Steel Manufacturing Sector in Uganda: Discussing CSR with Nashila Lalani of Roofings Group

Nashila Lalani, Executive Director of Roofings Group, discusses the importance of CSR for the steel manufacturing group.

“At Roofings Group, we strongly belief in the African philosophy of ubuntu, which means “I am because we are”. It is not because of you, or because of me, it is because of us that we can be successful. Apart from always putting the environment within the company and the environment for our staff first, we always look at the environment around us. We look at the community around us, how it is thriving, and how we can improve it. Uganda needs to preserve its environment and the planet”, says Nashila Lalani.

“We have our Forever Foundations. We want our communities and our environment to last forever. We are thinking not just about now, but the generations to come. We have three main initiatives under the Forever Foundations. The first is Forever Forestry which deals with joining hands in regreening Uganda. We go by the motto, “a seed today, a forest tomorrow”. Then, we have Forever Education which is about putting children first. We strongly believe in our future generations and that we need to strengthen the education of the nation together. The last is Forever Health & Wellness. We are in love with life. We know that in order to be able to actually reach that phase of health and wellness in a third world country, we need to start at the bottom. We try to cover each step until we reach forever health and wellness at the top. Today, we are working together with the International School next door to our company in a small village outside of the city. They are planting 200 seedlings for fruit trees. We also teach the community how to be self-sustaining. We are also are trying to educate the community on the importance of fruit and vegetables and the ease of sustaining yourself. Especially in the villages, there is a lot of land available and a lot of families have land. For example, Moringa is known as a superfood. It grows in four months, you can put the leaves in porridge, and it provides 2/3 of your daily vitamins”, she adds.

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