IGT Donated to MRCS, Dala
Date: Dec 12, 2018
Address: Myanmar Red Cross Society, Dala Town, Yangon Region
As the leading and oldest humanitarian organization in Myanmar, the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) is committed to improving the health and well-being of vulnerable people. MRCS began operations in 1920 as a branch of the Indian Red Cross Society. After Burma formally separated from Indian in 1937, the Society obtained official, national status in 1939 and was admitted to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in 1946.
To provide the activities, IGT donated MMK 500,000/- to MRCS, Dala and Vice-Chairman U Win Min Htike accepted.
Preface
Irrawaddy Green Towers (IGT) is committed to be a company which responsibly manages its business and all its stakeholders in regards to adherence to all the requirements, laws and regulations relating to the following objectives:
- Conducting its business to the highest standards of safety, ethics and human rights in all aspects and enforcing a ‘Zero Tolerance’ initiative which aims to eliminate all such incidents within the company.
- Conducting its business to the highest standards to ensure compliance of the human rights laws and with all relevant legislation.
- Maintaining a strong ethics culture where human rights is recognized and fully complied with.
- Promoting this ethics culture, within the workplace, in which all employees and all its stakeholders share this commitment and take personal responsibility for human rights.
- Ensuring all its stakeholders state that no one under the age of 18 years is employed in building sites or doing any other work for us or that no one under the age of 18 years ‘shall ever be present on any work site.
- Continual improvement of our human rights performance.
- Ensuring the business behaves ethically, fairly and responsibly and contributes to economic development.
- Improving the quality of life of the workers and their families along with the local community and society at large.
- Prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type.
- Maintaining a strong ethics culture where Equal opportunities are recognized and fully complied with.
- Afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
- Ensure suitable dialogue is maintained with the major stakeholders to solve any respective issues regarding opposition to our business. Particularly with Land owners, neighbors to land, households on access road to site and ward/ village or township committees.
- Ensure dialogue with the broader impacted community, religious or ethnic groups and international organizations is addressed proactively to ensure awareness understanding.
- Develop partnerships with international organizations, NGO’s and civil society groups to maintain appropriate awareness dialogue.
- Improving the public image of IGT through regular meetings with communities, continued dialogue and media awareness.
- Building staff loyalty through inter departmental awareness and understanding, incentive programs and clear communication lines.
- Addressing any grievances relating to IGT business in a timely manner and to a conclusion agreeable by all parties.
- Maintaining a strong ethics awareness culture where social responsibility is recognized and fully complied with.
- Sharing of social responsibility awareness and knowledge to all employees and stakeholders.
- Promoting this culture, within the workplace, in which all employees and all its stakeholders share this commitment and take personal responsibility for compliance.
Preface
Irrawaddy Green Towers (IGT) is committed to be company which responsibly manages potential risks to the environment and the health and safety of its employees, its clients, contractors and the communities around which it operates in.
Irrawaddy Green Towers (IGT) has ultimate responsibility for health, safety and environmental performance and achievement of HSE excellence. To ensure compliance with all the necessary requirements of all its business units are therefore committed to:
- promoting a safety and environmental awareness culture, within the workplace, in which all employees and stakeholders share this commitment and take personal responsibility for health, safety and the environment.
- complying with all applicable health, safety and environmental laws and regulations, and applying IGT standards throughout the whole Project Life Cycle of the site
- minimizing our impact on the environment through pollution prevention, waste management and the efficient use of energy and other resources.
- sharing of health, safety and environmental awareness knowledge to all employees and stakeholders
- conducting its business in a safe manner enforcing a ‘Zero Tolerance’ initiative which aims to eliminate all environmental incidents within the company.
- identifying and reducing any risks to health, safety and the environment.
- encouraging all employees to share our commitments and take personal responsibility for protecting the environment.
- maintaining a strong health, safety and environmental leadership culture where safe behavior is encouraged and recognized.
