The REA group believes that maintenance of good relations with, and encouraging the development of, local communities in its areas of operation is an essential component of its agricultural operations. To this end, the REA group provides infrastructural assistance to local villages and supports a variety of village self-help projects.
REA group supported Bee Keeping Project | Infrastructural assistance to-date has included provision of generating sets, assistance with repairs of village roads, replacement of a village bridge and drilling of tube wells to provide drinking water. In addition, regular fogging for mosquitoes in the surrounding communities is helping to reduce the incidence of vector borne diseases in those communities. |
Self-help projects supported by the REA group are intended to promote economic development in the local communities by encouraging those communities to take advantage of the readily accessible local market for produce that the proximate REA group workforce provides. Projects undertaken to-date have included chicken, duck and pig rearing, fish farming, fruit, vegetable and rice cultivation and bee keeping. |  Village Generator provided by REA group |
The REA group originally concentrated its support for self help projects on projects organised by small groups of individual villagers. Latterly, it has started also to encourage village cooperatives to undertake projects. This permits projects on a slightly larger scale and widens the opportunity for participation in the projects.