Community Development - Mining and the Environment: From Ore to Metal - page 631

Employment
Agribusiness
Cottage Industries
Entrepreneurship Training
Business Partnership Development
Business Inoculation Programmes

Income
Generation

Family Financial Planning
Well Being Programmes
Emergency Assistance

CAPACITY BUILDING
Decision-Making Culture
Long Term Planning
Institutional Support
Civil and Economic Education

Education
and Health
Improvement

Productivity
Increase

FIGURE 15.7
Community Development Programme
Design

Formal Education
Non-formal Education
Educational Institution Development
Health and Hygience Awareness
Health Facilities Development

INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT
Transportation
Sanitation
Access to Drinking Water
Village Meeting Facilities
Culture and Religion Support

Most Community Development pro-
grammes involve one of the following:
income generation, health and sanita-
tion, education and training, public
infrastrcture support, capacity building,
and environmental programmes.

be given in the construction of village meeting facilities, in order to encourage greater
community interaction and participation.
The creation of a decision-making culture, which includes taking initiatives, is an essen-
tial step towards sustainable development without the support of the mining company.
More often than not, communities in remote mining areas are just beginning to emerge
from a subsistence lifestyle. Most retain a subsistence mentality and are unfamiliar with
long-term planning and social development activities. CD efforts are best directed towards
helping community members understand the benei ts of long-term planning and to become
more pro-active in improving their livelihood. The appreciation of 'delayed rewards' is
important.
The following describes the cycle in Figure 15.7 Increased incomes from new income
generated activities will raise local purchasing power. Combined with family i nancial
planning, higher purchasing power should lead to increased expenditure on health and
education. Both increased expenditures coupled with stronger public institutions will lead
to better health and education, which in turn, should result in higher productivity. Higher
productivity leads to higher incomes. Improved infrastructure increases the effectiveness
of health and education institutions, making them more accessible, and further boosts peo-
ples' productivity by facilitating commercial activities.
The most crucial part of the CD programme takes place as mine closure approaches.
This is the stage when the mining company scales down its input. Just as CD planning is
important prior to mining, a failure to plan for this critical transition stage will have severe
consequences. Every programme implemented during the life of the mining operations

More often than not,
communities in remote mining
areas retain a subsistence
mentality and are unfamiliar with
long-term planning and social
development activities.

Every programme implemented
during the life of the mining
operations should include implicit
consideration for what happens
when mining ceases.