The ‘giving a hand’ project was initiated on August 2021 in Ecuador and is centred around caring for women, animals and the planet. It was sparked by the donation of medical supplies to the “Casa de la vida” foundation.
Located in the north of Guayaquil in Ecuador, the foundation receives around 1000 women per month, who are then supported during their pregnancy and after birth. Skretting Latam originally supported a group of 21 women, providing training on entrepreneurship, advice on legal considerations for starting a business, tips on how to prepare a good CV,< as well as marketing and finance.
The Skretting team hosted the women for local team events, such as National Day and Christmas celebrations. Over the coming years Skretting Ecuador plans to support another group of women.
In addition to the support of women, one tonne of dog feed is donated every month to the “Alma Animal” animal shelter, and during November and December of 2021, eight employees spent weekends volunteering. To support in finding connecting people who want to adopt animals or monetary donations, the marketing team have been supporting the shelter to develop their website and social media networks.
To care for the environment, a number of initiatives were activated in 2021, including recycling, energy and water saving campaigns. Thirty tonnes of waste were collected from the streets surrounding our facilities from 2017 until 2021, with support from other local companies and our suppliers.
To enable more efficient recycling, plastic collection points were added to each facility in 2021. The collected plastic was sold to approved companies, and the proceeds were donated to a cancer foundation for children.