Rwanda: PPC subsidiary CimeRwa reached a total of US$115,000-worth of donations given to its host communities in the 23-month period which ended on 30 November 2021. The New Times newspaper has reported that the company distributed the donations under five pillars: education, health, enterprise development, environmental protection and sustainable infrastructure development. It partnered with the Rwanda Ministry of Education to build classrooms for schoolchildren and gave its backing to self-help initiatives for local women. Helping to overcome the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in host communities during the past two years gave a specific focus to all of the producer's efforts.
CimeRwa said "The company rose to the challenge by putting measures in place to safeguard the community it operates in. This includes the provision of face masks to employees and surrounding community members and launching extensive Covid-19 awareness campaigns." It continued “The CimeRwa team also made a contribution towards the Covid-19 fund and helped the Ministry of Health by facilitating screening and testing of all CimeRwa staff and people in surrounding communities.”
