Gambia is Good
Gambia is Good, (GiG) is a cross-sector partnership between
international development organisation, Concern Universal and Haygrove.
The project is a social enterprise, enabling farmers in the Gambia to
access the lucrative markets within the country's tourism industry,
alongside researching and demonstrating innovative approaches that
create new markets for Gambian farmers.
In 2008, Haygrove was proud to be one of the ten winners of the 2008
World Business and Development Awards (WBDA) for their part in creating
Gambia is Good, in partnership with Concern Universal and DFID's
Business Linkage Challenge Fund. This honor is awarded by the International Chamber of Commerce and supported by the United Nations. Haygrove traveled to the UN buildings for the ceremony but the award is only given to 10 businesses worldwide every other year. Learn more about the program and honor here.
Bright Futures
Growing future farmers with a sustainable enterprise
based development program. Bright Futures is a progressive and earned upliftment program,
starting in January 2008 and run from Haygrove Heaven in South Africa. It is targeted at local farm workers from previously disadvantaged
communities and has a structured ladder of opportunity and incentives
that at the highest level will achieve individual business partnership
with Haygrove Heaven (Pty) Ltd. Click here to see the key principles of the program.
Seven members of the Bright Futures group made a presentation to the Haygrove sales team November 2010 when we met in Cape Town, South Africa. They each gave a testimonial as to how the opportunity affected their lives. Then they sang a song they wrote thanking Haygrove for the opportunity to improve their lives and those of their families — there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. One young lady who said she grew up dreaming of one day riding in a car now has a drivers license and a passport that she will hopefully get to use one day. Read more about the Bright Futures project here.
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