Highlights:
- Rehabilitation of the Samaya river crossing, a major access route from
Bamako to the mine site - Extension of multiple drainage channels to divert standing water away from villages to prevent the incubation and breeding of malaria-carrying mosquitos
- Creation of a market garden and training of local representatives in small scale farming of vegetables
- Ongoing road maintenance and repairs on an ad-hoc basis
“Our dedicated team at Kobada has continued to deliver real, sustainable value to our local communities through multiple corporate social responsibility projects. The needs of the local community are many and
Samaya –
Extension of multiple drainage channels in
Initial works on repairing the roads through Kobada village and repairing bridges has resulted in smooth passage along critical routes for goods and people over the past 6 months. Ongoing work is now focused on drainage channels before the onset of the rainy season to prevent standing water in existing channels, which form breeding grounds for mosquitos that carry the malaria virus. Multiple channels have been constructed and water now flows away from residential areas into the existing stream channels. This will see a major reduction in mosquito breeding areas and a likely decrease in malaria infection rates in the region.
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Figure 1: Historical breeding grounds for mosquitos
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Figure 2: Extended drainage channels moving water away from the Kobada village
Market Garden and training of personnel in agriculture
The Company has created a small-scale market garden within its concession to assist in training local personnel on the variety of vegetables that can be grown in the region. The predominance of artisanal mining in the region means that there is limited agricultural practice ongoing, and therefore many of the local villages are not able to sustain their families through subsistence farming. The intention of phase 1 of the market garden project is to use volunteers to develop, plant and nurture many different organic vegetables, at a small scale initially, and then roll this out into a much larger agricultural project which would form part of the Environmental and Social Management Plan. Understanding of the full agricultural lifecycle, or planting, growing, harvesting seeds for the next season is part of the ongoing training plan. To date more than 100 vegetable beds have been developed and this is set to increase as more people go through the training.
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Figure 3: Market garden
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Figure 1
Historical breeding grounds for mosquitos
Figure 2
Extended drainage channels moving water away from the Kobada village
Figure 3
Market garden
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