Local Community

    The De La Rue Kenya facility takes its commitment to being a responsible business seriously and actively contributes to the local community

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    De La Rue Kenya staff visit Voice of Hope Children's Centre

    March 11, 2021

    In February this year De La Rue Kenya staff visited Voice of Hope Children’s Centre as part of this year’s CSR activities.

    The centre supports up to 25 children from different backgrounds who would have otherwise be left on the streets with no parental care.

    A small representation visited the centre and engaged with the children in fun activities, cleaning and sharing snacks. They also presented various donations given in kind from DeLaRue Kenya  staff including food items, clothing and  financial aid to meet the needs of the children.
     
    The children were left smiling and cheerful!

    World Environment Day

    CSR - World Environment Day

    June 5, 2019

    World Environment Day is celebrated on every 5th of June since 1973 to raise the global awareness about the importance of the healthy and green environment in the human lives, to solve the environmental issues by implementing some positive environmental actions as well as to make aware common public worldwide that everyone is responsible for saving his environment.

    To mark the World Environment Day we had a Tree Planting CSR activity at Drive Inn Primary school on Wednesday, 12th June 2019, where we planted 350 trees. Staff from different departments participated.

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    Carbon Footprint project in Kenya

    August 13, 2018

    De La Rue will be supporting a tree planting scheme in Kenya through an international carbon-offsetting project that will have a positive impact in the local community. The project will involve planting native trees and helping disadvantaged communities whilst providing wildlife habitats.

    As an international business operating in around 140 countries, De La Rue regularly takes part in many events around the world, which involves huge amounts of travel. In order to reduce the impact of this on the environment, De La Rue has agreed to offset all travel and accommodation cost for all De La Rue delegates and exhibitors at these events. From this year, De La Rue will be carbon offsetting all its exhibition and event attendance as part of its commitment to being a responsible business.

    Working with Carbon Footprint Ltd, De La Rue has estimated it will save 268 tonnes of CO₂ – which is the equivalent of around 29 homes’ energy use in a year or the CO₂ emissions of 30,156 gallons of gasoline. (Calculations based on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s equivalencies of 268 tonnes of CO₂)

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    Passing NEBOSH exams

    October 23, 2017

    De La Rue Kenya is basking in glory after returning a 100% pass rate (including 3 distinctions) for its 8 candidates who sat their NEBOSH exams in November last year, a feat that even the best course providers would rarely achieve. This achievement reflects the high quality of staff at the Site and their commitment to excellence. The 8 now bring the total number of NEBOSH qualified people at the Site to 11. With this achievement, Kenya becomes only the second manufacturing site to fulfil the new Group requirement on the minimum number of people that must be NEBOSH qualified.

    Commonly known by its abbreviation, NEBOSH stands for ‘the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health’. Although it is a UK-based examination board, its vocational qualifications in health and safety practice and management are recognised world-wide, including here in Kenya. It is increasingly, the qualification of choice for organisations looking to equip their staff with health and safety management skills.

    The course was organised in-house with a facilitator flown into the Country at a significant cost, outlining the unflinching commitment of the Business to health and safety. This followed a recent requirement by the Board and the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) of De La Rue that Front Line Managers left in charge of sites during silent hours are NEBOSH qualified. In line with De La Rue’s commitment to health and safety, the Board was looking to ensure that all manufacturing sites had adequate health and safety cover during night shifts, bank holidays and weekends when professional health and safety cover would be unavailable.

    Aside from this achievement, the Kenya Site maintains high safety standards comparable to those on other De La Rue sites in the developing world. As a testament to this, the Site prides itself in a very good safety record, having almost completed four years without a lost time accident. The Site was also among the first companies in East Africa to achieve ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications.

    Malkia Network

    De La Rue Kenya EPZ Ltd has just launched its own Women's Network known as the Malkia Network

    October 18, 2019

    Malkia is a Kiswahili word meaning "Queen" and we shall endeavour to live within our vision, mission and Objectives as stated below:

    Our Vision: Malkia Network will be recognised as the premier vehicle for connecting women at all levels of the organisation through empowerment, networking and leadership.

    Our Mission: Malkia Network is a platform that serves to provide women from diverse professional backgrounds opportunities to connect and share insights into experiences. Through this community, we shall build collective peer mentorship and help individuals foster personal growth and professional development.

    Our Objectives:

    • Develop women's leadership abilities by linking women to mentors
    • Advance women's interests through networking and collaboration
    • Provide a safe and secure fit for purpose learning and working environment

    Our Slogan: Connecting with other women, Growing together and Empowering each other.

    Our Viables, Westhoughton and Sri Lanka sites also have their own Women's Networks.

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    De La Rue Kenya 25 Years Silver Jubilee Celebrations

    September 17, 2018

    The Kenya site held their 25 Years Silver Jubilee Celebrations on 14th September 2018 with 14 members of staff recognised as having worked for De La Rue Kenya since it started its operations in 1993.

    The event was a celebration for all employees and it was a resounding success. There were lots of drinks, foods, entertainment and fun!

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    Jumpers for schools!

    May 18, 2018

    Drive-in Primary School is a deprived school located in the Mathare Valley, just next door to our production facility in Nairobi. We noticed that many of the children’s school uniforms were in a desperate condition. De La Rue acted upon this and started the money-raising drive under the name #FulanaYaShule which translates to #SchoolSweater

    The result? 227 new sweaters presented to the school.

    “We were almost moved to tears as we saw how big an impact our small donation had on the lives of these little ones. How it had brightened their day.”
    -Vincent Anjiri, Sales Manager, Eastern and South Africa

    It’s particularly important for these kids as they not only have to deal with poverty, violence and crime - but most of them are orphans or from dysfunctional families and this was a way to motivate them to continue with their education.

    Team Building Kenya

    Team building – Kenya style

    November 6, 2017

    Due to popular demand, De La Rue Kenya held our first ever team building event at the start of November, following careful and detailed planning. Everyone arrived decked-up in their team colours all set for what turned out to be a thrilling and memorable day of food, fun and bonding.

    The aim of the day was for us to learn how to work together as a team and build stronger long term working relationships – and it certainly felt like we were a single family aiming towards a common goal.

    We were grouped into four teams that cut across the entire workforce, giving us the opportunity to mingle and interact with colleagues that we would normally have little contact with due to different shift patterns. Manager, Intern, Printer, Accountant, Engineer, Machine Operator - everyone was equal on the day as we took part in a range of different activities and competitions.

    The effort and investment committed to this event was well worth it – and we look forward to the next team building event.