsy
benefited from the programme
Gender Links Supporting the NGO in providing life skills courses for women in Cité Cim Rivière du Rempart and the organisation of a Fun Day in the region
25 WOMEN benefited from the programme
80 PEOPLE attended the Fun Day
Ti Rayons Soleil Training programme for vulnerable women at Cité Cim in Rivière Du Rempart to empower them to develop a small business
12 WOMEN attended the courses from
Riviere Du Rempart to Vacoas
Community based projects Renovation of Houses in Cité Cim at Rivière du Rempart in terms of fixing leaking roofs and ensuring the safety of the electrical supply
20 FAMILIES will ultimately benefit and
live more comfortably
Link to Life Launching of the medically equipped caravan for cancer screening on5 October 2017
2430 WOMENwere screened for breast and participated
in awareness campaign
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ENVIRONMENT
As a responsible corporate citizen, we believe that it is our collective responsibility to preserve our environment. Cim contributed to the Mauritius Wildlife Foundation’s awareness and conservation programme. A total amount of MUR 1m was disbursed for this initiative.
>> Launching of biography of late Serge Constantin
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
NGOS INITIATIVES OUTCOME
Noyau Cité la Cure (Teen Hope)
To sponsor various projects to mark the 25th Anniversary of Cim Global Business, including free eye screening and provision of spectacles to vulnerable children.Other initiatives included a free journey to Crocodile Park, the donation of uniforms and shoes and the painting of all the classrooms.A bakery project has been funded to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship among the adolescents
84 CHILDREN benefited from the sponsorship.
20 adolescents have received training.
Soroptimist To support early childhood and pre-schooling care to children aged 2 to 5 years old in the socially deprived area of Cite Richelieu.
25 CHILDREN are enrolled for the pre-schooling
Serge Constantin To mark the 100th anniversary of the late Serge Constantin, a great painter and artists, with the creation of a website to build awareness of the history of the painter, providing a biography and displaying an exhibition of his works.
10,080 PERSONS benefited from the exhibitionChildren of all ages undertook
courses to learn about painting.
Action Familiale To support a documentary film to mark the 50th anniversary of the independence of Mauritius.
The film will target students at large to build awareness of the history of
Mauritius.
Care – Co (Rodrigues) To sponsor the centre for the empowerment of handicapped adolescents in small businesses like handicrafts and beekeeping
12–15 HANDICAPPED adolescents will benefit from the
training.
EDUCATION
An amount of MUR 3m was allocated to the projects, reaching over 400 beneficiaries. These projects ranged from programmes to support schools operating in socially deprived regions to the sponsorship of a ‘retrospective’ of the works of the late Serge Constantin, a respected Mauritian artist, to help protect and disseminate the cultural heritage of Mauritius.
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