Cibra helps employees to become literate

Through internal research, employees of the fertilizer company Cibra discovered that some employees had difficulty reading and writing. Therefore, they were inhibited because they were unable to participate in some of the organization's programs. From then on, the education program for young people and adults (EJA) was implemented.

The company entered into a partnership with SESI to take EJA to the Camaçari unit, in Bahia, seeking to develop literacy among part of the team who did not have the opportunity to complete Elementary and Secondary Education. This action involved around 12 employees in Camaçari and Candeias, both in Bahia.

“We can see, on a daily basis, how this initiative brought more dignity and inclusion to the team”, says Cristina Oliveira, Director of People and Sustainability at Cibra.

This benefit is unique, as it generates advantages mainly for the employee, who acquires knowledge and takes the diploma into his or her life. On graduation day, they were congratulated by Cibra for their courage in accepting this new challenge.

Employee Aluísio Oliveira Rios, for example, participated in the program and was grateful for the chance the company gave him to have access to this learning. “I am fulfilled and calm. After the course, my professional activities are being developed more easily, as is the case with security risk analysis work”, he says.

“Sesi has practical experience of working with companies and Cibra added value to our teaching activity of bringing knowledge to students. The students were apprehensive at the beginning of the program, but little by little they began to understand the importance of that initiative for their lives. Scientific knowledge was just what was needed to further improve their work”, says Leliane Mazei, Sesi instructor.