- Details
Thirty-year-old Rahmi admitted she felt extremely heavy-hearted when she learned that she had to leave her husband and two children far behind and spend three weeks without them.
“I’ve never been far from my family. Moreover, my daughter was only two years old at the time,” she recalled.
However, Rahmi knew she had to leave in order to improve her life – and her family’s. Up until then, she had been living in a small house with her family, with her husband being the sole breadwinner in the family working at a car wash place.
As she was yearning to contribute to the family’s livelihood, Rahmi was therefore happy when she was one of the two people to be selected by the Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) Community Development team to receive training in the art of fabric weaving in Pekanbaru, Riau.
Read more: Women able to earn livelihood through RAPP’s cloth weaving program
- Details
M. Rafi remembers when not many people understood his decision to leave his stable job of 15 years at PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP), part of APRIL Group.
Many of his colleagues at the time called him ‘stupid’ for leaving and choosing to start his own business.
“I was in a comfortable position as a supervisor and making a good income. So it was understandable that they saw me as crazy then,” Rafi, 42, said.
Born and raised on the banks of the Kampar River in Pelalawan, Riau in Indonesia, Rafi never imagined being the success he is today.
- Details
Imagine a school integrated with lush natural greenery where students are able to learn directly about the environment - from the environment.
That’s the atmosphere that students are experiencing at the Global Andalan Elementary Schools established by PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) in the company’s Logas and Pelalawan estates.
This is because the company has established Eco Green Parks next to the schools, all in a bid to further support the improvement of quality education in Indonesia.
Eco Green Parks – land areas comprising greenhouses, compost fertilizer production houses, cottages, simple technology dams, plantations and learning huts – provide students with the opportunity to stimulate their curiousity about forestry and agriculture by exploring the available facilities.
Read more: RAPP’s Eco Green Park schools help students learn about environment
- Details
At 27 years old, Maggie Vency Maretha is currently the youngest R&D scientist working at APRIL Group.
Yet, Maggie can also lay claim to another accomplishment – she is one of the youngest employees to have ever received a scholarship from the company to continue her studies overseas.
Maggie was only 23 years old when she first joined APRIL in 2014, after graduating with a biotechnology degree from the University of Surabaya in Indonesia.
But she always had a dream of studying abroad - one which was fulfilled after working at APRIL for just 1.5 years.
“While working at the company, I was told that there is a chance for me to continue my studies overseas,” she said.