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                 How our community






                 investments are







                 changing lives



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  In Egypt, we are engaging with the rural

                 through employment                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               families that live in the area 50km north

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  of our West Bakr wind farm and exploring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ways we can benefit them. We are working
                 and enterprise                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   with 20 women from the community to help


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  them sell their tapestry and handicrafts to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  local markets. Through our subcontractors,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  we employ four from the community as

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  security guards at our site. Eye health can
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  be a challenge when living in extreme desert

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  conditions, so we have also offered free eye

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  tests and treatment for all members of the

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  community, including providing sunglasses

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  for children.














                                                          In Senegal, we’re working with local farmers

                                                          to help them organise into co-operative

                                                          networks. Acting as one entity improves their

                                                          buying power, so they have better access
                                                                                                                                      In South Africa, we run an entrepreneur
                                                          to fertilisers, seeds and credit – leading to
                                                                                                                                      programme, helping local business owners to
                                                          increased yields and better profits.
                                                                                                                                      improve and professionalise their processes

                                                                                                                                      and practices get them ready to tender for

                                                                                                                                      larger projects. 129 people attended the

                                                                                                                                      business event we ran in Ceres, the town

                                                                                                                                      closest to our Pedrekraal East wind farm.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Ras Ghareb football team wearing kits
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Screenprinting training for local women                                 produced by local women
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