Anane Krom neighbors observed the work of heavy machinery working in mountains of waste stones. These trucks work most of the day moving rocks produced in digging the open sky gold mines Newmont's Ahafo South mine covers an area of 536.56 km2.
Road linking the city with Ntotroso Kenyasi. Is constant traffic of vehicles Newmont and has been specially made with this width for traffic passing through the mine.
Silvia Savato drawing water from a pump in the community of Anane Krom. In the background the mountain of stones result of mining activity is observed.
Kantinka community. Ofelia with her sixth child Obidi Kabrama two weeks old. and Fusu Dibola with his son Steven .. Ithey say that the mining activity has generated an increase of mosquitoes and the Movement of stones produces a dust that affects the skin of children. The neighbors have asked to be relocated to another farthest boundaries of the mine site.
Two children caming back home in Tutuka village after school.
City of Kenyasi. Students of the Anglican School Kenyasi pose in one of their classrooms. At this school children attend daily from small villages near Kenyasi attracted to the creation of new classrooms funded by Newmont. Communities are kantinka, Obinkrum, Asuya and Gomu. Studying to fifteen years.
City of Kenyasi. Comunitty Hall . With a sign with the name of King Osei Kofi Abiri in Kenyasi. The construction of this building was carried out by the Nadef Foundation. (Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation) funded by Newmont itself. It is used by the community for conventions, meetings or any other type of community celebration.
City of Kenyasi. posters in the city of Kenyasi
City of Kenyasi. Capital District Asutifi North. It has 15,000 inhabitants. It is the nearest city to Ahafo mine run by NEWMONT company. The proximity of exploitation has left a clear mark on the life of the community. There has been a considerable increase in population since the activities have a significant change in the local economy becoming the hub of the area. It's been one of the places that has absorbed the largest number of displaced by the construction of the mine. Kenyasi has gone from being a people over an eminently agricultural region has become a small city that lives attached to the life of the mine. Prices have risen, both rents and commodity. For many farmers in the area new life Kenyasi means over the countryside to the city despite its small size.
The small community of Ola has become a new neighborhood of the city of Kenyasi. Newmont is building more houses for the newly displaced who come from the communities affected by the growth of the mine. Ola live about 3500 people, mostly farmers who live for the first time in a city. The first resettlement houses were built by Ola Newmont in 2005. The new population wave came with the feeling of progress to have reached the city. A new situation for many was an opportunity for both themselves and their children. They dreamed of improving their standard of living and an illusion of progress. Years later many agree that life in the city is not what they thought. Un0 of the great problems of the neighborhood is the lack of employment.
77 Nyarko Norbert and his wife. Move to the neighborhood Ola (Ola Resettlement site) in 2005. Its origin is Dorma community. It was fully resettled and their demolished homes. Norbert and his family received a house and a financial compensation for their cocoa farm. Still he expects Newmont paid for teak farm 18 acres. One of the problems of resettlers is that their new homes are smaller than those of their home community. Resettlers had high expectations about their new life and raise permanent demands aa company.
Ola Resettlement site Yaw Ve Keblem he has nine children and lives in the neighborhood Ola. His home was Dorma community. He is 44 years old and is a farmer. Cultivated some land near the mine. Hes has to comutte seven miles to get to their farmland. Walk two hours to reach. He gets up at 5:30 to begin their work at 7:30. When I lived in Dorma my land with banana and cocoa was next to my house. He complains of prices in the city. In Dorma he was a good hunter and used to eat what hunted. He is happy with his new home. It changed a mud house for a cement brick one.
Ola Resettlement site They are living in her neighborhood Ola. Esther Milla 21 (left) and her sister Margaret Boakye 24 years. They were displaced from Cryakah Krom community in the year 20111. They live in a house with her parents and brother. They have no jobs. For young displaced one of the good things about living in Kenyasi is the possibility of finding some alternative entertainment.
Women washing clothes in the neighborhood Ola.
Kantinka community. In the center Henry Ansa Kujo complains that before the arrival of Newmont his life was quiet, he tells us that the company moved promising jobs for younger yet none of his nine children has never worked in the mine.
Newmont workers off their workday. The activity of the mine never stops and shifts occur. The company has several buses to transport workers.
Landscapes with stone waste resulting from mining activities. The most important impact of this activity occurs over the course of the river Subi, altering its course and causing disruption in the supply of water in surrounding communities
Landscapes with stone waste resulting from mining activities. The most important impact of this activity occurs over the course of the river Subi, altering its course and causing disruption in the supply of water in surrounding communities
Landscapes with stone waste resulting from mining activities. The most important impact of this activity occurs over the course of the river Subi, altering its course and causing disruption in the supply of water in surrounding communities
dam where toxic waste are stored, cyanide mainly resulting from gold mining wastes.
