Community Fund
In 2011, Sibelco announced the formation of a new community fund with the profits of sand mining. According to the fund, it "is the largest community investment ever made in the history of the Bay Islands". The fund is administered by an Advisory Board, constituted by two members from each of the island's townships and an executive chairperson.
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