GEITA Gold Mine Limited (GGML) has donated 50 mattresses to the Bukumbi Elderly Home Centre in Mwanza Region, aimed at improving conducive housing and living conditions for the elderly living at the facility.
During the handing over ceremony at Bukumbi area in Misungwi Mwanza, GGML Senior Officer for Community Relations, Shunashu Musa said GGML staff and their peers have been supporting the facility on various occasions including donating to them foodstuffs.
He added: “This time the Company’s management decided to also help by contributing in improving sleeping areas of the people…we received a request to consider supporting this center in various ways. We understand the center was established many years ago, so some of the infrastructure and facilities may need improvements and that is why our management decided to donate the 50 mattresses.
“As part of AngloGold Ashanti, one of GGML’s business values is that the communities and societies where we operate around must be better off. We hope these mattresses will improve the lives of more than 50 elderly people who live here.”
On his part, the supervisor of Bukumbi Elderly Home Centre, Mr Jonas Tarimo appreciated GGML’s support, saying it would help provide comfortable and safer accommodation services to the elderly members of the facility.
“This is the only elderly living facility near Geita and Mwanza. We are privileged to be supported by Geita Gold Mine and you can see that most of the residents are very happy about this support,” he said.
GGML has been a beacon of investment in the community since its inception in 2000, with the main priorities being in health projects, education, water, roads, income development projects and many other social projects aimed at improving the social welfare of the host community.
Earlier this year, the Company was declared the overall winner of companies performing well in the mining sector in Tanzania for the year 2020/2021 after winning awards in corporate social responsibility, environment, safety, best taxpayer and local content.
