Sometimes I have to get back to fundamentals and remind myself why I bought into this stock and why I continue to support it.
I’m proud to be a SGCP investor. This stock is the closest thing to a green investment that I’ll probably ever own. This company does so much more for the people of Sierra Leone than most others. We got into farming so that the people working for us would have something to eat. Brilliant. It was such a great idea that we continued expanding the farming and have become, according to the August 2011 Field Report, the largest master farm within the district.
“In early July the Minister of Agriculture and the Director of Agriculture for the Northern District visited our area of operations and held a meeting with all 5 master farms of which we are one, in the district. The Minister and Director expressed pleasure with the progress and development and indicated to our Farm Manager that we were the largest master farm within the district.”
I’m sure we are even bigger now.
I think most of us investors have overlooked the importance of this. For the most part we choose to be happy or angry. But if you are starving to death and watching your family starve, then chances are you are angry and desperate. Under those circumstances, a man sitting on a bag of rice is wealthy and happy. Look at the pictures on the website again. We have made a difference. There are a lot more people with access to food because we are there. How many more would have starved without us? People can work on making their lives and their community better once they get the basics of getting enough food to eat. We are helping them stabilize their country by helping them get food to eat.
We also employ locals in Sierra Leone. Not just working in the mining concessions, but in the farms as well. Soon we’ll have lumber to harvest and all kinds of work from that. Providing jobs in a poor 3rd world country is something to be proud of. And we’ll provide many more jobs in the future.
I don’t have the details, but I’m sure that Doug brings lots of things with him when he goes to Sierra Leone. Things like clothes and medicines.
Then we have the Carbon Credit projects. I know, right now there isn’t a market for the credits, but still, look at the project and what it represents. The trees help the planet from getting warmer, there is also reforestation, and creating a lumber industry in Sierra Leone. A huge project, and once again it’s something I’m proud of.
It’s time to step up to the plate and voice your support.
Charlie
