Social Upliftment

Healthcare

Koidu Holdings has established a small clinic, with a full-time medical doctor and three nurses. The facility is able to cater for 30 to 40 patients per day and is equipped with an ECG and defibrillator. The clinic has a laboratory facility and microscope for malaria detection. A fully equipped ambulance is on standby for emergencies. All employees, as well as two family members, have free access to the medical facility.

The company supports the organisation Pikin Bizness through donations to facilitate cardiac surgery in Europe for children born with heart defects.

Emergency ward	Ambulance	Employees and family receive free healthcare from the clinic

Feeding Schemes

In order to improve the health and wellbeing of employees, all national staff members receive one cooked meal per day at the start of each shift. The Local Women's League is contracted to prepare and serve the meals. Members of the Affected Property Owners Association who are involved with construction of their resettlement houses, as well as all casual workers are incorporated into feeding scheme.

The Company also provides daily meals for the Polio Victims Association in Koidu, which has a total of 115 members and contributes to the funding of the Voice of the Handicapped radio station.

Kai Mejor - Chairman of the Polio Victims Association in Kono

Speaking to Kai Mejor,
Chairman of the Polio Victims Association in Kono

Kai Menjor, the Chairman of the Polio Victims Association in Kono visits the Koidu Kimberlite Project offices every Monday to collect their weekly allowance. In one such visit, Ibrahim Kamara caught up with him as he was been wheeled to the gate. In a brief chat along the way, Mr Menjor revealed how Koidu Holdings has given those suffering from polio a life line:'After the war, we were sent to Kono by NacSa in 2003 under the aegis of World Vision. In the few months following our arrival in Kono, World Vision stopped supporting us. By 2004, our number has risen to 65, and with things getting worse by the hour, our chairman at the time, the late Tamba Mondeh wrote a letter to Koidu Holdings requesting assistance. We were invited by the Company for a meeting after which, the Company decided it was going to provide us with 4 bags of rice and the sum of 100 Leones for our feeding on a weekly basis. Since the company stepped in, we have been doing well with our families. Every day we pray for this company to grow from strength to strength because we know our survival depends on it. We are truly grateful for what it is doing for us.'

Sports Development

On a national level, the Company sponsors the annual Sierra Leone Athletics Association event. Koidu Holdings also sponsors the local NGO Enhancing Women and Girls through Sport for Development and Peace (ENWAGS).

Koidu Holdings has established a soccer field at Koidu and takes part in the community soccer league.

Koidu Holdings sponsors the ENWAGS Intercommunity Sports Festival	Soccer field built by Koidu Holdings	Donations are made to the Sierra Leone Athletics Association to facilitate sports events

Resettlement Program

Town planning of the 'Koidu Kimberlite Township', a name adopted by the affected property owners, has been carried out according to international standards, with provision being made for clean drinking water and sanitation facilities. House construction is being carried out by the community themselves, with the cost of material, labour and supervision being provided by Koidu Holdings. The whole project is being managed by the Resettlement Committee.

The main road in Koidu Kimberlite Township	Four to seven room houses cater to families of different sizes.

Many of the home owners have already planted crops on their plots of land and have played an integral part of the construction process. The quality and value of the homes being built far exceeds that of the original dwellings. According to Government's survey, the value of the dwellings ranges from Le 600,000 to Le 1,600,000, while that of the new resettlement houses ranges between Le 12,000,000 and Le 17,000,000