Penlac donates more paint to SCF for President’s Village |23 October 2017

As part of its ongoing commitments towards making part of its CSR proceeds available to certain NGOs, Penlac has just awarded a significant amount of paint products to the chief executive of the Seychelles Children’s Foundation (SCF), Jules Hoareau.

This donation is going to be used immediately to give a new coat of paint to at least four of the six buildings at the President’s Village at Port Glaud.

Mr Hoareau was quick to express his delight at the SCF being granted this kind of hands-on assistance from Penlac.

“It is this kind of help that uplifts the spirit of the children and the youth living in the President’s Village,” he said.

He personally thanked the chairman & managing director of Penlac, Gafoor Yakub, for his support and his readiness to help whenever he can.

Mr Yakub, for his part, stated that his Penlac team were happy to provide this level of assistance through the company’s CSR proceeds.

“Our aim is to try and give back to society in some way,” said Mr Yakub.

It should be noted that the SCF with its headquarters based at Bel Eau is servicing different homes all over the country such as the Foyer de Nazareth Children’s Home at Anse Etoile, the Foyer de la Providence in Victoria which is an all girls’ orphanage and the President’s Village Children’s Home. This particular donation from Penlac was for the latter.

In interacting with members of the general public, Seychelles NATION found out that to many Seychellois, Penlac has become a household name. Over the years the company has developed and manufactured a wide range of paints, all locally. Penlac paint has gained popularity among qualified painters who would vouch for its durability. The high quality of Penlac’s emulsion, anti-fungus, acrylic and epoxy paints has withstood the test of time.

Today, Penlac is still regarded as the No. 1 paint in Seychelles, despite being challenged by other foreign imported brands which seem to be enjoying an unfair advantage over locally produced paints on account of being part of larger entities overseas and benefiting from transfer pricing and also for not being subject to any tariff increases despite their drain on our country’s finite foreign exchange earnings.

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