CIMERWA Plc invested over Rwf 118,634,711 in corporate social responsibility since 2020, according to a statement from the company.

"To improve the lives of those in communities across Rwanda, CIMERWA Plc has invested over Rwf 118,634,711 towards CSI projects across our five key pillars since 2020,” it read in part.

The money, according to the statement, was invested in line with the company’s five key strategic pillars of education, health, enterprise development, environmental protection, and sustainable infrastructure development.

The company’s direct and indirect contributions were, among others, aimed at responding to the circumstances presented by the Covid-19 pandemic to the community.

Some of the children who benefited from Cimerwa's partnership with the Ministry of Education to build classrooms. courtesy

"The company rose to the challenge by putting measures in place to safeguard the community it operates in. This includes provision of face masks to employees and surrounding community members and launching of extensive Covid-19 awareness campaigns in different markets surrounding the CIMERWA plant,” the statement reads.

"The CIMERWA Plc team also made a contribution towards the Covid-19 fund and helped the Ministry of Health by facilitating screening and testing of all CIMERWA Plc staff and people in surrounding communities,” it added.

In addition, the company says it supported the construction of 6 automated hand washing stations in Rusizi district, and the provision of clean tap water to surrounding homesteads.

The water treatment plant, which has a capacity of 2,60 m3 per day, supplies clean water to more than 3,500 families in the neighbouring villages through company-owned pipelines.

Also, the company supplied cement to the Ministry of Education’s school expansion project where over 22,000 classrooms were built nationwide over a short span of 3 months; donated Rwf 20 million to supplement the government budget’s in this program.