Crystal International Group Limited recently unveiled the initiatives it is taking in the operating countries to take care of its global employees and the communities during this prolonged pandemic.
The Group has arranged vaccinations for the employees of its factories and it reports that 96 per cent of workers in China factories, 72 per cent of workers in Cambodia factories and 78 per cent of workers in Sri Lanka factories are fully vaccinated, while 23 per cent of employees in Vietnam factories have already had their first dose of vaccinations till 8 September.
Crystal International says its lifestyle-wear factory and intimate factory in Vietnam is working closely with the Government to arrange COVID-19 test and vaccinations for all employees.
On the other hand, the Group’s factory has already started the registration of COVID-19 vaccination for the people who are over 35 years old, in association with the Government.
The intimate factory in Bangladesh has not only opened a vaccination registration booth inside the factory premises to help employees to register, but also arranged the transportation for carrying the workers to the vaccination centres.
Moreover, the Civil Surgeon Department in Gazipur has decided to vaccinate all garment workers in Gazipur. Two factories in Bangladesh have already registered for this vaccination programme.
Apart from vaccination, what is driving Crystal International is the donation to the communities. The intimate factory in Vietnam has donated 2.5 billion VND and goods to the COVID-19 Vaccine Fund in Bac Giang province and the Standing Board of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee to support their COVID-19 prevention and control work.
The denim factory also donated 1.3 billion VND to support the Provincial and Cam Khe Fatherland Front Committee for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines.
Moreover, other factories in Vietnam also made donation to the Government and the District Provincial Fatherland Front’s fund such as denim factory (1.30 billion VND); lifestyle wear factory (5 billion VND), sportswear and outdoor apparel factory (1.5 billion VND).
As far as Sri Lanka is concerned, Crystal’s factories set up an Intermediate Care Centre within Katunayake Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) in cooperation with the Board of Investment (BOI) and the Ministry of Health to treat COVID-19 positive cases.
This treatment centre consists of 445 beds with some priority beds, dedicated to both female and male patients. The factories also donated 100 beds to the centre.
Crystal International is also supplying food and necessities to employees adequately in Vietnam factories which have collaborated with the Executive Committee of the grassroots trade union to support more than 2,400 workers who lived in the lockdown areas and lacked food.
The factories distributed more than 10 tonnes of rice and 200 boxes of noodles for free to them, and called for donations of essentials, vegetables, eggs, cooking oil, peanuts, etc. to help these workers.
In addition, the company unions and workers donated essential food, packed it into smaller portions and sent to the workers in need. Industrial Zones Authority (IZA) and IZA trade union also joined hands to present food and masks to the workers.
Last but not the least, all Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka factories
undertook thorough sterilisation and disinfection. The factories regularly disinfect the production floors, shuttle buses, warehouses, canteens and all other places to protect the health and safety of all employees. In addition, the intimate factory in Vietnam picked up the employees from their home areas to the factory to prevent them from being infected in the public transportation.
