tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68279478178492630532024-03-18T00:41:48.961-07:00Golden Star in the CommunityTeam GSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986115151509073212noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827947817849263053.post-66466004551729767252022-03-24T22:55:00.000-07:002022-03-24T22:55:38.863-07:002022 International Women in Resources Mentorship Programme<p><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">In 2020 Golden Star Resources (GSR), now a member of the Chifeng Gold Group announced its Policy on Inclusion and Diversity to mark International Women's Day and the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), considered the most progressive blueprint ever for advancing women's rights. Golden Star has embarked on a journey to have twenty (20%) of employees as women by 2025. To achieve that, deliberate initiatives are in place to ensure female participation across all levels in the organization. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">One of the initiatives to develop female leadership, is the partnership GSR has established with International Women in Mining (IWIM), through their excellent International Women in Resources Mentorship Programme (IWRMP). The programme, is an annual cross-company initiative established to actively empower women in the mining sector by providing mentees with opportunities to accelerate their all-round professional growth. The six-month-long training offers tailored online programs and the opportunity to network with over seventy (70) mentors across the industry. The programme follows a structured outline to achieve clearly defined objectives. Participating companies include Rio Tinto, Newmont Corporation, New Gold, SRK Consulting and Centerra Gold. In addition, the plan is for participating mentees to share their knowledge and experience with other women in their organizations and elsewhere.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">For the second year running Golden Star, is participating with three (3) mentees drawn from Corporate Affairs, Metallurgy and Corporate Responsibility.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">What makes this year’s participation remarkable is the continued support of Chifeng Gold, the new owner of Golden Star</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9dhj1MRHj-GLfpcuRDAfNpE39TSFDGw_ME4JGxFMIRqSqFZVtA737GdesP-lzCp5weYApAADIUrmUK-tJFDr59ueZmue4eBDkwEVzkBtgqIv5Ic3p8r-5M6BYUm2g7DkssnpgfcIGmuE89yIsk0Ut3jn46TlrVlnTxaIAEGYQ2xOW9xk_5VluC23/s1888/Ajasante.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1888" data-original-width="1494" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9dhj1MRHj-GLfpcuRDAfNpE39TSFDGw_ME4JGxFMIRqSqFZVtA737GdesP-lzCp5weYApAADIUrmUK-tJFDr59ueZmue4eBDkwEVzkBtgqIv5Ic3p8r-5M6BYUm2g7DkssnpgfcIGmuE89yIsk0Ut3jn46TlrVlnTxaIAEGYQ2xOW9xk_5VluC23/s320/Ajasante.jpg" width="253" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;">Abena Asante,
Corporate Responsibility Officer</span></span></b></span></span></b></div></b></span></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">I am glad to have been selected by the Company to be part of the
International Women in Resources Mentoring Programme (<b>IWRMP</b>) an
initiative of the International Women in Mining. The </span><span style="color: black;">IWRMP
provides a high-quality framework, which facilitates the mentoring relationship
and allows both mentee and mentor to benefit from the experience. At a time
when I am taking a critical look at my career, this programme could not come at
a better time for me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times;">I am looking
forward to being empowered to progress in my career, overcome professional
challenges and build confidence for achievement and industry leadership as it
is the focus of the programme.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times;">Looking
forward to an exciting IWRMP journey! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBA-487t1PgO599kBdhPf05HoFEeU1EO9XORJdxxP5Zn9VDuWH_mAbd5k0Fn-KAqREU0Ikgwwbs7-naNLJntp9qX3sZ1b6FctGU8TiU6S3mioufs9GsXjM97yvlkWJ-CRJ58cC8q0ovt1u21OJl_6YIhrR66GQ20Yua0f9arSvLQJ5SHvP4sZF74Q/s800/bhammond.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBA-487t1PgO599kBdhPf05HoFEeU1EO9XORJdxxP5Zn9VDuWH_mAbd5k0Fn-KAqREU0Ikgwwbs7-naNLJntp9qX3sZ1b6FctGU8TiU6S3mioufs9GsXjM97yvlkWJ-CRJ58cC8q0ovt1u21OJl_6YIhrR66GQ20Yua0f9arSvLQJ5SHvP4sZF74Q/w257-h257/bhammond.jpg" width="257" /></a></span></span></b></div><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;">Boatemaa Hammond, Corporate Affairs Superintendent</span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">The opportunity to interact, learn
and exchange ideas through programmes such as this is invaluable. I am excited
to meet my mentor and cohort members, and tap into their knowledge and
experiences. I will bring these experiences to bear on my team to benefit from
my participation in the programme. Very impressed that management has taken a
critical look at the gender gap in our organization and has decided to do
something about it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_q5kJdvEa23j4SZOErPEhPK2iAgC9d0wu-VO1u_PgnfP9mguuFWtwR56E0Evi6ZNqYI9DeRxNMP2YahBkSBkEuw7g6avdRyeuUj2BwklnPbdTch-QWjX3BPeVa4Dblk_SFQ2_S1W_y02NzPQtxXa7FSEmoZpc2F2aTtpTYsOZZCmlwyHrLLh37I4x/s2329/IMG_6934%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2329" data-original-width="2309" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_q5kJdvEa23j4SZOErPEhPK2iAgC9d0wu-VO1u_PgnfP9mguuFWtwR56E0Evi6ZNqYI9DeRxNMP2YahBkSBkEuw7g6avdRyeuUj2BwklnPbdTch-QWjX3BPeVa4Dblk_SFQ2_S1W_y02NzPQtxXa7FSEmoZpc2F2aTtpTYsOZZCmlwyHrLLh37I4x/w255-h258/IMG_6934%20(2).jpg" width="255" /></a></span></span></b></div><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;">Priscilla Amoako Quaicoe, Senior Supervisor Paste fill Plant</span></span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">My participation in the program is a
great opportunity for me to expand my network and gain more knowledge and
experience.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">I am looking forward to be encouraged
and empowered in my personal and professional development, including increased
job-related experience, building my self-esteem and confidence, and gaining
more insight into how to balance work with life as a woman working in the mine.
I believe this will encourage other women to aspire to work in the mining
industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1V7CNKB3BS2v6IFjpUUIWeaoXn5pDE7347OBxUxGiinhbvqxD_DnQaQPVI03phr5QHTH6vvu3Qjl8iIHB3Iy7JIdxidwl9KNODUAwxpG4yzbtzKuu8LzGLqMBvVbM6RIuMJaMX5y6JH3uu15SBN2RHyH8QelmdTuZTN8-U2BpalxnkMU1OXdWh4Xe/s300/BarbaraDischinger.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1V7CNKB3BS2v6IFjpUUIWeaoXn5pDE7347OBxUxGiinhbvqxD_DnQaQPVI03phr5QHTH6vvu3Qjl8iIHB3Iy7JIdxidwl9KNODUAwxpG4yzbtzKuu8LzGLqMBvVbM6RIuMJaMX5y6JH3uu15SBN2RHyH8QelmdTuZTN8-U2BpalxnkMU1OXdWh4Xe/w260-h260/BarbaraDischinger.png" width="260" /></a></span></span></b></div><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;">Barbara Dischinger, IWRMP Programme Director</span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">What makes IWMRP unique
is its combination of global reach and intersectionality, which
enable mentees to benefit from contact with mentors and fellow mentees that
they may not otherwise have been
possible. The programme is designed to meet the needs of
the highly globalised mining sector, now and into the future</span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFIfHW9oL-riKiOWuBkpsznIQ9FYqma8FQq9CfhIvvoxSoC81i4BP4ovZrWULwaPXyv7j-2e7j90tVyP-MvQ9J2anWVEZtF9syS0Evjhdze7icGXSBy-gYREHWew9-fE7qgdPFPwt-XpbEEGzOscAG2vYgvJNL-Cp1-kYvtjcEN5wjmsrEtMnBR70/s2812/Charlie%20dong.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2812" data-original-width="2312" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFIfHW9oL-riKiOWuBkpsznIQ9FYqma8FQq9CfhIvvoxSoC81i4BP4ovZrWULwaPXyv7j-2e7j90tVyP-MvQ9J2anWVEZtF9syS0Evjhdze7icGXSBy-gYREHWew9-fE7qgdPFPwt-XpbEEGzOscAG2vYgvJNL-Cp1-kYvtjcEN5wjmsrEtMnBR70/w262-h319/Charlie%20dong.jpg" width="262" /></a></span></span></b></div><b><span style="color: #538135; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Charles
Xiaofeng Dong, Senior Manager Sustainability</span></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everywhere across the world, a
diverse workforce is always an advantage. We understand the need to increase
women participation in Golden Star as a lever to promote inclusion and equality
in Chifeng Group. In addition, after careful consideration, the programmes
content continues to be relevant to grow our female leaders. We know Boatemaa,
Priscilla and Abena after this experience will support other initiatives to
draw more women into mining and contribute more along our pursuit of excellence
in all aspects of operation. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BLV37ad8H4PQ4OLWSmKuo9-I6ko7Gb8Wr7XqDhAjpoq1mil4_t76QI5iK2gRmPapVxZ5NFeM-wUKAwWf3bJT-0J6Uh_BowSKCkyChHDb7eLiVJ8PswSGFMamRQSCmcTjP7mBmh6HBXGL0bQzKI5vZfqjhNg34XmgmqSmTu3lzlBBnAsZ5s8ZhEN7/s1620/Michael%20Ephraim%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1080" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BLV37ad8H4PQ4OLWSmKuo9-I6ko7Gb8Wr7XqDhAjpoq1mil4_t76QI5iK2gRmPapVxZ5NFeM-wUKAwWf3bJT-0J6Uh_BowSKCkyChHDb7eLiVJ8PswSGFMamRQSCmcTjP7mBmh6HBXGL0bQzKI5vZfqjhNg34XmgmqSmTu3lzlBBnAsZ5s8ZhEN7/w263-h395/Michael%20Ephraim%20(2).jpg" width="263" /></a></span></span></b></div><b><span style="color: #538135;"><span style="font-family: times;">Michael Ephraim, Senior Manager Corporate HR</span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Since launching Golden Star’s commitment to
increase female representation of our workforce to 20% by 2025, we have adopted
various approaches to achieve this ambitious target. The reviews by other
mining companies and testimonials from our participation in the IWRMP last year
makes us believe our approach is an effective way of developing our female team
members to become role models to attract other women into mining. By providing
females the opportunity to participate in mining, developing them into
leadership roles, and providing the right female friendly environment, mining
and for that matter Golden Star (a member of the Chifeng Group), will become
attractive to women.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Team GSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986115151509073212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827947817849263053.post-47956391494567708812021-09-06T07:37:00.000-07:002021-09-06T07:37:49.905-07:00Golden Star Business Systems Transformation (BST)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqSTVdbiNBsivdiKDSxVrllI7DungVK7ir7GE7XGKGkxPVAhO8McbgkTgYU496YzTsjGAzICmuL53Pr71ORjdlE9DxxK4qLDIxTHqfNH2JZBMYmoSyOpVVmPwepM_aOM8XUL39pzjxds/s975/Picture1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="975" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqSTVdbiNBsivdiKDSxVrllI7DungVK7ir7GE7XGKGkxPVAhO8McbgkTgYU496YzTsjGAzICmuL53Pr71ORjdlE9DxxK4qLDIxTHqfNH2JZBMYmoSyOpVVmPwepM_aOM8XUL39pzjxds/w400-h238/Picture1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An organization is as good as its people and its systems,
and at Golden Star, we take both seriously in advancing our business to achieve
our vision;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;">To be a sustainable diversified gold mining company, which