Nursing school in the city of Ntotroso. Nadef funded by the Foundation and opened in 2013. It currently has 254 students and thirteen teachers. This center is attended by students from around the country. Its facilities are new and modern standards for Ghana, have a practice room, library, classrooms and computerized laboratory. It also has a residential area and that students study and live at the school. Everything has been funded with the dollar per ounce through Nadef Foundation.
Nursing school in the city of Ntotroso. Nadef funded by the Foundation and opened in 2013. It currently has 254 students and thirteen teachers. This center is attended by students from around the country. Its facilities are new and modern standards for Ghana, have a practice room, library, classrooms and computerized laboratory. It also has a residential area and that students study and live at the school. Everything has been funded with the dollar per ounce through Nadef Foundation.
Artisanal gold mine on the outskirts of the city of Kenyasi. The informal and illegal mining is called galamsei and was introduced in this area following the arrival of Newmont whose activities secured the existence of gold in the soil of this region. At this illegal exploitation thousand people come daily for the gold coveted, doing work in precarious conditions and quite dangerous. In the mineral extraction they have been excavated a dozen wells that reach up to thirty meters below the surface. Until that deep down young miners in search of gold, risking their lives. The various activities around these places are well established. While the youngest are in charge of going down the wells, women in most cases seeking gold in the rocks extracted and its subsequent processing. Also you can see intermediaries, buyers and people who supplied food, marihuana and bars where alcohol is consumed. This is a highly polluting and with no control in the face of its environmental impact activity. Many of these young people who come to this mine are in the galamsei the only way to make a living. Wages are paid weekly and depend on what they get. The average amount per worker per week is about 40 €.
Artisanal gold mine on the outskirts of the city of Kenyasi. The informal and illegal mining is called galamsei and was introduced in this area following the arrival of Newmont whose activities secured the existence of gold in the soil of this region. At this illegal exploitation thousand people come daily for the gold coveted, doing work in precarious conditions and quite dangerous. In the mineral extraction they have been excavated a dozen wells that reach up to thirty meters below the surface. Until that deep down young miners in search of gold, risking their lives. The various activities around these places are well established. While the youngest are in charge of going down the wells, women in most cases seeking gold in the rocks extracted and its subsequent processing. Also you can see intermediaries, buyers and people who supplied food, marihuana and bars where alcohol is consumed. This is a highly polluting and with no control in the face of its environmental impact activity. Many of these young people who come to this mine are in the galamsei the only way to make a living. Wages are paid weekly and depend on what they get. The average amount per worker per week is about 40 €.
Artisanal gold mine on the outskirts of the city of Kenyasi. The informal and illegal mining is called galamsei and was introduced in this area following the arrival of Newmont whose activities secured the existence of gold in the soil of this region. At this illegal exploitation thousand people come daily for the gold coveted, doing work in precarious conditions and quite dangerous. In the mineral extraction they have been excavated a dozen wells that reach up to thirty meters below the surface. Until that deep down young miners in search of gold, risking their lives. The various activities around these places are well established. While the youngest are in charge of going down the wells, women in most cases seeking gold in the rocks extracted and its subsequent processing. Also you can see intermediaries, buyers and people who supplied food, marihuana and bars where alcohol is consumed. This is a highly polluting and with no control in the face of its environmental impact activity. Many of these young people who come to this mine are in the galamsei the only way to make a living. Wages are paid weekly and depend on what they get. The average amount per worker per week is about 40 €.
Artisanal gold mine on the outskirts of the city of Kenyasi. The informal and illegal mining is called galamsei and was introduced in this area following the arrival of Newmont whose activities secured the existence of gold in the soil of this region. At this illegal exploitation thousand people come daily for the gold coveted, doing work in precarious conditions and quite dangerous. In the mineral extraction they have been excavated a dozen wells that reach up to thirty meters below the surface. Until that deep down young miners in search of gold, risking their lives. The various activities around these places are well established. While the youngest are in charge of going down the wells, women in most cases seeking gold in the rocks extracted and its subsequent processing. Also you can see intermediaries, buyers and people who supplied food, marihuana and bars where alcohol is consumed. This is a highly polluting and with no control in the face of its environmental impact activity. Many of these young people who come to this mine are in the galamsei the only way to make a living. Wages are paid weekly and depend on what they get. The average amount per worker per week is about 40 €.
