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We have extended many of our community programmes intended
for our employees to the plantation workers and their families living
on or around the estates. These efforts include programmes in
human capital development, environmental conservation, economic
empowerment, outreach to the community and solidarity. Human
capital development and environmental conservation, in particular,
are integral elements of our sustainability strategy.
BUILDING HUMAN CAPITAL
In 2013, our sponsorships included the building of local schools
and learning facilities, training for teachers, supply of learning
aids and teaching tools, local scholarship awards, and vocational
internship opportunities. We collaborated with SIKIB, the Solidarity
of United Indonesia Cabinet Wives, to introduce rumah pintars
or smart houses, which support the education of young children
through books, computers, multimedia resources, play and crafts.
OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY
We contribute to the public health infrastructure by building
medical clinics and emergency care units for local communities.
We developed maternity programmes to reduce infant mortality rate
by providing pregnant mothers with free immunisation, essential
vitamins and minerals, prenatal checks, medical care and dental
services. Monitoring of this programme is done in partnership with
the University of Indonesia through training for Posyandu Cadres.
In the reporting year of 2013, we supported 206 posyandus in
the Group. These community clinics provide free health checks
and nutrition supplement to the women and children living on our
estates. We improve access for the local communities by building
and maintaining roads and bridges in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
We constructed places of worship for the local communities, and
released land rights to the local government for the construction
of the Medan-Kualanamu Airport toll road. We contributed sports
and recreation facilities. We sponsored local sports tournaments,
musical events and cultural performances to promote community
bonding and inspire aspirations.
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
We developed various programmes that support micro-entrepreneurship
and improve the livelihoods of the local people, such as donating
kitchen appliances to the participants of Pojok Selera, an Indofood
initiative that provides extra income for housewives by helping them
turn their baking skills into a business enterprise; and supporting
local fish farmers in Kecamatan Peranak, Kabupaten Indragiri
Ulu, Riau by building more cages for fish farming.
SOLIDARITY FOR HUMANITY
We support several relief programmes for people affected by
natural disasters, such as floods.
We support the MillenniumDevelopment Goals, which aim to reduce
child mortality and promote the health of pregnant women, as
mentioned in our Outreach to the Community programme above.
In Indonesia, cataracts affect more than two million people across
all age groups. To help reduce these numbers, we are working
together with the doctors from the Indonesian army to support
cataract operations in the field to help the cataract patients living
on our estates. At the start of 2014, we have operated on 263
and 201 patients in Kalimantan and South Sumatra respectively.
We are planning to sponsor 1,000 operations in North Sumatra,
Riau, Sulawesi and East Kalimantan in 2015 and 2016.
ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES OUTSIDE OUR ESTATES
Beyond our estates, IndoAgri actively supports wildlife conservation
in North Sumatra. We cooperate with the Sumatra Orang-utan
Society to enrich the orang-utan habitat with beneficial tree species.
In Kalimantan we supported Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS)
with the release of orang utans in the wild.
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