our stakeholders are proud to be associated with<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Golden Star Way, and our values of caring, fairness,
honesty, collaboration and respect, will enable us achieve the culture we need
to deliver our vision – and the systems we design and implement will deliver
the consistent and sustained performance over time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a key to unlocking these system enhancements, our
Business Systems Transformation (BST) project aims to support more efficient
business functions, to enhance productivity, minimize costs and position us for
future growth and success. This project is a critical part of our business
improvement and has recently gone ‘live’ following lots of work and
collaboration across business functions over almost three years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For thorough roll out and understanding, the project is
being executed in phases. The current phase involved the upgrade and
introduction of new software tools to manage day-to-day business activities in
finance, supply chain, maintenance and human resource management.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are some examples of the improvements the
BST will bring:</span></p></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Payroll</span></h4><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our new payroll system is SAGE 300 will:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Allow us
to print historical payslips and other payroll reports (which was not the case
in the past). </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Enable
employees to access their pay slips online and any time.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Allow
employees to make various HR applications online, such as leave. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Streamline
internal reporting</span></li></ul><div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase and Service Orders</span></h4><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The new Pronto warehousing and maintenance functions will
allow:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Employees
requests for service/purchase orders and store items to be automatically routed
to their leader for approval. – saving time, paper and effort! </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Mapping
inventory items to their appropriate cost category to eliminate wrong coding</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Maintenance
Work Orders for raising all requisitions for equipment, allowing proper
accounting of equipment maintenance cost.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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to follow Flowcentric software to raise ‘Authorizations for Expenditure’ (AFE).
</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Automated
approval and email reminders to reduce delays in the process</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The benefits of our Business System Transformation project
include</span></h4><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Defined
workflows so that the right people review and approve transactions in the
business.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Time saving
- as workflows will occur automatically, reducing printing, bypassing people
without authority and avoiding manual authorization processes.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Reduction
in errors – as data will now be entered once for many work streams, not so many
errors will creep in!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Transparency
– applications / requests for approval and transactions can no longer become
‘lost’ in the process!</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">As the system allows for integration across business
functions, it promotes the quality and consistency of data. In addition, processes become more
transparent with status updates to all involved in a particular transaction.
These benefits enables us to accomplish more as a business in less time and
reduces our risks and costs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Currently, employees are undergoing a training series on
the systems and the new upgrades as applies to them. Big congratulations to
everyone who was directly involved in bringing the project to life, and to
everyone else for undergoing training in order to use the tools. Let us hear
from the lead consultant and some of our colleagues on how the system upgrade
is improving their work.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUuUMrix_eQUbrBdbIT2r1Kb3a22XmYGAMV-1GNPtppB4n8kQPNswbBFy7RuwR_-oJHCGOngL5yUVHysQKkqwhnxBkHjoXozp7rYXG2tp210tq_kjSMsGW5VCBGygfvar8GcgJNsyRjo/s764/Stephen+Kirk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="706" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUuUMrix_eQUbrBdbIT2r1Kb3a22XmYGAMV-1GNPtppB4n8kQPNswbBFy7RuwR_-oJHCGOngL5yUVHysQKkqwhnxBkHjoXozp7rYXG2tp210tq_kjSMsGW5VCBGygfvar8GcgJNsyRjo/w185-h200/Stephen+Kirk.jpg" width="185" /></a> </p></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p><b>Stephen Kirk<br /></b><i>Owner/General Manager<br /> </i><i>SolutionBridge</i></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>As we complete first phase of the BST project which involves
the introduction of new and upgraded software, as well as key process
transformations to enhance Golden Star business, I say a very big
congratulations to the Golden Star Team for a job well done!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Having worked with many mining and technology companies across the globe – large, small and everything in between – l must tip my hat to the amazing group of people that worked tirelessly together “arm-in-arm” to make this achievement possible. Their combined energy, enthusiasm, commitment and hard work have resulted in this moment, even in the face of many challenges, competing priorities and COVID-19 restrictions, not to mention maintaining their normal day jobs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">While it’s early in the launch and bedding down process, the new and upgraded systems are working as intended thus far and we anticipate a smooth transition to normal operations as these new software “tools” are adopted by Golden Star and put to work in everyday practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lastly, I am truly grateful to have been a part of this transformation journey and hope that I’ve been able to help a little along the way. It’s been a great pleasure and we at SolutionBridge look forward to partnering with Golden Star again for the second phase of the project.</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-K51piRdh8ffextMf-SFfUnlDnqC1kVMdcQLNihekP-FYc-WDwJjQvOlk_t4vymCgt-a-Lpwksh5-v7yIJZOIyz4EiOBGDD7QRNNE1B_Zug6i-63q90UsdvU3frl0nt1ubMwsblNut4Y/s178/Boatemaa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="178" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-K51piRdh8ffextMf-SFfUnlDnqC1kVMdcQLNihekP-FYc-WDwJjQvOlk_t4vymCgt-a-Lpwksh5-v7yIJZOIyz4EiOBGDD7QRNNE1B_Zug6i-63q90UsdvU3frl0nt1ubMwsblNut4Y/w189-h173/Boatemaa.jpg" width="189" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Boatemaa Hammond</b><br /><i>Corporate Affairs Superintendent</i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Being at the corporate office in Accra we are not super users of many of the software at site, especially regarding placing and receiving items from stores. For such requests, we were heavily reliant on colleagues at site, where we had little or no oversight of the process. With this upgrade, we will be able to make our requests from the Accra office and monitor their status up until the point when requests are completed. So far training on the software upgrade has been excellent, with easy to follow steps as well as training materials. Looking forward to full use of the systems.</p><p><br /></p><p></p></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0qOe8fRcdpRqSAWfw_ok23gR5FblX8VP-v_mv4sqyjBBLafiheXGCLhjLKyFy_xzp0rOvcdLR9XoqQ1brfUGq3tUnUWxpb55p_cIBbNGj3N__Pmr4s4KJfzd_rbbT9kl8sf_66EOWHY/s797/Mike+Ephraim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="560" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0qOe8fRcdpRqSAWfw_ok23gR5FblX8VP-v_mv4sqyjBBLafiheXGCLhjLKyFy_xzp0rOvcdLR9XoqQ1brfUGq3tUnUWxpb55p_cIBbNGj3N__Pmr4s4KJfzd_rbbT9kl8sf_66EOWHY/w141-h200/Mike+Ephraim.jpg" width="141" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Michael Ephraim</b><br /><i>Group HR Manager</i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The ‘Sage 300 People’, under the Business Systems Transformation project will now replace traditional files, with an easy-to-use, always available electronic file to which documents can be attached. All employees can have access to their personal information, request and make changes to personal data and make expense claims in real-time. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Furthermore, managers can access employee records, conduct performance reviews and print HR reports without having to walk to the HR office.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Sage 300 has also systemized HR and payroll linkage improving payroll processing, reducing errors, and producing pay slips.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The next phase of the project for HR will involve
implementing Employee Self Service (ESS), Performance management, Recruitment
as well as Learning and Development.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwy4_wzwzMizhgSyoc8mWALQQCcy623H2ecy8QQIoCJU1bzlQGfuGEvYZSIvB5-VZvEFFRWo_Spil1FOq3XyRlbpKF5O0kSiLmQ7fNyuw9jMicauAdV17B_CN2Bs-90X1tdpcZmGbDII/s745/Eric+Bondzie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="677" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwy4_wzwzMizhgSyoc8mWALQQCcy623H2ecy8QQIoCJU1bzlQGfuGEvYZSIvB5-VZvEFFRWo_Spil1FOq3XyRlbpKF5O0kSiLmQ7fNyuw9jMicauAdV17B_CN2Bs-90X1tdpcZmGbDII/w182-h200/Eric+Bondzie.jpg" width="182" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Eric Bondzie</b><br /><i>Finance Manager</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Business System Transformation (BST) Project is one of
the major projects undertaken by Golden Star this year. This project has been in the pipeline since
2019. It was put on hold due to COVID 19 and kick started in 2020. As the site
Project Owner, I am very proud of the progress we have made so far, especially
regarding Sage 300 Payroll, Upgrade of Pronto to v760, New Chart of Account and
User Acceptance Training and Testing (UAT), which ensured that all users were
confident in the use of the new and upgraded systems. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">Special thanks goes to the Project Sponsor, the Project
Manager, the Managing Director and the Focal Teams (Finance, Supply Chain,
Maintenance, HR and IT) for their immense contribution towards this phase of
the project. Your input into the project has been great. Well done.</p></span></span></div>Team GSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986115151509073212noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827947817849263053.post-31675080471281202742020-11-16T10:29:00.000-08:002020-11-16T10:29:29.971-08:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Blog Celebrating Our Heroes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Heroes come in
