CFSL - Annual report 2018

ENGAGEMENT Our Engagement initiatives are geared towards helping the most vulnerable in our society. For over three years now, the Cim Group has been closely associated with Cité Coeur Immaculé de Marie (Cite Cim) in Riviere Du Rempart, with which we share a common denominator, with the name ‘Cim’. Cim thus supported the upgrading of seven homes for the benefit of families of Cite Cim as well as empowering 20 women of Cite Cim to be trained in entrepreneurship. A total of MUR 1,156,644m was spent under these initiatives. >> Reconstruction of 5 houses at Cité CIM, Rivière du Rempart EDUCATION Education is the second most important area that the Group supports. An amount of MUR 2,783,635m was allocated to the projects, reaching over 1432 beneficiaries. Cim CSR sponsored the creation of an ‘After School Club’ in Cite Cim, in partnership with NGO Gender Links, to help adolescents in their studies and to provide extracurricular activities such as painting, music and dance to keep them from falling in to the scourge of drugs and alcohol. During the year under review, the Cim Group participated in the national effort against drugs proliferation in Mauritius led by the Government. In partnership with the Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Research and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Cim launched a Drug Use Prevention Program on 10 May 2018. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) NGOS/ ASSOCIATION INITIATIVES OUTCOME Cite Cim at Riviere Du Rempart Renovation/Construction of seven houses in Cite Cim at Riviere Du Rempart 23 Family members assisted. Ti Rayons Soleil Empowerment of the women in Cite Cim Riviere Du Rempart in terms of building self confidence and entrepreneurship. 20 women participated in the program. 38 CIM FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD ANNUAL REPORT 2018