Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) unit is in charge of making sure our company voluntary undertakes actions to either improve the living conditions (economic, social, environmental) of local communities or to reduce the negative impacts of mining projects we conduct in those communities. By definition, these voluntary actions go beyond legal obligations, contracts, and licence agreements. We enjoy giving back to those communities.
Our CSR programs usually invest in infrastructure (potable water, electricity, schools, roads, hospitals, hospital equipment, drainage repairs, etc.), building social capital (providing high-school and university education, providing information on HIV prevention, workshops on gender issues, information on family planning, improving hygiene, etc.), and building human capital (training local people to be employed by the mining enterprise or to provide outsourced services, promote and provide skills on microbusiness, aquaculture, crop cultivation, animal rearing, textile production, etc.).