many forms, at Golden Star Resources our COVID 19 response of preventing and
protecting our employees, their families and communities has been made possible
by our colleagues whom we call heroes. Their actions and total devotion to duty
is in keeping with our values of collaboration, caring, fairness, honesty and
respect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This month’s blog features Golden Star
Heroes who have positively contributed to our COVID 19 responses; </span> </p><p></p><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><br /></div><span lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><b style="text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><u>D</u></span></b></o:p></span><b style="text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><u>r Solomon Dowdall, Chief Medical Officer
Int. SOS</u></span></b></div></span><p></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Z-Ck53-lHKw0MrFknBd395xjRlF4DUtW9kiUmS9DJiu7YM-K0pxcyvmEilwhpvxw8jmi4YP6cHUwkBLE183TGWAvGxMCndV0i46RsUPvk0LbX4vaytgkqGs_b3ZXJbT9TRuCPDJyR94/s313/Picture1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="281" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Z-Ck53-lHKw0MrFknBd395xjRlF4DUtW9kiUmS9DJiu7YM-K0pxcyvmEilwhpvxw8jmi4YP6cHUwkBLE183TGWAvGxMCndV0i46RsUPvk0LbX4vaytgkqGs_b3ZXJbT9TRuCPDJyR94/w243-h270/Picture1.png" width="243" /></a></div>Dr Solomon is an
illustration of those health workers whose <span style="text-align: justify;">selfless acts, </span><span style="text-align: justify;">compassion and service go beyond what is required
of them. Forfeiting his scheduled leave, Dr Solomon has been working throughout
this pandemic at our Bogoso and Prestea Clinics.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">He is a member
of the GSR Emergency Management Team (EMT), where he offers direction from a
medical point of view. In addition to his regular consultation with patients,
he also provides education and guidance on how to reduce risk of contracting the
virus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has progressively advanced his
control, and preventive methods from the primary screening of our stakeholders
to enhanced screening methods to achieve zero COVID-19 fatalities within the
workforce.<br /><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><u>Samuel Kyei, Head of Cleaning Unit Int. SOS </u> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3TvIaeD5JDrpm5MzogrxXftSzFT5sl5q-1k8kiusAmIHzoLI1xwYApq3iYsMAU3LldjdbzgakSHewPs0q-2xAojrCbzZy9FWMaYdBwcc3lOSSZAtkhd-535_y236pfCAYcbns6HkYOA/s396/Picture2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="396" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3TvIaeD5JDrpm5MzogrxXftSzFT5sl5q-1k8kiusAmIHzoLI1xwYApq3iYsMAU3LldjdbzgakSHewPs0q-2xAojrCbzZy9FWMaYdBwcc3lOSSZAtkhd-535_y236pfCAYcbns6HkYOA/w283-h267/Picture2.png" width="283" /></a></div>Some heroes are visible others are hidden. Samuel
Kyei is one of the hidden heroes. This hero makes sure the patients’ rooms stay
sanitised and safe. He is always cleaning and sanitising every item in each room
as well as the general clinic work area. His job is extremely important as
clinics are classified as hotspots. <o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">“When I come to work, I put on my
protective equipment, and I sanitise and clean everything. This is my
contribution toward the fight against COVID-19” he said</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. Samuel’s
efforts have been crucial in protecting </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">protecting our people from
infection and saving lives.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Golden Star thanks you and celebrates your
contribution in our fight against COVID-19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Monica Amelewosi
Amanda Siaw, Physician Assistant Int. SOS</u></b></p><div style="text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-US"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9B4FHdkU2DBjwFC9qVp-2jxXoFEUQQHobXwxcLhMg0mANb4FcQrHqeQuDP35fuOot87tnBhzBuUpkhFI4zMFHRT9aQaw3xJipLoDhDzwOQqzU_SQHlk691AmV1-_ly8V9jeE3WdqTO1E/s400/Picture3.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="400" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9B4FHdkU2DBjwFC9qVp-2jxXoFEUQQHobXwxcLhMg0mANb4FcQrHqeQuDP35fuOot87tnBhzBuUpkhFI4zMFHRT9aQaw3xJipLoDhDzwOQqzU_SQHlk691AmV1-_ly8V9jeE3WdqTO1E/w271-h252/Picture3.png" width="271" /></a><span style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;">As COVID-19
changes our world, we rely on our medical community to care for us and our
loved ones more than ever.</div></span></div></span></div><p></p><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">Amanda has been
working throughout this pandemic at the Prestea underground operations Clinic. Amanda
extensively educated the employees on COVID-19, and this has helped to demystify
the many myths around the pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">“I almost became
a nuisance to a few,” she said. Her persistence and dedication to her work played
a crucial role in controlling the spread of COVID -19 cases among the
workforce. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shaddrack
Adjetey Sowah, GSWL Managing Director</span></u></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bvbzl7lCyQ38zHOG3HdhAgHW9is4ECSAyz8qYyO9wmKqsVqKnQv5hl7hnSjzj-bkN0KbH9xMHJyHgZhkzZKT2ruN628Z4fqUDIBpne1K8FQWSRYTqWSKrKyhiByRI44MPSPhqvUxoe0/s410/Picture4.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="404" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bvbzl7lCyQ38zHOG3HdhAgHW9is4ECSAyz8qYyO9wmKqsVqKnQv5hl7hnSjzj-bkN0KbH9xMHJyHgZhkzZKT2ruN628Z4fqUDIBpne1K8FQWSRYTqWSKrKyhiByRI44MPSPhqvUxoe0/w272-h275/Picture4.png" width="272" /></a><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_21" o:spid="_x0000_s1029" style="height: 196.5pt; margin-left: 143.1pt; margin-top: .5pt; mso-height-percent: 0; mso-height-percent: 0; mso-height-relative: page; mso-position-horizontal-relative: margin; mso-position-horizontal: right; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-width-percent: 0; mso-width-percent: 0; mso-width-relative: page; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 0; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 0; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 194.3pt; z-index: -251641856;" type="#_x0000_t75">
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</w:wrap></v:imagedata></v:shape><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Shaddrack, our MD at Wassa ,
who also chairs the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emergency Management
Team at GSWL has made several tough calls which translated in our Wassa mine
being one of the last mining Companies in Ghana to record a positive COVID-19
case earlier this year. He continues to make decisions which have helped to
manage and control the spread of the virus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These include; initiating mine-wide lockdowns; providing and equipping essential
support services to facilitate employees to work from home where applicable; disinfecting
chambers at entrances to the mine; as well as creating a temporary holding
centre to accommodate at least 35 people. In addition, he has provided
additional buses to enhance social distancing in the transportation of workers.
He continues to supply alcohol-based hand sanitisers for employees and masks to
the communities. Above all, he was at the forefront in the fight against stigmatisation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Shaddrack has
pledged this continuous assistance for as long as the pandemic persists. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</w:wrap></v:imagedata></v:shape><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Onesimus Ebo Blankson, Maintainer</u> </b></div><p></p>
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route of contamination when multiple employees used their hands to lift the
lids of refuse bins. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He suggested a
solution; to retrofit dustbins with a foot pedals to eliminate the potential
transfer of the virus through hand contact with the bins. It is on this basis
that suggestions from others regarding floor markings, door foot pedals,
company manufacturing of alcohol-based hand sanitisers were also given prominence
as preventive measures in Golden Star to manage the spread of COVID 19. <br />
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Well done, Onesimus for your insight and poactive thinking which has inspired
others.<o:p></o:p><p></p>
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</w:wrap></v:imagedata></v:shape><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Philipa
Varris, Executive Vice President, Head of Sustainability</u></b></p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGThKUkuDa0IfOVvZxsJOin3-uPt7NWxryCL4oz5ZfPK-hItl0ueZAmJazSfhl9af9pBQOd-fvOeyCEhv1HCjr7h0Z8a2cA-zFdXve9l7GU_eY7PrptpDjngej95OQjNUp4rvZtEuuPlo/s423/Picture6.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="399" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGThKUkuDa0IfOVvZxsJOin3-uPt7NWxryCL4oz5ZfPK-hItl0ueZAmJazSfhl9af9pBQOd-fvOeyCEhv1HCjr7h0Z8a2cA-zFdXve9l7GU_eY7PrptpDjngej95OQjNUp4rvZtEuuPlo/s320/Picture6.png" /></a></div>Golden Star has been proactively
implementing controls to limit the risk associated with the coronavirus
pandemic. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As our knowledge of COVID-19
evolves, Golden Star Crisis Management Team (CMT) continues to develop our Guidelines
and update our Epidemic and Pandemic Management Plans for GSR operations and
communities. Philipa is a member of the CMT, who were tasked with managing the response
to the pandemic. Philipa has helped implement access to mental health and
wellbeing programs which support people whilst they are working from home. <br />
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Philipa, who is also a member of the EMT, has passionately contributed to
keeping employees and host communities safe through shared information,
guidance and donations. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These have
manifested in the development of management systems such as, leadership
guidance documents; to support departmental communications. She initiated
targeted training for at-risk personnel, while working closely with Golden Star’s
partners for integrated management of COVID-19 controls. Philipa also proposed
the modification of two vehicles for transporting suspected COVID 19 patients
to appropriate centres.<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /></span></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u style="text-align: right; text-indent: 36pt;">George Amankwah-Kumi, Group &
Community Health Coordinator</u></b></div><p></p><p></p><p></p>
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Group & Community Health Coordinator has contributed enormously to the
controls and Management of COVID-19 in Golden Star and its catchment
communities.</div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">He expertly
coordinated a complex chain of activities including awareness creation through
education and distribution of donations for the purchase of PPE. He also
supervised the renovations of holding/isolation centres in both GSWL and GSBPL.
