Annex II
EXAMPLES OF
SOCIAL INVESTMENT/DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS
Agriculture development
— SPDC has been funding agricultural projects
since the 1960s. In 2008 alone we helped establish 11 new farms
and handed them over to communities in the delta states leading
to the creation of 21 full time staff.— In partnership with
USAID and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
(IITA), SPDC is spending $11.3 million over five years to develop
cassava farming in the delta states.
Community health support
— In 2008, about 150,000 patients were treated
in SPDC-supported medical facilities.— In the same period,
SPDC completed the $2.2 million Niger Delta HIV/AIDS response
project (NIDAR), a partnership between SPDC and Family Health
International (FHI) partnership on HIV/AIDS care, treatment and
support, piloted in five SPDC-supported medical facilities in
the Niger Delta.— Under the scheme, over 18 months, 244
health care providers received specialist training in HIV/AIDS
services, more than 4,000 community members received counselling
and testing, 1,367 pregnant women received HIV/ AIDS services
while 732 were enrolled for HIV/AIDS treatment.
— SPDC won the 2008 Global Business Coalition
(GBC) award for its work on HIV/AIDS in the Niger Delta.
— SPDC has a three-year, $4.5 million partnership
with Africare to reduce the impact of malaria on mothers and children
in the Niger Delta through awareness programmes, the free distribution
of 1,000 mosquito nets and 2,000 doses of anti malarial treatment
at ante natal clinics in 2008 alone.
— In addition, health outreach programmes
were carried out in nine communities at which over 40,000 people
were offered health education, vaccinations, eye testing, treatment
of malaria and minor ailments, distribution of mosquito bed nets,
HIV screening services, and de-worming of 5,283 school children.
Economic empowerment
— In 2008, SPDC provided funding to over
8,000 people (mainly women) to start or develop businesses through
the company's micro credit programme. For example trading in foodstuffs
(such as rice, beans, garri, plantain, fish, fruits, etc), household
consumables and textiles. This is an ongoing programme started
in 1998.
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