Horizonte Updates on Its Community Engagement and CSR for the Local Communities Surrounding the Araguaia Nickel Project - Seite 2

     2.       Barong Institute Partnership - “JUVENTUDE! A NOSSA VEZ” - “YOUTH! OUR TIME ”

The purpose of the Barong Institute Partnership project is to educate the local community on safe sexual and reproductive health issues.   Horizonte has partnered with the Barong institute to work closely with regional stakeholders and provide a platform for young people to seek information on sexual health in a safe and supportive environment.

The project will develop a group of local educators to provide and promote information on reproductive health, which we hope to have a real and lasting impact on a number of health indicators in the local communities.

Partnerships are being developed with university institutions and the Local Municipal Government’s Education/Health/Tourism/Social Welfare departments to ensure that the beneficial work of this project will be replicated and integrated across the broader project area of influence throughout 2020.

      3.       Economic agriculture diversification projects:

Flour Production Facility - Casa de Farinha

The Flour Production Facility is a partnership formed between the local Joncon community, the Municipal Conceição do Araguaia government, the EMMATUR Association (rural assistance association), and Horizonte.  As a result of the partnership, the community has built a flour production facility, the “Casa de Farinha”, and provided training to develop entrepreneurial skills of the project participants. 

The focus of this enterprise aims to enable rural women to diversify their skillsets and benefit economically from the efficient cultivation of cassava (locally known as mandioca) which will then be processed to make flour.  The cassava root is particularly vital in Brazilian culture, forming an important source of carbohydrate and has been cultivated for centuries in traditional cultures.  The Women’s Flour Facility will purchase the cassava roots from local farms to be milled into flour or sold on for direct consumption.

During the third quarter of 2019 Horizonte donated building materials to construct the facility and played an important role in attracting other community partners into the project.
             
Cocoa Crops Cultivation

The Company, in partnership with EMMATUR Association, has developed a project to support the technical training of rural producers in the region for the cultivation of cocoa crops.