George was the main liaison between Golden Star Resources and external
stakeholders, including the Ghana Health Service. Currently, George is coordinating
Golden Star’s COVID-19 anti-stigmatisation campaign.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />We are indeed
proud of our colleagues for all the work they have done and continue to do. You
are indeed the Golden Stars who live the Golden Star way.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Ayekoo!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>Team GSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986115151509073212noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827947817849263053.post-73645035575189936062020-06-18T10:06:00.000-07:002020-06-18T10:06:32.151-07:00Golden Star – Protecting Our People and BeyondAt Golden Star, our people are our greatest asset and our management of the current COVID-19 pandemic must, to the greatest extent possible, protect our people and our host communities from the risk of transmission of COVID-19 as a result of our operations.<br />
<br />As a major employer and therefore catalyst for rural economic stimulus in our host communities we share the dual burden of knowing that our continued operations are also critical to the health and wellbeing of our workforce and the thousands of people that they support both directly and indirectly.<br />
<br />In recognition of these responsibilities, our COVID-19 management is highly prevention-focused and proactive. As a company, we are working to provide leadership in COVID-19 management to our business partners, as well as working closely with our partners in the Ghana Health Services for the purposes of integrated management.<br /> <br />In this quest, as evident in our previous blog publication, Golden Star continues to ensure our activities are in line with our protocols and with government guidance and directives. We continue to support our communities and employees through:<br />
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<li>Education and sensitization</li>
<li>Access, screening and travel restrictions</li>
<li>Hygiene and enhanced sanitation implementation</li>
<li>Donations from GSR Board and Executive Management Committee.</li>
<li>Support for municipal medical isolation/holding units</li>
<li>Medical preparedness and</li>
<li>Flexibility and wellbeing</li>
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Golden Star has employed enhanced screening protocols at site access points and stopped all non-essential company travel. We proactively supported the lock-down and quarantine protocols, implementing these in advance of the Government.</div>
<br />Education programs feature factual information on COVID-19 and how to stay safe and utilize resources of our medical services providers, International SOS, the World Health Organisation and other reputable sources.<br />
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Golden Star has deepened its partnership with local health authorities and Government Agencies by providing support and assistance that has included personal protective equipment (PPE), materials for sanitation and infection control as well as assistance with holding and isolation facilities for suspected COVID 19 patients. Also, Golden Star and its contractors have further collaborated in the donation of veronica buckets, hand sanitisers and other items to the communities. These initiatives have complemented government effort and responses in each of our host communities.<br />
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In Wassa East, the company has provided support for the conversion of a school facility developed by the Golden Star Development Foundation, for temporary use as an isolation facility by local health services.<br /><br />At our Bogoso/Prestea operations, the company has temporarily relinquished the Prestea multi-purpose recreational park to Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality for use as an isolation facility and has provided additional support by making facility modifications for this purpose.</div>
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Other donations by the company and its teams helped furnish hospitals and clinics in the municipality with infrared thermometers, nose masks, goggles, disposable gloves, hair caps, shoe covers, coveralls, liquid soaps, alcohol-based hand rubs, and veronica buckets to assist with case management at Municipality health facilities.</div>
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At the national level, Golden Star through the collaboration with the Ghana Chamber of Mines donated financial support to the Ghana Ministry of Health and allied institutions as part of the mining industry’s voluntary contribution to the fight against COVID-19. This donation was for the purchase of 20 ventilators and accessories for distribution to hospitals across the country; to support the testing of 15,000 COVID-19 cases, procurement of 7,000 complete sets of PPE for frontline health workers; and to support other COVID-19 logistical requirements.<br />
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In line with Government directives on mandatory wearing of nose masks, Golden Star has provided 2000 masks to the local communities and 3000 masks to its employees.</div>
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<b>Rose Adjoa Mensah – Physician Assistant, Akyempim Community Clinic</b><br />
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<i>Golden star has has such an impact on the clinic and the Akyempim community as a whole. During this pandemic, items such as gallons of hand sanitizers and washing soaps, disposable hand towels, veronica buckets, and others were received for the clinic. The Akyempim community also received hand sanitizers, Veronica buckets, nose masks, and handwashing soap. Also in collaboration with the community heads, sensitization has been done to create awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic to the communities. <br /><br />There has also been a collaboration with the District Assembly to renovate a facility at Daboase, the district capital, as the main isolation centre for the disease if we get a suspected case. <br /><br /></i><div>
<i>Finally, I will urge all Ghanaians especially those in the Wassa-East District specifically Akyempim to adhere to all protocols given by the Ministry of Health in curbing this COVID-19 pandemic. God bless Golden Star and God bless our homeland Ghana.</i><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYO5W6odXhINFoKCIEnJlMWImBkTNekmEVgA_mRzPGRvE1jX4en1mJXegW-N8glN4fRUo1VpSSqYabBuhsom58HlI1D1tPdcELTFE1ieF0ox2-zcsRS__8oTTgX0gbMM2e23n4OCvbYcc/s1600/Evelyn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="404" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYO5W6odXhINFoKCIEnJlMWImBkTNekmEVgA_mRzPGRvE1jX4en1mJXegW-N8glN4fRUo1VpSSqYabBuhsom58HlI1D1tPdcELTFE1ieF0ox2-zcsRS__8oTTgX0gbMM2e23n4OCvbYcc/s320/Evelyn.jpg" width="274" /></a><b>Evelyn Asiama- Principal Nursing Officer, Critical Care-COVID-19 Holding, and Treatment Centre Prestea</b><br /><br /><i>With the imminent emergence of COVID-19 positive cases within the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality, Golden Star Resources approached the Management of the Prestea Government Hospital to offer the multipurpose recreational park as a holding, and treatment centre for COVID-19 cases. <br /><br />The hospital management gladly accepted the offer and further requested that some structural modifications be carried out at the facility in order to make it fit for the purpose. Thankfully, GSR responded in a timely manner. <br /></i><br />
<i>Incidentally, the completion and handing over of the modified treatment centre coincided with the registration of the 1st positive COVID-19 case in the municipality. <br /><br />This intervention, amongst other things, done by the company in the fight against COVID-19 has greatly contributed to the hospital’s effort to contain and manage COVID-19 cases in the municipality. <br /><br />We appreciate the active role of Golden Star in this global fight and the fight that lies ahead. Ayeeko Golden Star!!!</i><br /> <br /><br />If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit www.gsr.com/responsibility<br /><br />Other news media on Golden Star and our support in the fight against COVID-19 can be accessed from these links:<br />
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Team GSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986115151509073212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827947817849263053.post-16001738455259575852020-04-08T07:48:00.000-07:002020-04-08T07:59:15.182-07:00COVID-19 and Staying Safe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Veronica bucket donated to host community to assist with hygiene</span></b></div>
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Golden Star values and is committed to safety and employee wellbeing. Our people are our greatest asset and our management of the current COVID-19 pandemic must, to the greatest extent possible, protect our people and our host communities from the risk of transmission of COVID-19 as a result of our operations. As a major employer and therefore catalyst for rural economic stimulus in our host communities, we share the dual burden of knowing that our continued operations are also critical to the health and wellbeing of our workforce and the thousands of people that they support both directly and indirectly.<br />
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In recognition of these responsibilities, our COVID-19 management is highly prevention focussed and proactive. As a company we are working to provide leadership in COVID-19 management to our business partners, as well as working closely with our partners in the Ghana Health Services for the purposes of integrated management. Here is just some of what we’re doing:<br />
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<b><u>Management Planning and Preparedness</u></b><br />
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<li>Epidemic and Pandemic Management Plan updated prior to World Health Organization declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).</li>
<li>Dedicated Ghana based Emergency Management Team established with Crisis Management Team established for oversight.</li>
<li>Daily situation monitoring supported by International SOS.</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chief Medical Officer meets with logistics team to discuss COVID-19 controls in their supply chains</span></b></div>
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<b><u>Education and sensitization</u></b><br />
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<li>Wide-spread education to workforce and host communities.</li>
<li>Open communication with Ghanaian Government and Union leadership.</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">COVID-19 education posters in the workplace</span></b></div>
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<b><u>Access, Screening and Travel Restrictions</u></b><br />
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<li>Site access and screening protocols in place since February have been effective in preventing access to our mines by people from known outbreak regions.</li>
<li>Proactively stopped international travel ahead of government travel bans.</li>
<li>Stopped in-bound travel into Ghana before any cases identified in Ghana.</li>
<li>Proactively required returning Ghanaian citizens and residents to undertake self-quarantine, prior to this being implemented as a Government initiative.</li>
<li>Proactively stopped travel between mine sites and Ghanaian epi-centres ahead of government lock-down of Accra, Kumasi and Kasoa.</li>
<li>Proactive cessation of all non-essential travel and transport by company vehicles.</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thermal screening has been implemented since the first case identified in Ghana</span></b></div>
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<b><u>Hygiene and sanitation</u></b><br />
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<li>Enhanced facilities for hand washing and sanitation implemented for Ebola have been maintained.</li>
<li>Employees who are ill are encouraged to stay at home.</li>
<li>Compulsory hand sanitizing stations.</li>
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<li>Support to community including water tanks and Veronica buckets for hand washing.</li>
<li>Practicing physical distancing:</li>
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<li>holding pre-start meetings outdoors wherever possible; </li>
<li>additional buses to reduce bus seating density; and</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">New hand-washing station established at Wassa underground</span></b></div>
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<li>Primary medical preparedness activities implemented ahead of any cases in Ghana.</li>
<li>Targeted training for at-risk personnel (underlying medical conditions) and flexibility to enable them to self-quarantine as applicable.</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Holding facility established at site for case management in event of suspected case</span></b></div>
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<b><u>Flexibility and Wellbeing</u></b><br />
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<li>London office started work from home ahead of UK government lock-down.</li>
<li>Proactively moved Accra office to work from home ahead of Ghana government lock-down.</li>
<li>Encourage employees to discuss flexible working or stay at home options, with leaders.</li>
<li>Leaders’ guidance documents to assist in communications with teams.</li>
<li>Extending leave for employees already on leave.</li>
<li>Supporting and providing access to programs for mental wellbeing of people working from home or in voluntary or imposed quarantine.</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hand washing at our Wassa underground</span></b></div>
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Let’s hear from the team about these controls and their importance.<br />
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<b>Philipa Varris, EVP & Head of Sustainability</b><br />
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<i>All over the world, leaders are struggling with how to protect the health and safety of their people from COVID-19, whilst at the same time, also protecting the health and safety for those same people that comes from livelihoods – the wellbeing that having work brings, the social security it creates and the wealth generation to lift people out of poverty. In Ghana, and in Golden Star, we understand all these dimensions of health.</i><br />
<i>Within the Golden Star team, we also have these over-lapping responsibilities – to make sure everyone goes home safe and healthy every day, by ensuring that our operations do not bring COVID-19 into our host communities; and at the same time, to try and maintain our operations. </i><br />
