Xoboxobos small-scale miners concludes sustainable mining training

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2024-07-27

XOBOXOBOS, 27 July 2024 - United Nations Development Program Resident Representative in Namibia Alka Bhatia with Deputy Executive Director in the Mines Ministry Erasmus Shivolo and other UNDP and ministry officials photographed with small scale miners who mine semi-precious stones at Xoboxobos in the Uis Area in Erongo Region. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

XOBOXOBOS, 27 JUL (NAMPA) – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through its partnership with the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) continues to make strides in ensuring that the livelihoods of small-scale miners are improved.
Through its Environmental Governance Project, funded by the Government of Sweden and now in its second year, the UNDP has provided crucial support to small-scale miners across five hotspot regions.
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XOBOXOBOS, 27 July 2024 - United Nations Development Program Resident Representative in Namibia Alka Bhatia with Deputy Executive Director in the Mines Ministry Erasmus Shivolo handing over personal protective equipment to one of the small scale miners who mine semi-precious stones at Xoboxobos in the Uis Area in Erongo Region. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

XOBOXOBOS, 27 July 2024 - United Nations Development Program Resident Representative in Namibia Alka Bhatia with Deputy Executive Director in the Mines Ministry Erasmus Shivolo looking at some of the semi-precious stones mined by small-scale miners at Xoboxobos in the Uis Area in Erongo Region. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

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