Community support, Mozambique Since the end of 2017, Technip Energies has deployed educational actions to contribute to the enhancement of academic skills amongst the young. We have supported two initiatives which focus on helping vulnerable children to have a better future. The first is with the Ocua Secondary School, where we fund annual
full scholarships for 140/400 children, which includes registration fees, books, school materials, uniforms, masks, hygiene products, bicycles and mechanical training for their maintenance. This has already showed benefits, such as more secondary school graduates and candidates vying for top Mozambican Universities.
Secondly, we partnered with the Arco-Iris orphanage in Maputo to provide educational support and extracurricular activities to develop their STEM skills.
Technip Energies Relief and Development Fund (TRDF) The TRDF is an endowment fund established in 2011 to support social and charitable initiatives at the Group level. The fund is coordinated by Technip Energies employees who define the investment policy and select the projects.
The fund supports projects in countries where we have a permanent presence, and that address our sustainability priorities such as health, education, emergency missions, natural disaster relief and other topics related to our ESG Roadmap. Since its creation a decade ago, the TRDF supports around 5 NGOs per year for specific projects in different countries. The TDRF is currently involved in projects in Egypt, France, India, Mozambique, Senegal, and Thailand.
Two sustainability programs in Colombia Technip Energies Colombia entity, Tipiel S.A., has shown significant commitment to sustainability where two main programs have been implemented to promote Human Rights as well as inclusion and diversity. Let s go to the market together is an initiative that provides
financial support to vulnerable families in Barrancabermeja, to help them develop their businesses in a sustainable way. A whole strategy has been implemented to run the project seriously to stimulate entrepreneurship and job creation, diversify the local economy, empower women in development processes and leadership. This initiative has benefited the population displaced by violence in the region. In 2021, 1,634 small-scale productive projects were awarded, of which 80% were led by women.
The second program, Volunteering that cares , aims to offer valuable help to former homeless people in the country s capital city, Bogotá. Regular volunteers from the company support a rehabilitation center which helps vulnerable populations obtain access to education, healthcare and social services. In 2021, our 20 regular volunteers helped 80 men and women through this initiative.
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