<i>This is something we could not do without the dedication and commitment of our team. It is because the Golden Star team have applied all the controls we have asked, that we are becoming stronger and more prepared. Thank you to you all. Ye betumi aye!</i><br />
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<b>Dr. Solomon Dowdall, Chief Medical Officer – International SOS</b><br />
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<i>Golden Star is taking a very proactive approach in tackling the potential harm of COVID-19, should it reach our region.</i><br />
<i>Education is a key preventative measure, with ongoing instruction on hand-washing and safe distancing, handling of goods and human interaction. Everyone at the operations are subject to ongoing screening of temperatures, symptoms, travel histories and contacts to ensure any potential cases are identified and managed early.</i><br />
<i>Our medical team is continuously updating our knowledge and strategies to be able to provide the safest workplace possible. Transit of people and goods are strictly monitored and minimized to reduce any risks of transmission into the area.</i><br />
<i>It is a pleasure and a privilege to work with such a focused team, with everybody doing their part to halt the march of this pandemic.</i><br />
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<b>George Amankwah-Kumi, Group & Community Health Coordinator</b><br />
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<i>It is very great to be involved in mobilizing our employees, their dependents and the catchment communities at large to protect themselves and practice basic personal hygiene such as frequent hand washing with soap and running water, the use of alcohol based hand sanitisers; and social distancing. </i><br />
<i>It is amazing to observe the enthusiasm and swiftness with which these target groups have accepted these preventive measures as a way of life. </i><br />
<i>I am more than convinced that together we will defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and stay healthy if we continue to keep to these basic preventive measures.</i><br />
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<b>Boatemaa Hammond, Group Corporate Affairs Superintendent</b><br />
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<i>The COVID-19 pandemic is not like anything we have seen before. Information keeps coming in and we have to modify our behavior to protect ourselves as well as those around us. </i><br />
<i>As a team we need to try new things to reach employees and demonstrate our commitment to their safety and well-being. </i><br />
<i>One of the new things we have been doing is making videos of our leaders where they talk about the current situation, the measures to be taken as a company and what each of us can do to ensure that we are safe. Everyone strongly believes that “we will come out of this is a stronger Golden Star”! Ayekoo to that! The videos have been so well received that we will likely continue this after COVID 19. </i><br />
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If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit <a href="http://www.gsr.com/responsibility">www.gsr.com/responsibility</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 2019 Ghana Mining Industry Awards gala was held on November 29, 2019 where the Golden Star team was recognised with awards in three categories:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Runner-up - Corporate Social Investment Project of the Year – Golden Star (Bogoso/Prestea) Limited</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Golden Star Wassa Limited was awarded the Best Performer in Occupational Health and Safety. The award celebrates the company which excels in promoting a holistic health and safety culture and compliance with industry regulations and safety standards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2018 and 2019, Golden Star Wassa Limited and in fact, our entire company, undertook major programs for enhanced safety culture including leadership training, the development of standards to prevent fatal injuries, and various programs to enhance workplace housekeeping and safety. In 2019, GSWL met and exceeded all its leading safety metrics and achieved 15 million working man hours with no lost time injuries (LTI). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This award celebrates joint financial transactions between a local financial institution and a producing mine that is breaking new ground and driving mining operations forward. Golden Star and Ecobank have had a history of financial partnership with two successful financial transactions leading up to 2018. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2018, Golden Star Wassa benefited from US$45 million in financial transactions with Ecobank, following US$75 million in previous loans. The deal for which the partnership received the award secured the future of Golden Star Wassa Limited by guaranteeing continuous employment of 2,257 employees and 1,366 third party contractors (2018 data) of whom 2,170 are directly employed from the local mine communities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Golden Star’s “Multi-Purpose Recreational Park Complex” was recognised as runner-up Corporate Social Investment Project of the Year, making 2019 the fourth successive year that GSBPL has been recognised in this award category.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This project saw the reclamation of an unauthorised communal refuse site into a multi-purpose recreational park complex that is now the focus for sports and social programmes for almost 30,000 people in Prestea and its surrounding communities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The project which brought together the combined efforts of Golden Star, LOCOMs and Maintenance Sustainability Africa, has served about 30,000 people through social events ranging from competitions, wedding receptions, music festivals and others. On a weekly basis basketball and aerobics sessions are conducted, with plans for exercise programs for the elderly and infirm among others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Congratulations to everyone for the fabulous efforts in 2019 which have made these recognitions possible. </span></div>
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Team GSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986115151509073212noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827947817849263053.post-61431164133291823272019-12-09T11:02:00.000-08:002019-12-13T07:24:31.304-08:00Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention During #PINKTOBER<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From its humble start in 2013, the aim of the Breast Cancer Awareness initiative was to bring free and confidential breast cancer screening to communities that would otherwise not have access. In the first five years of the initiative by the Golden Star Ladies Club, with the support of Golden Star, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and AEL Mining Services, more than 10,400 women and girls have undergone clinical breast cancer screening, potentially saving as many as 270 lives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the final stage of the program in 2017, Golden Star in partnership with GIZ, Ghana Health Services and AEL Mining Services, established Prevention Health Units (PHUs) in the catchment government hospitals and health compounds. Under the program funding, these PHUs were equipped with preventative health equipment, enabling host communities to routinely access affordable prevention health services, including clinical breast cancer screening and education on an ongoing basis as prevention is better than a cure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2019 was GSR’s year of celebration for the breast cancer screening programs in the communities. In the month of October, Golden Star Ladies Club went pink to raise awareness for breast cancer by embarking on numerous activities. In partnership with the Ministry of Health, over 700 women in seven communities were screened for breast cancer. The program resulted in 25 women being referred for further screening and potentially life-saving treatment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">During the same month, GSR’s Ladies and management wore pink mining uniforms sown by local tailors in our host communities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The uniform was the official dress for the program activities which included;</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Breast cancer awareness and self-examination talks to build capacity in the local populace and employees</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fundraising for future projects</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Inter-departmental Pink Master Chef cooking contest amongst employees</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Clean up exercise</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">GSR Prestea Ladies give thumps-up to beating breast cancer</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Early detection is the safe way</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Marian Aba Amankwah – Ladies Club Member / GSWL Inventory Controller</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>During the month of October we were able to screen lots of women and girls which we celebrated on October 22nd. The ones that showed signs of breast cancer were registered on the National Health Insurance Scheme for further screening and possible treatment. I’m very proud of what we have achieved this month. I say Ayekoo to the GSR Ladies for the unconditional support and a thank you to the management of GSR for their continuous support and sponsorship. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Makki Rashida Iddisu – GSBPL Ladies Club President / Snr OH & S Officer</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>GSBPL Ladies celebrated #PINKTOBER to raise awareness for breast cancer. Lots of activities were undertaken during this month including education on breast cancer awareness, screening, fundraising, and a cook out competition which we called the “Inter-Departmental Pink Master Chef”. Well done ladies, and a special thank you to our management and all staff for the immense support.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Special appreciation goes to the executive management and GSBPL management for their kind donations.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>George Amankwah-Kumi – Group & Comm. Health Coordinator </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>According to WHO, breast cancer kills about 500,000 people each year, mainly in low and middle-income countries. That’s why I joined and congratulate the GSR Ladies for their initiative to create awareness on breast cancer. With breast cancer, it’s all about early detection. We have to educate women, both young and old, to have periodic clinical breast cancer screenings in the PHUs set up in the various health facilities within GSR catchment communities by GSR and GIZ under the “Prevention is Better than Cure” project. Ayekoo Ladies!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Sara Fosu – Beneficiary of the Breast Screening at Himan </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>This morning I heard an announcement that GSR Ladies requested that we come and check our health (breast screening, sugar level, blood pressure, etc.) at the community centre where they had made the equipment readily available and for free. I participated in this check and my health was fine. I encourage everyone to participate in this. GSR should continue with this program since it has really proven to be very beneficial for me and other women. I say a big thank you to the Golden Star Ladies Club. Medase!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit www.gsr.com/responsibility.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Golden Star is once again working with our host communities to provide practical experience for young people. Between 2010 and 2019, we have hosted almost 800 attachment students, 750 National Service Personnel (NSP), 154 graduate trainees and 84 apprentices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2019 alone, Golden Star is hosting around 90 National Service Personnel from our host communities and beyond. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inspired by Golden Star’s work and our commitment to sustainability, the National Service teams have carried out a number of their own volunteer programs as part of their contribution to corporate social responsibility (CSR). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In July 2019 the 2018/2019 National Service Personnel raised funds of over $5,000 to embark on projects to give back to the communities. These projects included:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Support for National Health Insurance Scheme registration for over 500 community members</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Volunteer activities including painting of Kubekro Community Primary School</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As part of their program the National Service team arranged for personnel from the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to attend the community, thus providing the opportunity for over 500 members of the community, who were not enrolled in NHIS, to undertake their enrollment and gain enhanced health security for themselves and their family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the Golden Star Wassa operations, National Service Personnel volunteered numerous hours of their time to clean and repaint Kubekro Community Primary School and give it an enhanced look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Golden Star is extremely proud of the National Service Personnel and their efforts – not only in their tremendous service to the Company, but more importantly, for the leadership they have displayed through numerous hours of volunteer time and effort. Ayekoo!</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gifty Bilson – Senior Training Officer GSWL</span></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Everyone is capable of change and growth, we just need to know where to begin. Starting work life or a new job can be exciting. It offers the opportunity for greater independence, meeting new friends and colleagues, and learning new skills, but it can also be a stressful time for many young people. For this reason, Golden Star has put in a programme to prepare these young graduates for the job market.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Counting back from 2010, GSR has supported the scheme by providing service placement offer for hundreds of youth.