CELEBRATING COMMUNITIES
Feronia partakes in a number of corporate social responsibility practices. These include, but are not limited to:
Family planning partnership with Mary Stopes International
The duo launched a partnership geared towards supporting women and girls across
Feronia’s plantations and raising awareness of family planning.
Safe drinking water
Feronia has installed 72 water boreholes and water sources across its three sites for use by its employees and local communities. A further 38 water boreholes are planned for the next three years.
Healthcare
Feronia’s employees and their families receive free healthcare, and members of the local communities have access to the company’s medical facilities at hugely subsidised rates.
Construction of social infrastructure
Feronia has so far constructed six new schools and three new health centres with much more social infrastructure planned over the next few years.
Community development projects
Working with local NGOs and community development committees, the company is funding community-based projects and enterprises to improve food security and income generation for local people. These include fish farms, brick making businesses and assorted arable farming projects.