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Zawgyi Company’s CSR program motto says “For all to read and play”. In early 2020, we built a school library and a playground for Kan Thar Yar High School (branch) and another school playground at Ywar Thar Aye Village in Nga Tha Yaut Township in Mandalay region. Zawgyi team donated a set of a projector as a teaching aid to the high school (branch) at Khat Lan Kan Village as well. We are very happy to see that school children enjoy reading books and playing together.

Daw Khin Kyi Foundation provided technical advice in building Kan Thar Yar school library. Zawgyi handed over the library and playground to the school on 22nd February. On the event day, Kan Thar Yar students and Zawgyi team had a good time playing games together on the event day. Students and teachers performed singing, dancing and role-playing on stage. Zawgyi also donated 2 million Kyats to Daw Khin Kyi Foundation during the event.

22 January 2020, Nyaung U – More than 2000 palm sugar farmers and collectors and representatives from Zawgyi Premier and Unilever companies participated in the annual gathering organized in four villages located within Nyaung U, Pakokku, Na Htoe Gyi and Nga Tha Yout townships on the 22nd and 23rd of January.

At the annual gathering, organized before the start of 2020 palm sugar harvest season, Unilever and Zawgyi also discussed methods to improve the quality of palm sugar and shared the market situation. Through the enhanced partnership between Zawgyi, Unilever and palm sugar farmers/collectors quantity of palm sugar to be exported is expected to increase this year.

To help increase incomes of palm sugar farming families Unilever is aiming to recruit members of palm sugar farmers as agents of the company’s Amay program. At the gathering, Amay representatives explained and shared their experience on joining the network of Amay program.

Famous model Ms. Tin Moe Lwin facilitated the meetings and discussions on the topics of improving safety and security, ensuring quality control, conservation of palm trees and developing lives of farmers.

New farmers from Chauk, Yay Nan Chaung and Magway led by local NGO Network Activities Group, and INGO World Vision – some of whom would like to corporate with Zawgyi – also participated in the gathering

With the support of the Zawgyi’s collectors in the improvements of the lives of farmers, the seminar of Zawgyi Palm Sugar Exporting Company and the collectors was held at Lustre Hotel on 10th of January. In accordance with the mission statement of “Continuous Progression of the Dignified Palm Sugar Industry”, everyone participated in the discussion for the future pathway of Zawgyi Palm Sugar. Moreover, a ceremony to honor the Zawgyi collectors and Trading Partners who cooperatively led during the 2019 Palm Sugar season was held.

The meeting between Zawgyi Palm Sugar farmer and partner organizations, companies which are working collaboratively with Zawgyi for the development of Myanmar’s Palm Sugar Farmers was held earnestly and cordially on 29th and 30th Jan 2019 in four villages.
Almost 2,000 Local Palm Sugar farmers had attended the meeting and presented the situation of 2019 Palm Sugar season, procurement plan as well as the market status, stating the process and procedures of sustainable development for Palm Sugar production and exportation. And they actively discussed and answered to the queries of Zawgyi Palm Sugar farmers and women who were mainly involved in Palm Sugar Cooking. In addition, the honorable gifts were awarded to 926 qualified/well-performed Zawgyi Palm Sugar farmers.

On 16 Jan 2018, we held our annual meeting with partners and collectors to discuss the palm sugar season in 2019. This was the sixth annual meeting in the series.

Zawgyi presented updates on 2018’s palm sugar season, along with goals and progress reports relating to sustainability efforts, procurement plans, and quality criteria for the upcoming season.

On 28 December 2018, in the spirit of our motto “For all to read and play”, Zawgyi set up a schoollibrary with the guidance of the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation and built a playground for students of the Thanappin village high school in Nyuang-U Township. We also donated 3,500,000 kyats to the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation for mobile libraries projects.

During our time there, we participated in activities such as basketball and origami, while the students celebrated with lively song and dance performances.

Zawgyi Supply Chain Team has attended 2018 ASEAN Logistics Solutions Event in August 2018. 

During the meeting, we delivered an appreciation speech to the farmers to thank them for collaborating with us, and also to discuss the best way forward in 2018. Farmers who had produced high volumes in 2017 were recognized and awarded.

During the Q&A section, we had an open and fruitful discussion with the farmers about market demands, pricing, the quality control process, and supply chain of their products from the farm to consumers abroad.

It was a productive conference where we shared our experiences in 2017, and also our future plans for 2018, with our valued partners – the palm sugar collectors from the various villages around the area.

Working closely with the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation following their sound advice, we have successfully modified the building and set up a school library for children.