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Company’s aim is to help the National Service Personnel gain the requisite knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience across the core operational areas of the business and also create employment opportunity for these new graduates. Well done to these personnel on their marvellous projects."</span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mozart Kweku Owuh – Municipal Chief Executive of Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality </span></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“This is the first health facility in the Municipality to have solar panels as its source of energy. It is a small step for the GSR 2018/2019 National Service, but a giant step to achieve Sustainable Development Goals #7: Affordable and Clean Energy.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These guys have great minds and I am happy with the impacts of their project on health care delivery at the clinic. They have really left a legacy!"</span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abigail Kumi – Midwife, Brakwaline Clinic</span></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“As a midwife, this project is really going to help in safe deliveries as we previously delivered using a torch light at night. Medicines that needed cold storage could not be kept at the clinic because of the absence of electricity. This puts mothers and babies at risk during deliveries.</span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Robert Ntsiful -Municipal Health Directorate Representative, Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality</span></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“The Brakwaline Clinic is one of the greatest projects by the GSR NSP. This clinic was built around 2015 and because it did not have a grid, the facility was not fully serving its purpose. Now that we have this solar installation, we are going to see to it that it does. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The capacity of the panel is great and we are going make sure that it stays in good condition. Kudos guys!”</span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nana Kweku Frimpong, Brakwaline Chief </span></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“I’m excited about this project because we desperately needed this power. Golden Star and the National Service Personnel have really surprised us, so what I can say is, God richly bless them for having such a great idea to help people of Brakwaline and other surrounding hamlets."</span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Patience Ackon- Secretary, National Service Personnel, GSBPL</span></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Looking back, I'm happy that our group of Golden Star National Service Personnel focused on “Health is Wealth” as our theme for our long week celebration. Through the theme, we identified that Brakwaline Community Clinic had no power and several community members have not been enrolled in the National Health Insurance Scheme Program.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, I'm glad that we have been able to provide power to the clinic and we have enrolled over 500 community members in the National Insurance Scheme Program."</span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prince Essel – President, National Service Personnel, GSWL</span></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“I felt excited when we decided to volunteer as painters to give a new look to the community school block. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to say a big thank you to the entire team, the community and Golden Star for giving us the opportunity to extend a helping hand onto others.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope that the next group of National Service Personnel at Golden Star will follow on and continue doing community service as part of their National Service Week celebration activities."</span></i></div>
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Team GSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986115151509073212noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827947817849263053.post-73372434387898173402019-09-18T12:09:00.000-07:002019-09-18T12:13:51.384-07:00Golden Star Excels in Ghana National Inter-Mines First Aid and Safety Competition<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Golden Star is committed to safety and employee well-being and we believe that job-related injuries and illnesses are unacceptable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In support of our commitment, we continue to improve our health and safety systems and practices and grow our skills and capacity in support of our changing business. To boost the value we place on this, our employees actively participate in local competitions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In Ghana, the top annual event for mine safety is the <i>National Inter-Mines First Aid and Safety Competition</i>. Golden Star chooses to be an active participant in the competition to underscore the importance it attaches to safety issues and to educate employees and host communities on health, first aid and safety practices. This year, Golden star won a number of awards in the 2019 zonal competitions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Now let’s take a closer look at each of the award categories that we won…</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Best Mining Company: Mine Safety Drills & Quiz (Zone 3)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Golden Star (Bogoso/Prestea) Ltd. was recognized for Best Mining Company in the competition for Zone 3. This flagship award was bestowed on the company for achieving the highest score in the quiz drills contest hosted by Golden Star Bogoso/Prestea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the end of the competition Golden Star (Bogoso/Prestea) emerged the winner ahead of Asanko Gold Mine, Newmont Goldcrop Ahafo and Gold Fields Ghana, Tarkwa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Golden Star Wassa was recognized as first runner up in the Zone 1 category of the competition. This award celebrates Golden Star Wassa for excelling in health and safety culture, compliance with industry regulations and safety standards.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Best Mining Company: Community Mine Safety Drills & Quiz (Zone 1) </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Golden Star Wassa local community team was recognized as having the best abilities to assist their communities during emergencies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Ahmed-Salim Adam </b></i></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>–</b></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b> </b></i></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>General Manager GSBPL</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>AYEKOO to the GSR TEAM!!! </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>At GSR we recognize that our operations come with a wide range of health and safety risks for our workforce and host communities. We also recognize that as a responsible mine we can provide opportunities to enhance healthy outcomes for employees, their dependents and local communities. We believe that all work-related injuries are unacceptable and everyone should go home safely every day, hence our commitment to “If it is not safe, make it safe”. AYEKOO once again to the team.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Nana Andoh – Environmental Consultant (Ghana Chamber of Mines - </b></i></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Represented the CEO of Ghana Chamber of Mines during the Zone 3 inter-mines first aid and safety competition.</b></i><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>)</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The industry is very cautious about the role that safety plays in the life of the mine. A safe mine is a very productive mine. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The chamber is very interested in making sure that mine employees work to safety rules so that everyone can return home safely to their families.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Not only do the competitions have a positive impact on the safety at the mines but they have helped catchment communities by involving the community brigade in the competition. I say congratulation to the winning teams and look forward to seeing them perform at the finals.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Philip Thompson </b></i></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>–</b></i><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> Safety Superintendent – HSEC (GSBPL)</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The safety competitions have helped to give in-depth education to our community members and employees. They have showcased that the industry has learned a lot from the past.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>We have used this safety competition platform to train a number of community members. Some have joined our workforce as emergency responders or first aiders and continue to provide first aid services to their communities.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>I say kudos to the GSR team who won. Congratulations once again.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Sidi Adam – Health & Safety Superintendent – HSEC (GSWL)</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>GSR acknowledges safety as an integral part of its business and with the inception of the safety competition, it has improved the knowledge of health and safety practices of both the company employees and the community at large. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The competition has helped train community members to act as first aid responders in incidents in their communities. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>I want to take a minute to thank you all for a job well done. Our team was selfless and unified. Thanks for pulling us through.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit www.gsr.com/responsibility.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Regular dialogue can take the form of public meetings, open houses, and sensitization forums. All are essential to developing lasting relationships built on mutual trust and respect to reach agreed objectives and shared involvement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 2012, Golden Star entered into agreements with host communities at its Bogoso/Prestea operations covering relationship and sustainability, local employment and the development foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now in 2019, our commitment to establishing strong relationships with our host communities continues. This year Golden Star’s Wassa operations, the Company and local communities have been jointly developing a memorandum of understanding. The process of development has involved four catchment communities, two resettlement communities and two divisional areas. Representatives include traditional council, Queen Mothers, Members of Parliament, Districts Assembly and women and youth, amongst others. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A key component throughout the process was the involvement of women, which has been recognized by other participants as adding a vital new perspective to the development of the MOU. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Following the signing of the MOU, a subsequent blog will be published outlining its details and the ways in which it will play an important role in the continued development of strong relationships between Golden Star, our employees and our host communities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The community and the company didn’t have procedures to guide them in their activities in the communities. Now, I think with the help of this MOU, it will improve the relationship between the community and the company. This will address the needs for the company to balance its employment process.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>I am happy we have women and Queen Mothers on the committee as their contributions were useful to the committee’s work. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>A well negotiated MOU will help promote greater unity between the community and the company because it will address two major issues; community employment and management of the Golden Star Wassa Development Foundation fund.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The number of women in the community and their participation was vital to the process and the impact of their contribution was significant during the meetings.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>This MOU is a good opportunity for the company and the communities and I am glad I assisted in the steering of the program. I believe that the mine has really transformed our various communities but together we can do more. My contribution for the few times that I have been here is to help the community change their attitudes as by working together more empowerment can be achieved. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The community has co-existed with the company for a number of years and issues are resolved through its community engagement process and our traditional meeting methods.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>This is the first time and we have come together to formalize our co-existence. This will help the community and the company as we will all heed to the agreements. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>As a Queen Mother, I am very happy to be part of the committee and my contributions were welcomed. I proposed that more women be added to the various committees to “balance for better”. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>GSR has been in this community for a long time. Whilst differences between the community and the company have been resolved through dialogue with government representatives as a third party, the MOU is going to help the community and the company relate more directly.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Having women representatives in our various committees is going to help us achieve a better outcome. We used to discourage women participation in committees, but not now, we empower them to make their opinions known.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Patrick Amoah, MOU Moderator</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>It is a very good decision for Golden Star to negotiate and sign an MOU with the community to enhance the cordial relationship.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>We all recognize that Golden Star has contributed to CSR programs for its catchment communities. This MOU will enhance the relationship on employment and supply of goods and services. Together the parties will realize enhanced value from their collaboration and the presence and investment of the company in the host communities.