In an
effort to keep up with its resolve to entrench volunteerism as a critical
aspect of its corporate social responsibility initiatives, staff of Sahara
Group spent 1,500 man-hours in volunteer work to drive several health,
educational and entrepreneurial projects organized by the Group in 2014.
According to the company in a statement made
available to BusinessWorld, the act of selfless service resonates with the core
of the Sahara Brand, and is carried out across the Group’s various locations in
Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia, through the Sahara Foundation.
It is
a known fact that each year, across the globe, hundreds of millions of people
volunteer their time and skills to help make the world a better place.
“Sahara Foundation operates a personal and
corporate social responsibility (PCSR) model where the “P” represents the
platform for implementing the Group’s volunteer projects,” the statement said.
“The 1,500 man-hours recorded in 2014 are indicative of the wide acceptance of
volunteering as a way of life and vehicle through which Sahara staff give back
to the society.”
The
company said its 2014 Foundation projects that involved staff participation
include health programmes like nutritional support for people living with
HIV/AIDS in Lagos State; donation of prosthetic limbs to child amputees;
community health initiatives; donation of motorized boreholes to Kumasi, Ghana;
Ewu Community, Lagos and Omagwa, Rivers State Net to Live campaign and
construction of six cubicle toilet facility at Manhean Technical School, Tema,
Ghana. Others are eye care programme – cataract surgeries in Nigeria, Ghana and
Cote d’Ivoire; Ebola support for the Liberian government, as well as cancer
awareness walk in Abuja and Lagos.
The
programmes also inclide education and entrepreneurship programmes such as,
ENACTUS- Sahara Light Up Nigeria Power Challenge 2014; kitchen refurbishment in
Surulere, Lagos; school feeding programme in Osun State; Read-to-me school
project in Lagos and Onne, Rivers State; career counseling programme,
Singapore; Teach-a-teacher programme, teach-a-student programme, job shadow
programme, donation of guidance and counselling centre in Lagos; Sahara
scholarship project at Ibafon Primary School in Lagos; University Of Lagos 2014
Career Week; upgrade of community vocational centre, Oshodi, Lagos and upgrade
of LEA Primary School in Abuja.
“We believe a conducive and suitable
environment is a breeding ground for creativity and innovation,” the company
said.
In a related development, the company said
Enageed Resource Limited, its group’s upstream affiliate, was making good
progress with activities in Oil Prppecting Licence (OPL) 274, where it operates
with a 100 percent working interest.
It continues to press towards optimizing
opportunities in the block, where last year it hit “first oil.”
Enageed doubled its certified 2P reserves in
Oki-Oziengbe South field, while also making a new commercial discovery with the
Oluegi-1 exploration well.
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