This year, Takataka Plastics created a full-time position for a Trauma counselor as a fulfillment of the terms clearly stated in their Vision and Mission.

The counseling sessions take different forms ranging from face-to-face individual counseling to group counseling. Most employees prefer individual counseling sessions because of their privacy. Whilst we are not a faith-based social enterprise, we read “Healing the Wounds of Trauma” written by the American Bible Society to raise insightful discussions during our group trauma counseling session. We have seen positive changes in the lives of the youth that we empower and offer trauma counseling services.

You may wonder why it’s necessary to provide counseling for workers…but, you are not alone. Read further and you will find all the reasons to make this move, soonest.

Hello, I am Mads, a 25-year old man from Denmark, who has taken a bachelor degree in Urban-, Environmental- and Energy Planning from Aalborg University in Denmark. In between the Bachelor and Masters I was determined to get some practical experience on working as an engineer and gain some new perspectives on life and development work. On that note, I approached Peter (COO Takataka Plastics) for an internship, and around four months later, at the start of 2022, I stepped, a bit anxious, inside the office of Takataka Plastics for the first time.

On 18th January 2020, a team from Takataka Plastics visited the Plastic Recycling Industry (PRI) which is the largest processing plant for waste plastic in Uganda. This company is affiliated to Coca-Cola. At PRI, waste plastic is transformed into flake products which are mostly sold to foreign markets. These are then used to manufacture a range of products like polyester fibres (a base material for the production of clothing, pillows, carpets, etc.), polyester sheets, strapping, or back into PET bottles.