Golden Veroleum Liberia has completed a US$120,000 classroom annex and a teacher quarters at the Butaw Junior High School.
The project, which is part of plans to extend the school to a high school level, is being implemented under the Golden Veroleum Educational Support (GES), and follows the signing recently of an MOU.
GVL has embarked on the rehabilitation of several schools in Sinoe and Grand Kru Counties under its GES program.
The GES program is designed to support the educational needs of both GVL worker’s dependents and pupils in communities within the GVL operational areas in Sinoe and Grand Kru Counties.
Under the plan, GVL will give provide allowances for volunteer teachers and learning and teaching materials to selected schools.
Under the agreement, the company committed itself to undertake several projects in its operational areas as part of its corporate social responsibilities.
The new facility is expected to accommodate additional 300 pupils with a senior high division already on the verge of being added.
Besides the school facilities in Butaw, according to a statement,
The possibility of extending the program will be reviewed after the current academic year.
GVL donates 100,000 USD in scholarship grants annually to the Liberian government for Sinoe and Grand kru Counties, with the two counties getting 35% each and the Agriculture Ministry, 30%.
Its General Manager for Sustainability, Dr. Michael Abedi-Lartey has reaffirmed that the company remains committed to implementing projects under the MOU.
He wants beneficiaries to properly maintain the facilities constructed and use them to benefit surrounding communities.
Speaking on behalf of the people of Butaw, Rep. Matthew Nyenswah and Kaysieh Mayor Benedict Manewah lauded GVL for completing the market project.
GVL, they said, has demonstrated to the people of Butaw its willingness and great collaboration to implement and fulfil the MOU.
They described the turning over of the market as a milestone, describing the project as the first of its kind since their area gained a district status.
GVL Donates Rice, Anti COVID-19 Materials to the Liberian Government
Sinoe County. –in its bid to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Liberia, oil palm developer Golden Liberia has donated to the Office of the Vice President of Liberia; Grand Kru and Sinoe Counties, dozens of prevention materials including buckets with faucets, soaps, hand sanitizers, stationery, rice, plastic barrels, fuel among others.
Presenting the items, the company’s Vice President for Sustainability, Mr. Elvis G. Morris, said the donation is the company’s way of fulfilling its corporate and social responsibilities, while identifying with the government to contain the spread of the pandemic in Liberia.
Mr. Morris called on Liberians to obey all established health regulations as part of global campaign to crush the coronavirus pandemic
GVL has formed an internal COVID-19 Taskforce that has put preventive and protection measures in place in the company’s operational areas, such as having hand-wash buckets at all entry points within GVL premises; and providing all necessities at GVL clinics and offices.
There has been internal COVID-19 awareness creation about preventive and protection measures, such as washing of hands frequently, maintaining social distancing, avoiding touching eyes, nose and mouth, practicing respiratory hygiene, among others.
The company has also embarked on the training of its security guards and other employees, starting with its Butaw farm sites, on how to effectively prevent or contain the spread of the virus. This process will subsequently move into nearby communities to create awareness on the pandemic, as was done during the deadly EBOLA outbreak 2014. Social distancing and other measures are observed during such activities.
It may be recalled that in 2014, GVL joined the Liberian government and health partners to create a massive EBOLA awareness campaign in its plantation and surrounding communities, which gained fruitful results as Sinoe and Grand Kru Counties reported zero cases.