Fludor Ghana Restricted, a member of Tropical Normal Investments (TGI) Group, is increasing healthcare insurance coverage protection for cocoa farmers and their households throughout Ghana.
The transfer seeks to enhance the standard of lifetime of cocoa farmers, strengthen its cocoa provide chain and meet regional and international certification requirements, insurance policies, and rules.
Fludor is on a mission to foster a more healthy cocoa sector by wholesome farmers, cocoa timber and farms, farming communities, and the pure environment.
Launched in partnership with Elucid Social in 2023, Fludor’s healthcare protection initiative, a part of its “Apomuden Mission,” goals to supply cocoa farmers and their households with entry to inexpensive healthcare throughout multiple areas in Ghana.
By means of this initiative, Fludor has registered over 266 homeholds, comprising almost 1000 people, in Ghana’s Nationwide Well being Insurance coverage Scheme (NHIS).
The excellent well being protection consists of entry to emergency funds, maternal well being funds, and important medicine, and helps to enhance cocoa productiveness and revenue stability, additional lowering the chance of kid labour and deforestation.
Maria Christodoulou, Head of Cocoa Sustainability, Fludor Ghana Restricted in a press release issued in Accra yesterday emphasised the significance of the initiative.
“Establishing agricultural supply chains the place farmers’ well being is prioritised is prime for his or her entry to first rate work and income. Elucid’s work in pioneering well being requirements in cocoa provide chains is outstanding and we’re thrilled to affix forces to enhance human well being in our cocoa provide chain,” she stated.
Richard Osei Kuffour, Director, West Africa, Elucid, excessivelighted the broader affect saying “Our collaboration on the well beingcare challenge strengthens Ghana’s nationwide healthcare system and protects farmer family income by stopping out-of-pocket well being bills.”
“Beneficiaries additionally acquire from an emergency and maternal well being fund, enhancing their bodily well-being and farm productiveness,” he stated.
Within the second yr of the well being challenge, Fludor plans to onboard native well being centres, further increasing the attain to extra cocoa farming communities.
The healthcare programme partnership with Elucid, is certainly one of many partnerships that Fludor is leveraging to strengthen its sustainability program.
Fludor has additionally partnered with VisionSpring, an international social enterprise that’s enhancing cocoa farmers’ entry to eye care – and revenue potential – by its See to Earn program.
The initiative has supported 4,805 people throughout 12 cocoa districts in Fludor’s operational community, offering 45 per cent of them with eyeglasses, 68 per cent with medicine, and referring 20 per cent to close by well being facilities for additional examination.
“Apomuden,” which means “good well being” in Twi, displays Fludor’s dedication to well being as a central a part of its maintaincapacity technique
BY TIMES REPORTER
