KMAD community initiatives
KMAD supports a number of initiatives to create longer term, sustainable benefits for the Mine’s host communities. Here are some of the projects KMAD has supported to date:
The focus of KMAD’s work is framed by its four key strategic pillars: livelihoods and economic development, education, healthcare, and water and sanitation.
Clean drinking water
According to the charity Water Aid, over half of the population of Mozambique lives without access to clean drinking water and three in four people have no decent toilet. To support the Moma Mine’s host communities, KMAD has drilled 30 boreholes to provide clean drinking water for approximately 55,000 people.
Improving community health
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. As part of KMAD’s healthcare development programmes, KMAD has constructed three community health centres in Mititicoma, Pilivili and Cotocuane.
KMAD began construction of phase 1 of a new district hospital in 2024.
Schools and scholarships
Ensuring all children obtain a good quality education is the foundation for creating sustainable development. In the past 20 years, KMAD has constructed over 80 classrooms for local schools and supplied over 2,600 desks and other educational materials. KMAD has also provided over 250 scholarships for local children to obtain secondary school education.
Supporting local businesses
KMAD supports employment opportunities for local people that deliver sustainable economic growth, while not harming the environment. In the past 17 years, KMAD has provided funding for more than 100 small businesses, including grocery stores, poultry projects, vegetable farms that supply the Mine’s kitchens, sewing projects and carpentry workshops.
Training and development opportunities
To provide people in the Mine’s host communities with the opportunity to learn new skills and undertake vocational training, in 2017 KMAD constructed a technical training college. Courses are taught on subjects including electrics, mechanical construction, and industrial electronics, or civil construction, with the objective of giving local people the necessary skills to start their own businesses or to gain employment with Kenmare. In 2023, the first students graduated from the Technical College, including 23 female students sponsored by Kenmare.
