The Human Rights Commission has expressed happiness at the corporate social responsibility exhibited by Lumwana mine in North Western Province.
Speaking to ZANIS in an interview in Kaleni yesterday (Saturday), Vice Commissioner Palan Mulonda said the Commission was happy with the move taken by Lumwana mines to build a school and clinic for the local people.
He said Lumwana has recognised the rights of the people such as the right to eduction and to health services.
The Vice Commissioner stressed that mines should be in the forefront promoting the right to eduction and health by building such facilities in areas they are operating as part of their social responsibility.
”We are impressed with the move taken by Lumwana mines to build a school and a health clinic for the local people,” he said.
”Mines should be able to help communities to meet the right to eduction and health by building such facilities in the area they are operating,” he said.
He said Lumwana mine has dojne a recommendable job to put a school and a health clinic as such development will assist in meeting the rights of the people.
Commissioner Mulonda implored other mining firms to emulate Lumwana mine by putting up education and health facilities as these would help meet the rights of the people.
And on Kaleni Mission Hospital, Commissioner Mulonda said he was pleased to know that the hospital has adequate bed space.
He told ZANIS after touring the hospital that it was gratifying to see that the hospital has more than 160 admission beds for patients.
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Hey !! Building a school and clinic wins praise in Zambia, educate me pliz!
At least it is a beginning. Let’s face it, ZCCM built schools, hospitals and supported sport(s). I would want to see all investors contribute towards national development in areas such as building of schools, hospitals, roads, water plants, sewage plants, recreation centers and parks, etc. As for citizens, we are so used to handouts. We must freely contribute our labor for certain things such as building drainages in shanty compounds which are not funded by the government. Why can’t we organize ourselves uncohoersed and do these things? I am sick and tired of being told by a foreigner on what to do. Who is ready?
#1 when people have low standards this is what happens. And Lumwana knows it that is why they bulid a 100 dollar school. You would imagine the whole Human Rights Commissioner saying these things what does it say about my grandmother in the village?
The whole Kimberly was built on CSR a clinic and a school the only things this Lumwana is brininging, when we know that its noty only copper that they are mining??? alot of Gold deposits are available there????Plz spare me what about the royalties they were supposed to give back to the community as its done in Ghana???? Most the chiefs in Ghana rich gold coast earn millions from the mines
so lets talk issues not a school and a clinic?
I would rather go this route guys, Look we are in africa.If we let chiefs have a shre in minerals, we will have chiefs driving lexus and mercs while the subjects have no water.Lets just collect as much tax as possible, then we can channel these monies to area development thro projects.And good start for Lumwana, now built a staduim and sponsor a soccer team.
They will recover all this money they are spending on building schools from their wokers through poor wages, that is the way it is done in africa,