- creating an environment where workers are empowered to intervene if they believe that a work activity is unsafe.
- continual improvement of our health, safety and environment management performance
| Location: | Khan Kone Village, Khayan Township, Yangon Region |
| Date: | 26 January 2019 |
| Trip Funded by: | Irrawaddy Green Towers |
| Details of the Mobile Clinic Team: |
Coordinator – Gold Myanmar (LNGO) Doctor – 4, Nurse – 2, Pharmacist – 3 |
Trip Activities:
– The medical team treated (113) patients (female 74 and male 39)
– The doctors gave health education to the villagers who came to mobile clinic.
– Most common diseases in this village were Hypertension, muscle pain and diabetes.
– Boiled Rice Soup with Chicken were serve to all patients.
– Hluttaw members, Health Department from village track, village and village track administrators, education department, Township MRCS force and Metta Shin Welfare Volunteer were present and collaboration on the occasion.
| Location: | Mya Kine Village, Kyauk Tan Township, Yangon |
| Date: | 14 July, 2018 |
| Trip Funded by: | Irrawaddy Green Towers |
| Details of the Mobile Clinic Team: | Coordinator – Gold Myanmar (LNGO) Doctor – 2, Nurse – 2, Pharmacist – 3 |
| Details of Village: | Household – 778, Population – 2865 |
Trip Activities:
– The medical team treated (124) patients.
–Before start cure the doctor gives, health talk about hypertension and diabetes because most of the villagers are facing those diseases.
–Boiled Rice Soup with Chicken were serve to all patients who came to mobile clinic.
–The villages’ chairpersons and village members were participant on this occasion.
| Location: | Yellow Generation Wave (YGW) |
| Date: | 28th April, 2018 |
| Sponsor: | Irrawaddy Green Towers |
| Detail of Yellow Generation Wave (YGW)Details of Clinic Team : | |
| Orphans: | 455 orphans |
| Address: | Near new Yangon-Mandalay Highway, Mile Stone 89/5, Innpatle Village, Kyouktakha Township, Bago Region |
| Coordinator, Gold Myanmar (LNGO) | Doctors: | 3 Nos |
| Nurses: | 2 Nos |
| Pharmacists: | 3 Nos |
Trip Activities:
– The medical team treaded 119 child patients.
– Conducted a course to the caretakers of the orphanage, on health education (dengue fever), and advised importance of personal hygiene and prevention of diarrhea.
–Provided treatment for albendazole (tablets for worm killer), and treatment for skin infection, diarrhea and ARI diseases.
Additional support to YWG:
– IGT staffs donated MMK 144,000/- in cash, and new and used clothing.
– IGT and Gold Myanmar donated MMK 86,000/-
| Location: | Kha Naung Ywarma Village, Dala Township, Yangon |
| Date: | 17 March 2018 |
| Trip Funded by: | Irrawaddy Green Towers |
| Details of the Village: | In Kha Naung Village Track, it has 5 villages
Household – 700, Population – 4000 |
| Details of the Mobile Clinic Team: | Coordinator – Gold Myanmar (LNGO) Doctors – 3, Nurse – 2, Pharmacist – 1 |
Trip Activities:
– The medical team treated (102) patients.
–Boiled Rice Soup with Chicken were serve to all patients.
–The (5) villages’ chairmen (Kha Naung Village Track) and Dala’s MRCS were present on the occasion.
| Location: | Yellow Generation Wave (Y.G.W) |
| Date: | 20 May 2017 |
| Trip Funded by: | Irrawaddy Green Towers |
| Details of the YGW: | 415 orphanages. Near new highway Yangon – Mandalay Road Mile stone 89/5, Innpatle Village Kyouktakha Township, Bago Region |
| Details of the Mobile Clinic Team: | Coordinator – Gold Myanmar (LNGO) Doctors – 3, Nurse – 4, Pharmacist – 2 |
Trip Activities & Highlight:
– The medical team treated 200 patients (children)
– Conduct a course of health education about Dengue Fever, Importance of Hygiene and Importance of Nutrition to teachers and baby sitters of Y.G.W.
