Social Responsability

Maurilait Production Ltée has confirmed its social responsibility policy by an active binding since January 2007 within the framework of a partnership between the private sector and the Ministry of Education in order to support schools categorized as ZEP; “Zone d’Education Prioritaire.” 

Maurilait Production Ltée  is, since that date, the partner of the government school of Rivière Noire. The sphere of Maurilait’s activities goes beyond Rivière Noire’s school and reaches a regional and national level.


At Rivière Noire’s school 

Maurilait has an annual budget allocated to the school, in addition to an actual attendance and a commitment.
 

Maurilait has a dedicated liaison , on the school’s site on a daily basis, whose roles are to ensure the link between the school, the children and their families, to follow absenteeism and its causes, and, all in all, to secure the different participants’ coordination (notably the TIPA association, the school’s other partner, the non-governmental organisations and the religious order). 

Maurilait’s aim is to contribute to a better academic success for the children, by giving, amongst others, revision booklets or by organising revision sessions for the CPE (granted by the non-governmental organisation Ti Rayon Soleil in November and December 2008). Maurilait has also acquired a photocopier for the school in order to facilitate document copying and reduce costs. 

Maurilait also wants to increase the children and their families' awareness on the importance of a balanced diet. Maurilce of a balanced diet. Maurilait has contributed (in collaboration with TIPA) to the creation of a setting designed for the distribution of a daily breakfast to the most destitute children (courtesy of the Rotary Club of Port Louis). Balanced diets awareness sessions have also been organised and dairy products are given to the school on a regular basis.

 Maurilait supports the school’s development by participating to monthly meetings organised by the School Development Unit (regrouping the school’s management, the Parents and Teachers Association’s president, the liaison officer, a TIPA representative and Ministry of Education representatives). 

Overall, Maurilait actively participates to the school’s daily life:  sponsorship of the end of year lunch, donation of gifts to the best students of each class, rewarding the successful CPE students, participation to the independence day celebration,…  

All in all, Maurilait aims to involve and heighten the awareness of its employees as a whole. Fund-raising campaigns and book drives have been organised and numerous employees have visited the school.
  

At the Regional level

Maurilait wants to actively participate to the local area network and closely collaborates with the religious community of Rivière Noire, along with the other private companies supporting the west region ZEP schools and the TAMRIV association + (whose work is to coordinate the different actors, workers and trade unions of the West). 

Maurilait is enrolled in the actors, workers and trade unions directory of the West region.  

As a pilot project, Maurilait has a deal with TAMRIV + to participate to the establishment of a canteen at Cascavelle school. 

At a National level

Maurilait participates to the national-level MCCI / FED coordination meetings linked to the ZEP project. 

Encouraging results were observed… : 

Maurilait Production Ltée is proud to participate to the school of Rivière Noire’s development. This success is owed to the effective synergy of the acts and the actors’ motivation.  

Up to now, Maurilait is proud to notice the school’s achievements : The absenteeism rate is quite manageable and the CPE results have undergone a steady progress.

   
    2006        34,7% of success
    2007        44,4% of success
    2008        61,1% of success
 

With the good results of 2008, the Rivière Noire school is the second best ZEP school when it comes to results at a national level. 
      
          Perpetuating the progress achieved, that’s the expectation of Maurilait for the forthcoming  
                                                                                   months…