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit www.gsr.com/responsibility.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In June, Golden Star joined the global community to celebrate World Environment Day under the 2019 theme of “Air Pollution".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the Golden Star operations our leaders held programs with the workforce and communities to discuss our role in the protection of the environment and to launch various World Environment Day activities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tree planting activities were held with the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipal Assembly, traditional leaders, members of the Golden Star Sustainability Clubs and local schools. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a very close finish at the schools in the Wassa area, Old Subri School clinched the title for the schools’ environmental protection quiz and the schools’ environmental inspection. Congratulations to all participants!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Golden Star actively undertakes revegetation of areas where mining is completed and have nurseries to grow native endemic trees. Since 2010 we have propagated over 178,000 indigenous plant seedlings, many of special conservation value, in former mined areas. This was supported by the replacement of topsoil and broadcasting of over 18,000 kg of plant seeds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">June also marked the two year anniversary of the commencement of revegetation of the largest tailings storage facility at our Bogoso operations. In partnership with the Golden Star Oil Palm Plantation almost 3000 oil palm seedlings have been successfully propagated in former tailings areas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“The value of protecting our environment cannot be overemphasized. As we work to achieve this, my aim is to see that we do more to protect our world through planting and maintaining trees, minimizing waste generation, saving energy and avoiding burning”.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“This day highlights environmental issues which affect all of mankind: climate change, air pollution, poor waste management and excessive deforestation.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>As a leader in Golden Star, I am in support of sustainable initiatives for environmental improvement for our catchments. In this regard, these celebrations aim to bring communities, regulators and mine leadership together to improve the environment.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“World Environment Day is a key forum to create awareness and recognize the impact we have on the environment. This year’s campaign on air pollution highlights a big issue in developed and developing countries. Some of the simplest ways of reducing air pollution impact is the planting of trees and waste management. We must be proactive to create awareness when it comes to environmental stewardship.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“As we celebrate this year’s World Environment Day air pollution is a vital theme, as the ozone layer is being depleted and human pollution from industrialization is affecting our health. Let each of us individually work to have a clean environment for a healthy life.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“This year’s theme is a laudable one because the country and the world as a whole have to be reminded of the causes and effects of air pollution. I would thank Golden Star for reminding us that human behaviour is the key contributing factor to air pollution. Educating the public is key and Golden Star is doing this.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“Golden Star management made a good decision by organizing this program. We learnt a lot and it reminded us of what we can do. As a president, I will make sure that my colleagues are ambassadors of protecting the environment. We are going to make sure that we put into practice what we have learnt so that our environment will be safe in the hands of our generation. Thank you Golden Star”.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“World Environment Day promotes education, which leads to behaviour change. If we keep on practicing reforestation, it is going to help us reduce carbon monoxide in the environment and have a positive impact on our lives. I would recommend that we help preserve the quality of the environment by educating the youth on the causes and effect of pollution and to teach them how to protect it.”</i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“My aim is to protect the environment for generations to come and I am grateful for Golden Star for giving me the opportunity to expand our oil palm plantations into former mined lands which helps to protect the environment and create a livelihood for our communities.”</i></div>
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<u style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit www.gsr.com/responsibility.</u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2005 Golden Star, with the full support of our Board of Directors, wrote to the United Nations Secretary General and committed to adopting the UN Global Compact. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the world's largest global corporate citizenship initiative, the Compact is concerned with exhibiting and building the social legitimacy of business and markets. It is a framework for businesses to align their operations and strategies with universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a driver for Golden Star’s strategic approach to corporate responsibility. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) encompassed by the Agenda are the focal point for development across the globe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In May 2019 the United Nations appointed 17 influential public figures as SDG Advocates to raise awareness, inspire greater ambition, and push for faster action on the SDGs. To build the momentum for transformative, inclusive development by 2030, the Secretary-General’s SDG Advocates will use their unique platforms and leadership to inspire cross-cutting mobilization of the global community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Co-Chair of the SDG Advocates and President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo noted “The SDGs are about the future that we all want and indeed the future that we all need. It is not just desirable. It is an indispensable investment for our future - the future of our youth and that of our children. We cannot and should not fail them.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week, the Global Compact Network Canada (GCNC) launched its SDGs Emerging Practice Guide. The GCNC has been spearheading and promoting the SDGs in Canada through collaborative efforts with the private sector. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After consultations with various Canadian companies, it was determined that the lack of SDG-inspired practices was one of the leading obstacles in the adoption of the SDGs—leading to the preparation of the “SDGs Emerging Practice Guide.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At our recent Annual General Meeting, we released our 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report, our 13th report against the UN Global Compact. </span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“On behalf of the Golden Star team, I am pleased to share our annual corporate responsibility report. This is the first corporate responsibility report which I have the pleasure of presenting as the CEO of Golden Star. For me, this is a key area of strength for the company and I am privileged to inherit such a talented and dedicated team. </i></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EF387oM2VzSWn_lV97yPeyrB19VY84OaN_NUmMiI1Mf19KqyHme-TIlv_SAb1BtrecdaGv0vf14sO9HEio9eHa2BqlqEMm15T4fagHuaWWihSfAHIMfA3pMD51eNmj63y1Ccf5uzpmQ/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="424" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EF387oM2VzSWn_lV97yPeyrB19VY84OaN_NUmMiI1Mf19KqyHme-TIlv_SAb1BtrecdaGv0vf14sO9HEio9eHa2BqlqEMm15T4fagHuaWWihSfAHIMfA3pMD51eNmj63y1Ccf5uzpmQ/s200/5.JPG" width="153" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>In 2018 we achieved much success related to our ongoing delivery of corporate responsibility programmes including winning the prestigious PDAC Environment and Social Responsibility award and multiple awards at the Ghana Mining Industry Awards. I would like to extend my congratulations to our teams, GSOPP, LOCOMs and Ms. Gandhi for these fantastic achievements.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>We also continued to advance our progress in supporting the Sustainable Development Goals. One of my key priorities is to ensure that our work in corporate responsibility continues to develop and that we remain a trusted and valued partner for all our stakeholders”.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit www.gsr.com/responsibility </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To download the SDGs Emerging Practice Guide please visit www.globalcompact.ca/sdgs-emerging-pratice-guide </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In support of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 3): End the Epidemics of Malaria and Other Diseases, Golden Star joins the National Malaria Programme and other partner organizations in promoting this year’s World Malaria Day theme “Zero malaria starts with me”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Malaria is the single greatest cause of disease burden in Ghana and it disproportionally affects children and pregnant women. In our host communities, malaria represents around 60% of clinic attendance cases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Golden Star, we implement a malaria prevention program that incorporates spraying of residential areas, provision of personal protection equipment and repellents, and access to 24-hour testing and treatment at our mine site clinics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2018, with the support of program partners, we shared over 5,000 long-lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets with our families and host communities. As a result of our ongoing efforts, we were recognized as a Malaria Safe Organization by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our programs are paying off – in 2018 our malaria case rates were less than 5.5% of clinic attendance, translating to 0.35 malaria cases per workforce capita for less than 768 days lost to malaria illness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GSR continues to support the Malaria Control Programmes (Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 3)) with implementation of the Behaviour Change Communication Strategy on the use of insecticide-treated nets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>As a Golden Star malaria champion, I share malaria control measures with HR at safety meetings and coordinate the departmental malaria champions training to ensure that everyone gets involved. The initiatives taken by GSR will reduce our medical cost when it comes to malaria treatment and will reduce lost productivity. The awareness created at safety meetings, and also the involvement in the malaria eradication programme, will go a long way to get people informed about the control measures that can help prevent malaria. Going forward, I look forward to educating catchment communities on environmental cleanliness as additional measures for malaria control.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>As a GSR employee, I have participated and benefited from the malaria prevention program that incorporates both indoor and outdoor residual spraying of residential areas, offices and work places, and the use of long-lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets. These initiatives are good for GSR and it forms part of our key measures for preventing malaria.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I look forward to becoming a champion of malaria prevention by educating the workforce and the host communities on malaria prevention measures.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>In view of huge financial and economic burden, which the disease poses to the operations of the company, the Health and Safety Department as well as the Community Relations Department have been implementing a number of initiatives to reduce malaria cases among its workforce. Notably, among these initiatives are employee education to create awareness on malaria, training of malaria champions in the various departments, internal residual spraying of company buildings and structures, distribution of long lasting insecticide nets, of which I was involved, and many others.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>As a malaria champion, I coordinated the training of the GSR employees on malaria prevention practices and assisted with the distribution of the nets. The distribution of the nets has gone a long way to reduce the malaria cases reported in the mine. It is a great and effective initiative to prevent illness caused by malaria. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Personally, after a bad encounter with malaria, I am supportive of the medication as well as the preventive measures recommended.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>More often than not we convince ourselves that using mosquito nets are uncomfortable and expensive, forgetting the self-inflicting slaps from spending a night with mosquitoes.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Malaria is a very serious illness and one of the leading causes of death in children under five and pregnant women in Ghana.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Golden Star as a Malaria Safe Organization has a lot of initiatives that help reduce malaria among its workforce and dependent. Sharing of mosquito repellent to employees who work on night shift and also progressing education on malaria control practices throughout the year help in the reduction of malaria cases.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Personally, I educate employees during safety meetings and sometimes unofficially talk to the community members on what they can do as individuals to help reduce malaria cases in themselves and their families. </i></span></div>
