Fri, 17 Mar 2017 09:21:49 +0000 By KAUSA MBASELA BARRICK Lumwana will introduce an independent Youth Skills Empowerment and Self-Employment Programme for youths in its area of operation. Barrick Lumwana Mining Company (LMC) senior affairs manager Nathan Chishimba said that the company would this year work with the Lumwana Community Business Association to support training programmes. The programmes would focus on entrepreneurship, beekeeping, carpentry and brick-laying. “It is envisaged that the programme will lead to improved skills to uptake business opportunities; bring about positive mindsets towards self-employment/entrepreneurship and diversification in our local economy,” he said in a speech delivered by sustainability manager, Christopher Mukala, at the Youth Day event at Manyama Basic School in Kalumbila district. Lumwana Mining Company has so far initiated youth empowerment through its Community Education Support Programme where 71 pupils are on the Lumwana High School scholarship at seven boarding secondary schools in the area. Mr Chishimba added that 201 […]
