People and Communities

Youth and Economic Empowerment

Lafarge Africa Plc. creates socio-economic opportunities for young and middle-aged indigenes to create and earn a sustainable living thus impacting the economy of the respective host communities. Interventions in poverty eradication include:

Vocational skill development
Provision of tools such as sewing machines, grinding machines, motorcycles and tricycles etc. to trained individuals
Entrepreneurial training for individuals to start small and medium scale businesses.

A resident of Ashaka receiving an eye test at the Ashaka Clinic

Suppliers' training.

One of the newly built homes for residents of the relocated Oke-oko community

Anti Bribery & Corruption Training with Regional Compliance Officer

Health & Safety is at the core of what we do. Truck Drivers signing commitment

CEO Michel Puchercos reading with pupils in his volunteering moment at a public school in Lagos, Nigeria

Artisan Empowerment Training

A Lafarge Africa employee volunteer with school children

Education

Our interventions in education include construction of classrooms, provision of bursary awards and scholarships, mentoring and tutoring of pupilsthrough our volunteering program, and the annual Lafarge Africa National Literacy Competition which seeks to improve literacy skills in public primary schools.

A group of women waiting patiently to be attended to at the Ashaka clinic

Head of MEA Region during a visit to the Ashaka clinic

Distribution of artisan tools in host communities

Health and Safety

Shelter and Infrastructure Support

We are committed to delivering value across our entire construction chain. For us, that entails moving beyond only producing revenue-generating goods and services to providing building solutions to alleviate the pressing needs of the larger Nigerian society. We also partner with industry stakeholders to promote global standards in construction in Nigeria.