KANSANSHI Mining in Solwezi has invested K3.5 million in the copper jewellery making project, which is aimed at empowering young women.Public Relations Manager, Godfrey Msiska said the Nsanshi Jewellery Art project was the company’s initiative to empower young women with the skill of jewellery making using copper to make them self-reliant.“In June 2020, we started a factory in a classroom, we got the basic tools but that was not an ideal place to do business so we thought of building our own structure.“We moved from basic tools to the now state of art machinery that we are using,” he said.Mr Msiska said in an interview that the concept was initiated after seeing many young girls around the community idling due to various social and economic challenges.“We have created an opportunity to train these young women with a skill that can enable them create their own jewellery making businesses or explore the world and work in […]
Kansanshi starts jewellery project for girls