– Provided albendazole (worm killer) tablets to all children.
– The most common diseases occur in Y.G.W is skin infection, diarrhea and ARI diseases.
– IGT staff donated MMK 135,000/- in cash and several pieces of old clothing.
– At time of new academic year, the children need school uniform.
– There are about 10 units of sewing machines donated to the orphanage but nobody use it.
If someone can provide a training for sewing course, this will help the needs of the children tremendously.
| Location: | Pho San Village, Kyaiklatt Tonship, Ayeyarwaddy Region |
| Date: | 09 April, 2017 |
| Trip Funded by: | Irrawaddy Green Towers |
| Details of the Village: | In Thar Pat Village Track and it has 3 villages. Household – 183, Population – 897 |
| Details of the Mobile Clinic Team: | Coordinator – Gold Myanmar (LNGO) Doctors – 3, Nurse – 2, Pharmacist – 1 Trip Activities: |
Trip Activities:
– The medical team treated 40 patients.
– Boiled Rice Soup with Chicken was given to all patients.
– Township Chief Administrator, Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association (MMCWA) and Myanmar Women’s Association Federation (MWAF) were present on the occasion.
| Location: | Kan Kone Village, Kha Yan Township, Yangon Region |
| Date: | 11 March, 2017 |
| Trip Funded by: | Irrawaddy Green Towers |
| Details of the Village: | Kan Kone Village Track has 3 villages. Household – 194, Population – 870 |
| Details of the Mobile Clinic Team: | Coordinator – Gold Myanmar (LNGO) Doctors – 3, Nurse – 1, Pharmacist – 3 |
Trip Activities:
– The medical team treated 107 patients.
– Boiled Rice Soup with Chicken was given to all patients.
– All the villages chairmen and U Thein Zaw Latt, the Hluttaw Member of the area were present on the occasion.
As part of the CSR program for February 2017, IGT went on a mobile clinic trip on 25 February, 2017 to Hle Seik Village, Htan Ta Bin Township, Yangon Region.
| Trip Sponsor: | Irrawaddy Green Towers |
| Details of the Village : | Hle Seik Village Track has 8 villages.– 500 household.– Population is over 4000. |
| Details of the Clinic Team: | Coordinator: Gold Myanmar (LNGO)– Doctors 3 nos.– Nurse 1 no.– Pharmacist 2 nos. |
The medical team treated 115 patients.
Special Cases:
One female patient was sent to the village track hospital immediately after the team learnt that she had very high blood sugar levels for diabetes, and it was discovered just in time to save her from further serious complications.
Another young girl, Ma Hnin Hnin Phywe, age 10 had undergone surgery treatment twice for stomach problem. She was born without the anal passage to dispose her waste. She will require a third surgery to complete her treatment in Yangon in about 10 days’ time. One of IGT staff donated MMK 200,000/- for her medical cost.
There were about 20 volunteers from the village, who prepared the meal for the patient and the mobile clinic team. The same IGT staff donated another MMK 100,000/- for the meal costs.
Telecommunication Awareness Workshop in Kalay Town, Sagaing Region on September 1, 2018
| IGT Workshop : | Telecommunication Awareness The workshop was to build communications with the communities in the area and to give information about IGT operations in Myanmar. |
| Location : | Township Management Office Hall, Kalay Town, Sagaing Region |
| Local Attendees : | 83 persons of Ward, Village and Village Track Administrators and Clerks, GAD Staffs, Township Level Head of Departments |
| IGT Attendees : | Represented by GR & CSR, Roll Out, Legal, Lease and O & M |
| Other Attendees : | Representatives each from Health and Telecommunications Departments gave lectures about Telecom Towers and their point of view. |
