Social
We want to positively affect the communities in which we operate through training and education, economic impacts, community support, and equal opportunity. Every action we take is designed to make a lasting impact. This approach builds trust and good relations, and it earns us our licence to operate.
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Creating equal opportunities
Providing equal opportunities and having a diverse workforce is embedded deeply in our DNA. We believe having a diverse workforce of more than 50 nationalities is one of the main contributors to RA’s success. We are committed to enabling all of our employees to achieve their full potential, irrespective of gender, disability, age, race, colour, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, or personal beliefs, and have set an ambitious target to increase the number of women working for us.
Community support – ‘What we can. Where we are.’
In addition to creating opportunities for local people, we provide support to meet the needs of the communities where we work. Our approach is determined by local considerations and events, hence the nature of our support varies between locations and from year to year.
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Past community initiatives
Construction of a community well in Bentui, South Sudan
Provision of manpower to assist with a cholera survey in South Sudan led by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Contribution of manpower to assist with the cholera prevention program led by MSF in Juba, South Sudan
Provision of food supplies to the leprosy community in Juba, South Sudan
Provision of construction materials to the local community in Nimule, South Sudan, to reinforce their houses during the wet season
Support to charity Confident Children out of Conflict, through monthly food donations
Financial contribution to the International Child Day in Sudan
Contribution of food and beverages to support UNAMID in the feeding of children in Darfur, Sudan
Provision of resources to a prison support program in Sudan led by the UN
Assisted with hospital sterilization and disinfection program in Kunduz led by the Norwegian Government
Donation of food and toilets to the central orphanage in Kabul
Upgraded waste and sanitation at Kabul international Airport in support of Haj travellers
Rehabilitation of female Hammam’s (public baths)
Support to widows through direct employment & training in laundry facilities
Support to widows through direct employment & training at the first commercial bakery in Afghanistan
Opening of a recycling yard in Kabul with all the profits going to the community of Bagram
Financial contributions to the Women of Hope support program in Afghanistan
Provision of waste services to the schools in Jalalabad road through NATO
Food support and distribution with various charities in Afghanistan.
Hospital cleaning and disinfecting in Abeche to reduce patient infections
Town cleaning in Abeche – Cholera prevention awareness program
Hazmat recycling in N’djamena
Donation of hospital supplies to the female Clinic in Mogadishu
Support to the Mogadishu Times newspaper (financial and materials)
Donation of footballs to refugee camps in Somalia
Reparations of the Mogadishu Airport Runway in January 2014
Donation to support the victims of the terror attack in Mogadishu in October 2017
Provided emergency food aid as part of AMISOM relief effort in Somalia 2017
Official partner to Free As A Human initiative by Kenyan fashion designer and activist Anyango Mpinga since 2018
Supported WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) initiative in Somalia, 2018
» View full Social section in our 2021 Sustainability Report
