AFGRI CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTMENT (CSI) PROGRAMME
1. DRIVERS OF THE PROGRAMME
- Budget Allocation
- Project Selection - high impact projects like skills development in agriculture & schools upliftment
- Outreach & feedback - the number of people affected and impacted upon by the projects, as well as their feedback
- Marketing and communication - the extent to which programmes are reported and publicised.
2. ACHIEVEMENTS
2.1. Flagship Projects
Roundabout PlayPumps
- PlayPumps installed at 5 primary schools in Mpumalanga & Limpopo
- An initiative that supplies water to rural communities through the reconstitution of disused boreholes, with the water pumped by children playing on a roundabout.
Impact
- Approximately 5000 individuals have access to water.
- Spin off to learners - Vegetable gardens
Poultry Training Facility @ Buhle Farmers Academy, Delmas
- A dedicated poultry training facility fully sponsored by AFGRI
- The 6 poultry units house 400 chickens each and each student is responsible for 100 chickens
- Annual intake - 48 students
Impact
- Students are together in one area, greatly improving the production tasks and learning conditions for trainers and students alike
- Ventilation improved and manageable - mortality rate (current batch at 2%)
- The AFGRI facilities adhere to the basic principles of broiler production and provide students with a working example of a unit that can easily be constructed on their farms.
Mpumalanga School Food Gardens
- Joint project with SASOL, ARC, Standard Bank and Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture
- Mpumalanga Schools Art Competition at 1200 schools
- AFGRI provided 32 watering cans, 16 shovels, 16 rakes, 16 spades, 32 garden sets, 16 garden forks and 8 weed eaters
Impact
- Vegetables supplement nutritional programmes at schools
- Orphans were identified and were recipients of vegetables for home consumption
Asiphephe Primary School – Pinetown, KZN
- Classrooms, an ablution block for both 30 teachers and 1222 learners, AFGRI branded stationery sets, furniture
Impact
- Learners’ absenteeism reduced, especially in winter and rainy seasons
- Concentration span of the learners increased due to comfortable surroundings
- Teachers’ morale has been boosted by the improved working environment
- Good working relationship with KZN Dept of Education established
Bethlehem Farmers Trust, Bethlehem
- AFGRI bus – provides decent transport to 94 farmers
2.2. Social Relief Projects
Tateni Home Care Services, Mamelodi
- Monthly food supply to 3 drop-in centres
Impact
- 435 orphaned & vulnerable kids fed daily
Borotho ba Bophelo, Midrand
Impact
- Approximately 106 destitute people and economic migrants (mostly from Zimbabwe and Lesotho) are provided meals three times a week and additional items such as toiletries
Manger Care Centre, Benoni
- Established in 1987 to care for the destitute, homeless, abandoned, including recovering addicts
- Through the Soup Kitchen, 1 700 meals are provided to school children, 5 days a week, during school terms
- AFGRI donated inputs and tools to assist in the establishment of a vegetable garden
Impact
- Vegetables from the garden supplement the current staple diet
- Surplus is being sold in the local Pick n Pay in Benoni
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