SO 1
The host communities are one of the most
important stakeholders for the Company. Their
needs and priorities are ascertained through
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). Based on this,
each location has developed a thrust area ranging
from water resource management, agro based
livelihoods, health, education or women
empowerment. All the programmes are designed,
developed and implemented with the direct
participation of the community members. ACF
projects are in complete sync with the requirement
of the region involving people at every stage of
project development. We believe that involvement
of people coupled with hand holding support leads to progressive programmes which are
sustainable in future. |
The programmes at ACF are
owned by people.
We have developed a tool, the Social Engagement
Scorecard (SES) which rates the initiatives of the
Company across locations through the methodology
which collects information and reviews the work
through detailed group discussions and interviews.
In 2013, all the locations scored in the range of
75% to 100% indicating positive reviews.
Besides ACF’s continuous engagement through
community development programmes, we also
have established Community Advisory Panels
(CAP) at each location. |
