[ 2014-08-29 ]

AngloGold Commissions Over GH¢300,000 Projects
The AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Community Trust
Fund has commissioned projects within the host
communities in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem municipality.

At New Techiman, the company inaugurated an Early
Childhood Development Centre.

The Fund also commissioned aqua-privy toilet
facilities at Nkwantakrom and Domeabra.

The projects were undertaken in collaboration with
the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly, the
Municipal Education office and the host
communities.

The total amount spent on all the development
projects was GH₵313,934.24.

The Iduapriem Community Trust Fund was launched in
September 2011 per the stability agreement between
the gold mining company and the government of
Ghana.

The Trust Fund Secretariat was mandated to support
the long-term sustainable development of
communities in which AngloGold Ashanti Iduaprieme
operates.

Professor Newton Amegbey, Chairman of the Trust
Fund, noted that the fund was focusing on
education because it was an important way of
promoting good health and preventing diseases.

According to him, the Fund involved natives in the
decision-making process to avoid establishing
projects that could be abandoned by the
beneficiaries after they had been commissioned.

He assured the beneficiary communities that the
Trust Fund would remain committed to supporting
the host communities to improve their well-being.

He emphasized the need for community members and
their leaders to work towards the sustainability
of the facilities.

Emmanuel Baidoo, Senior Manager of the
Sustainability Department of the Iduaprieme Mine,
noted that AngloGold Ashanti was committed to
improving the lives of inhabitants in its host
communities.

He intimated that the Trust Fund would continue to
partner government agencies and the traditional
authorities to empower indigenes in its
operational areas.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem,
Gifty Eugenia Kusi, appealed to the communities to
effectively maintain the projects in order to
benefit future generations.

Source - Daily Guide

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