Women and Environment” programme continues with 5 new projects

Today, 8th March 2018, International Women’s Day, will be a historic day with feminist movements all over the world. Rajapack, sensitive to the role of women in society, allocates funds every year through its Foundation to defend the rights of women in the most disadvantaged situations, or at risk of social exclusion. Since September 2015, the action programme “Women and Environment” supports solidarity projects through associations all over the world. More than 900,000€ of funds have already been raised throughout the RAJA group and more than 6,000 women and 19 projects have been supported all over the world. A plan of actions is generated and organised around 3 main axes in which women and the environment are the protagonists

• Defend women’s rights, prevent and fight against the injustices and violence of which they are victims.
• Educate, train and promote their integration into the labour market to ensure their empowerment, emancipation and financial autonomy.
• Tohelp women who are victims of inequality and social exclusion, facilitating their social reintegration.

9 eco-responsible products have been selected to carry out this action. Every time you buy 1 pack of the selected products we will donate 1€ to the RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation. The Foundation has selected 5 projects for the“Women and Environment” programme. The funds raised will be transferred to the associations working on the ground. We explain it below:

Projects selected in the “Women and Environment” Programme

PROJECT #1: ARUTAM

ARUTAM wants to improve the quality of life of the Achuar Jivaro community of Wachirpas using honey work and respecting the lifestyle and natural habitat of the native populations of the Amazon.

OBJECTIVES

• 30 women and their families trained in responsible beekeeping
• 1 honey-derived products processing cooperative created

pROJECT #2 : MOVEMENT FRANCE

Movement France leads the project “P³ Plastic, Project, Pochette” whose objective is to train women in precarious situations to recycle these plastic bags and transform them into handmade accessories.

OBJECTIVES

• 200 kg of plastic bags collected per month
• 40 women trained in recycling techniques by 2020

pROJECT #3 : DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

Development Initiative runs a project to distribute energy-efficient cookers in the Republic of Congo. They now wish to partner with the association Action of International Solidarity (ASI), which accompanies young girls in survival prostitution in their socio-professional reintegration.

OBJECTIVES

• 12 young women trained in the design and sale of efficient cookstoves
• 500 economical cookers sold per year
• 50% wood and 45% charcoal saved per cookstove

pROJECT #4 : French Farmers and International Development (AFDI)

AFDI wishes to reinforce the development of 6 organisations exclusively for women, in partnership with the Associations of Professional Farmers’ Organisations of Mopti and Koulikoro. Gardens will be formed to improve their agricultural techniques (lengthening the sales period, improving the quality of production, diversifying marketing channels…), and gaining autonomy while finding their place in their community.

OBJECTIVES

• 350 women farmers trained in agro-ecology techniques
• 25% water savings in irrigation of vegetable crops
• 50% increase in income for all women by 2020

pROJECT #5: Equitable and Sustainable Guadeloupe Association (AGED)

in the Caribbean, cocoa plantations were hard hit by Hurricane Matthew in 2016. AGED will train women in the use of micro-chocolate equipment, sales techniques and associative management. Thanks to this activity carried out in partnership with local agricultural cooperatives, women will gain financial autonomy while promoting the resources of their territory in an eco-responsible way.

OBJECTIVES

• 1 organic and sustainable micro-chocolaterie created
• 30 women trained and organised in cooperatives

how to participate in the programme

Until 31 August 2018, for each purchase made from our selection of 9 eco-responsible products Rajapack will allocate €1 to finance 5 solidarity projects in favour of women and the environment. The “eco-responsible” products selected for this year are

• Brown Rigipack cardboard envelope with adhesive strip
• RAJAKRAFT Super natural kraft paper in rolls quality 90 gr/m² RAJAKRAFT Super
• Beige cardboard labels
• Cardboard storage box
• TORK interlocking hand towel paper
• Multi-purpose cardboard box with handles RAJA
• Single channel Variabox with automatic bottom
• Solvent paper adhesive tape RAJATAPE
• Brown or white kraft bag with curly handles Rajashop

todos ellos son 100% reciclables y, además, están creados a partir de materiales reciclados en una parte o en su totalidad.

La fundación RAJA en cifras clave

La fundación RAJA-Danèle Marcovici, creada en 2006, cree que las empresas en la actualidad deben implicarse a colaborar activamente en la construcción de una sociedad más justa. Por esta razón, promueve iniciativas a favor de las mujeres en todo el mundo. Estas son las cifras claves hasta el momento:

Los resultados mejoran año tras año, ¿Te unes a celebrar el día de la mujer con nosotros? ¡Seguimos sumando años apoyando a las mujeres y el medio ambiente!

Desde Rajapack queremos daros las gracias por apoyarnos a seguir con estos proyectos y también queremos animaros a que sigáis adquiriendo estos productos. Gracias a esta acción ayudamos a mejorar la situación de la mujer y fomentamos el embalaje fabricado de manera respetuosa con el medio ambiente. Contacta con nosotros a través del email: contacto@rajap