Port Said, Egypt

TCI Sanmar Chemicals: An investor in society

As a responsible organisation, Sanmar recognises the importance of its obligations beyond employees and stakeholders to embrace society at large.

The Group has made substantial investment in its people and the community to make the organisation an invigorating place of work amidst confident neighbours.

The Sanmar Group acquired Trust Chemical Industries in 2007, since known as TCI Sanmar Chemicals, at Port Said and has enhanced capacity of caustic soda and chlorine having started production in the newly established VCM and PVC paste.

Sanmar is the largest Indian investor in Egypt's chemical business, the largest caustic soda manufacturer in that country and among the world's top PVC producers.

In Port Said, the home of TCI Sanmar Chemicals, the neighbourhood community faces several challenges.

TCI Sanmar took up the responsibility of providing the basic necessities for the economically backward at the Quaboty area in Port Fouad.

The help from Sanmar is extended in the form of:

• monthly food supplies
• critical medical care
• basic education and
• preservation of the environment

Monthly food supplies

Supply of rice, oil, sugar, tea, lentil and bean, dry apricots, coconut, raisins, dates and meat per family in the economically weaker section of the population at the Quaboty area is being given free of cost.

To identify the poor families needing such help, a team of eight workers from the factory interested in community development and influential in the neighbourhood were selected from various disciplines.

This team has worked in close cooperation with the Imam of the Mosque, Mahmoud El Elady, who enjoys a good reputation with the Quaboty people. So far nearly 3000 families have benefited from the food supplies.

Critical medical care

TCI Sanmar met the cost of eye surgery for a young girl during the year 2011. In another instance, an eye operation was performed on a child during March 2012.

Basic education

A cooperation protocol for construction of a school for basic education (primary and preparatory) inside the housing project at EI Quaboty area was signed between the Governor of Port Said and TCI Sanmar Chemicals on May 2011. The project to be spearheaded by the Government of Port Said is estimated to cost EGP 5 million upon an area of 50,000m with a capacity of 30 classrooms, a library, playground and facilities for entertainment activities.

Preservation of the environment

In response to the Port Fouad city chairman's request, TCI Sanmar donated EGP 50000 to enhance the performance and preservation of the environment. An agreement was signed in February 2012 and a payment of EGP 50000 has been made towards the first phase of this project.

CSR projects at Port Said/Port Fouad:

The road ahead TCI Sanmar wishes to carry out social improvement initiatives including monthly food supplies, critical medical care, basic education and preservation of the environment on an ongoing basis.