Lunsar- (1 October 2013) \u2013 <\/i>In an effort to support local economic diversification, London Mining Company in May 2013 signed an agreement with The Cotton Tree Foundation \u2013 Sierra Leone to support the Marampa Youth Agricultural Project in the Marampa and Maforki chiefdoms, Port Loko District.<\/p>\n
The 12-month project is an integrated programme, which includes support to various agricultural and income generating activities. It will engage approximately 500 youths in 10 communities in large-scale agricultural food production. The programme is practical, sustainable, and is expected to enhance livelihood opportunities and the quality of life of the host communities.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the project, Claude Perras, Head of Sustainability London Mining, stated: \u201cWe are now seeing an increase in employment opportunities for communities and we are focusing on youths and the female population. We are also working with our contractors, national and international NGOs to source markets for local farmers. Along with our partners, we also intend to support business start-ups through a business incubator programme.\u201d<\/p>\n
With a total of US$114,631 (Le531,616,465) jointly provided by London Mining, The Cotton Tree Foundation, and host communities, a savings and loan scheme was introduced within the ten communities. The scheme is entirely based on community self-savings, which means members work with their own assets and not with loan liabilities. Interest accrued is put back into the scheme.<\/p>\n
One of the beneficiaries of the project, the Mafirah Village Headman, Chief Mohamed Kamara thanked London Mining for the support they have received. \u201cNot only will the year-long project empower our youth and women, it will strengthen income capabilities and encourage alternative livelihoods,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Crops cultivated are rice, vegetables, cassava, groundnut, sorghum and maize and the first harvest of maize and groundnut started in August, with the expectation of creating a seed bank for the next planting season.<\/p>\n
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Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Lunsar- (1 October 2013) \u2013 In an effort to support local economic diversification, London Mining Company in May 2013 signed an agreement with The Cotton […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":61341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[671,11448,673],"tags":[2456,17021,17022],"class_list":["post-61340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local-news","category-national-news","tag-london-mining-company","tag-marampa-youth-agricultural-project","tag-the-cotton-tree-foundation-sierra-leone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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