Artisanal gold mine on the outskirts of the city of Kenyasi. The informal and illegal mining is called galamsei and was introduced in this area following the arrival of Newmont whose activities secured the existence of gold in the soil of this region. At this illegal exploitation thousand people come daily for the gold coveted, doing work in precarious conditions and quite dangerous. In the mineral extraction they have been excavated a dozen wells that reach up to thirty meters below the surface. Until that deep down young miners in search of gold, risking their lives. The various activities around these places are well established. While the youngest are in charge of going down the wells, women in most cases seeking gold in the rocks extracted and its subsequent processing. Also you can see intermediaries, buyers and people who supplied food, marihuana and bars where alcohol is consumed. This is a highly polluting and with no control in the face of its environmental impact activity. Many of these young people who come to this mine are in the galamsei the only way to make a living. Wages are paid weekly and depend on what they get. The average amount per worker per week is about 40 €.
Artisanal gold mine on the outskirts of the city of Kenyasi. The informal and illegal mining is called galamsei and was introduced in this area following the arrival of Newmont whose activities secured the existence of gold in the soil of this region. At this illegal exploitation thousand people come daily for the gold coveted, doing work in precarious conditions and quite dangerous. In the mineral extraction they have been excavated a dozen wells that reach up to thirty meters below the surface. Until that deep down young miners in search of gold, risking their lives. The various activities around these places are well established. While the youngest are in charge of going down the wells, women in most cases seeking gold in the rocks extracted and its subsequent processing. Also you can see intermediaries, buyers and people who supplied food, marihuana and bars where alcohol is consumed. This is a highly polluting and with no control in the face of its environmental impact activity. Many of these young people who come to this mine are in the galamsei the only way to make a living. Wages are paid weekly and depend on what they get. The average amount per worker per week is about 40 €.
Artisanal gold mine on the outskirts of the city of Kenyasi. The informal and illegal mining is called galamsei and was introduced in this area following the arrival of Newmont whose activities secured the existence of gold in the soil of this region. At this illegal exploitation thousand people come daily for the gold coveted, doing work in precarious conditions and quite dangerous. In the mineral extraction they have been excavated a dozen wells that reach up to thirty meters below the surface. Until that deep down young miners in search of gold, risking their lives. The various activities around these places are well established. While the youngest are in charge of going down the wells, women in most cases seeking gold in the rocks extracted and its subsequent processing. Also you can see intermediaries, buyers and people who supplied food, marihuana and bars where alcohol is consumed. This is a highly polluting and with no control in the face of its environmental impact activity. Many of these young people who come to this mine are in the galamsei the only way to make a living. Wages are paid weekly and depend on what they get. The average amount per worker per week is about 40 €.
Artisanal gold mine on the outskirts of the city of Kenyasi. The informal and illegal mining is called galamsei and was introduced in this area following the arrival of Newmont whose activities secured the existence of gold in the soil of this region. At this illegal exploitation thousand people come daily for the gold coveted, doing work in precarious conditions and quite dangerous. In the mineral extraction they have been excavated a dozen wells that reach up to thirty meters below the surface. Until that deep down young miners in search of gold, risking their lives. The various activities around these places are well established. While the youngest are in charge of going down the wells, women in most cases seeking gold in the rocks extracted and its subsequent processing. Also you can see intermediaries, buyers and people who supplied food, marihuana and bars where alcohol is consumed. This is a highly polluting and with no control in the face of its environmental impact activity. Many of these young people who come to this mine are in the galamsei the only way to make a living. Wages are paid weekly and depend on what they get. The average amount per worker per week is about 40 €.
Artisanal gold mine on the outskirts of the city of Kenyasi. The informal and illegal mining is called galamsei and was introduced in this area following the arrival of Newmont whose activities secured the existence of gold in the soil of this region. At this illegal exploitation thousand people come daily for the gold coveted, doing work in precarious conditions and quite dangerous. In the mineral extraction they have been excavated a dozen wells that reach up to thirty meters below the surface. Until that deep down young miners in search of gold, risking their lives. The various activities around these places are well established. While the youngest are in charge of going down the wells, women in most cases seeking gold in the rocks extracted and its subsequent processing. Also you can see intermediaries, buyers and people who supplied food, marihuana and bars where alcohol is consumed. This is a highly polluting and with no control in the face of its environmental impact activity. Many of these young people who come to this mine are in the galamsei the only way to make a living. Wages are paid weekly and depend on what they get. The average amount per worker per week is about 40 €.