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Team GSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986115151509073212noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827947817849263053.post-13905872602001742052019-04-01T08:09:00.001-07:002019-04-01T08:09:49.002-07:00Balance for a Better Golden Star - Celebrating International Women's Day 2019<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2019, the theme of this year’s campaign calls for us to “#BalanceforBetter” and work together to forge a gender-balanced world. As Golden Star recognizes the critical link between advancing the status of women and reducing the poverty burden, we aim to create equal opportunity for every member of our team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 2018 United Nations study (https://www.cigionline.org/articles/advancing-gender-equality-through-trade) estimated that women in developing countries could increase their farm yields by approximately 30% if they are provided with the same resources as men. This would help increase total agriculture outputs and decrease the number of people affected by hunger by 12 to 17 percent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At Golden Star we are confident that the same resulting benefits from increased resources for women in farming can be achieved in a number of other employment sectors. In support of this, we are focused on the empowerment of women within the organization and in our third party contractors. By providing our female team members with the same resources as their male counterparts Golden Star aims to achieve a working environment where every person has the same opportunity to succeed and live a well-balanced life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For this year’s International Women’s Day we wanted to highlight women who are both directly employed by Golden Star and working as third party contractors in fields such as security, catering and gardening services. According to statistics, over 50% of Primus (GSR Catering Service Provider) workers are women with 100% of those women being from our host communities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Golden Star encourages everyone to take responsibility in shaping a gender-balanced world through collective action and strives to ensure safe, equal and gainful employment for all members of our team. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I’m a mother of three and I also work for Primus. As a mother I have to make sure I’m well organized because it can be challenging to balance my time between work and home. As a woman it can be tough sometimes, but the fact that we are able to overcome it shows why women need to be included in every workplace. Gender balance is important for a better organization.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Gladys Ewudzie (Kruger Brent Security)</b></i></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was happy when I got a message from a friend wishing me a happy International Women’s Day this morning. I’m celebrating this day with love and pride as a single mother of three. Now I can boast of my achievements as a mother. Being a mother goes beyond giving birth, it includes the love and affection that you show toward your family. I didn’t find it easy to give up time with my family to work at first, but when I considered the benefit for myself and my family, it is worth the sacrifice. In many ways this job has raised my self-esteem as a woman as people see me as a mentor and find inspiration in my accomplishments. </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Management is key when you want to balance your time as a mother and a career woman. When leaving home I make sure that I manage my time by sticking to my schedule for my routine at home. I don’t regret being a career woman and a mother because this job is helping me to provide for my family. As a career woman you earn the respect of your family and your community and I support the idea of a gender-balanced organization. In my field of work there are women who have higher positions than some of the men. I advise women stay hopeful as they strive to earn a living for their family. </i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s good to have a gender-balanced organization regardless of its type as it allows people to explore their different strengths while supporting each other. As a single woman, I am happy to be working as I am not in a rush to get married. I would love to continue working and use my job as a way to take care of my family. As a woman, I am able to use my story to inspire others, especially teenage girls. Though I wasn’t able to go far in my education, that didn’t stop me from working. For me, I’m happy to be a career woman.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>There is a saying that “if you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a family”. This saying comes from a Ghanaian scholar Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir-Aggrey. I am so excited to be an educated woman. As a career woman and a mother, balancing my time at work and home is not very flexible. Though my mother has offered to take care of my child, I want to fulfill my role as a wife and mother on my own. Competing with men in the workforce is quite challenging but when teamwork prevails, a lot is achieved. I wouldn’t dream of staying home, I want to continue to work to help support my family. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I am a mother of three, a widower and a career woman. Having kids and working as a single mother is not an easy task. I used to be a seamstress when my husband was alive but after his loss, the sewing couldn’t cater for the family so l had to look for other means to keep the family moving. Then I got this job and I have been with this company for seven years. With hard work I have been able to help my kids at the tertiary level. Having women in the workforce is important and it allows us to contribute even more to our families. I support the idea of every woman having a career if that is what they want.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Golden Star recognizes that vibrant regional communities rely on diversified economies. We continue to focus on supporting our host communities in the development of a diverse economy and to retain a larger proportion of the value that is derived from the presence of our business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A key part of our approach is to enhance the capacity of local businesses. In a pilot program in 2015, Golden Star sought expressions of interest from communities local to its Prestea operations which led to 17 new local companies being formed to supply products and services to our operations. The companies collaborate under an umbrella body, Local Companies in Mining Services or LOCOMS. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">LOCOMS has attracted business opportunities that previously would have been directed to larger companies in regional centres away from our host communities. During their partnership with Golden Star, LOCOMS have supplied 89 items of heavy equipment to our operations, involved three catering businesses, and directly employed over 250 people. The success of the project was recognized at the 2016 Ghana Mining Industry Awards as leading practice in Corporate Social Investment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The LOCOMS concept has not only enhanced local employment but has re-invigorated the local economy with over US$ 27 million in payments made to the local companies since inception. LOCOMS companies have since been invited to bid on jobs in neighbouring west-African nations, and Golden Star has replicated the concept at its most recent Mampon mining project. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“LOCOMS wining this award is a great achievement and they deserve it. GSR from the beginning has played a major role right from its formation until date. LOCOMS have contributed to the peaceful coexistence between GSR and their catchment communities. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“I felt excited when I heard GSR had won a number of awards at the Ghana Chamber of Mines 4th Industry Awards for 2018. When LOCOMS was mentioned as the runner-up, Best Performer in Mine Supplies and Services I just shouted hurray!!! </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>LOCOMS, GSR local enterprise initiative has been recognized at the national level! I say ayeeko (thank you) to GSR for coming up with the initiative, LOCOMS members and executives for keeping up the vision and Ghana Chamber of mines for instituting an award scheme for this category. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Congratulations to the Golden Star Oil Palm Plantation (GSOPP) for winning two major awards in 2018. GSOPP won the District Best Farm Based Organization Award at the National Farmer’s Day celebrations in Ghana for the third time and Best Performer in Corporate Social Investment at the Ghana Mining Awards for 2018. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Golden Star directs $1 per ounce of gold produced to GSOPP with the objective to reduce poverty through employment generation and promote wealth creation through sustainable agri-business. GSOPP is a multi-award winning social enterprise project, established in April 2006 as a non-profit subsidiary of Golden Star.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Golden Star Oil Palm Plantation is one of Golden Star’s most well-known community development initiatives, with an employee base of more than 767 people, comprising of both farmers and workers. A socioeconomic impact assessment conducted in 2017 demonstrated that 2,089 dependents benefited directly from GSOPP. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With a significant number of people in our host communities benefitting from GSOPP, it is our commitment to continue expanding this landmark initiative every year. For more information on GSOPP visit; <a href="http://goldenstarinthecommunity.blogspot.com/2016/10/happy-birthday-gsopp.html">http://goldenstarinthecommunity.blogspot.com/2016/10/happy-birthday-gsopp.html</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Congratulations to the Golden Star Oil Palm Plantation team for their marvelous performance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Peter Addai (Operations Superintendent, GSOPP)</b><br />“These awards are testaments of the wonderful work that Golden Star is doing to improve the livelihood of its communities.<br />GSOPP remains a significant flagship livelihood program for Golden Star and is indeed making a difference to people’s quality of life. GSOPP demonstrates that Golden Star is contributing to broader economic development in the area that will be sustainable beyond the life of the mine.<br />We aim to secure a processing plant to process all of our fresh fruit bunches to ensure GSOPP achieve its full potential to support economic growth in and around the Golden Star catchment area”.</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Daniel Wiredu, GSOPP Bogoso Farmers Association Chairman </i></b><br /><i>“The palm plantation has really been of help to me. I was a palm plantation farmer but my plants weren’t yielding fruit like they should. When GSOPP got involved, our farming produce started booming. GSOPP handed over the business to us and the money that we are now getting is huge compared to our formal farming practices. I used to plant 10 archers of land but the fruit it used to bare was quite little. I wasn’t able to take care of my family as a result and I couldn’t enroll my kids in school. I've seen a great deal of hardship in my life but now the story is different as I am able to help my family. Now I feel proud as a father. My kids are enrolled in school all thanks to GSOPP. Ayekoo GSOPP on your award!”</i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>"I am a beneficiary of a four hectare palm plantation under the GSOPP project. I have received a monthly income and that is what I depend on to support my family. All my children are in school and I have also been able to empower my wife in small-scale trading. In 2014, I was named the Districts’ Best Oil Palm Farmer during the National Farmer's Day celebration. Today, I am happy that GSOPP has been awarded for the third time the District Best Farm Based Organization Award at the National Farmer’s Day celebrations in Ghana and Best Performer in Corporate Social Investment at the Ghana Mining Awards for 2018”.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Samuel Kow Wilson, GSBPL Community Development Officer</b><br />“For GSOPP to be honoured as the best social investment initiative does not come as a surprise at all. Its benefits are direct and of great benefit to the selected farmers, landowners and the community. There cannot be a more sustainable way of supporting our communities than having a sustaining plantation that provides a source of income to them. I am honoured and proud to be part of this story which elevates the GSOPP model.<br />I am confident that GSOPP will remain true to its original goal of serving as an alternative source of livelihood for Golden Star Resources’ host communities.” </i> </span></div>
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Team GSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986115151509073212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827947817849263053.post-30863937571791718272018-12-20T01:08:00.001-08:002018-12-20T01:08:23.838-08:00Let There Be Light<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">A well-lit community is a safer community and Golden Star is committed to helping our host communities be safer, in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The Bogoso community has experienced a rise in nighttime theft and to combat this, Golden Star’s employees and local community members have begun raising funds to improve the community street lighting. The ‘Let There be Light’ campaign aims to install over 50 street light systems to benefit more than 5,000 people in the Bogoso community. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">What started out as an idea shared in casual conversation between coworkers has led to funds being raised that will not only bring light to the community but will also be used for the sustainable and on-going maintenance of the light systems. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“The Let There be Light project was the idea of Golden Star assemblymen. This project was virtually announced in a workers’ bus en route to work. The company does many things for the community, and this time around, the employees are also trying to put in something to support the campaign. Improvement in the lighting system will enhance visibility and reduce crime at Bogoso. We are also looking at working with various other communities in our catchment area.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Mr. Nyanzu Agyabu, Golden Star’s HSEC Manager</b><br />“A group of young men visited me and indicated that the township is dark and as a result of that, stealing and other social vices are common. These people had already started mobilizing funds to buy streetlighting for the whole township. <br />People are in support of this campaign because many of them have become victims of theft in Bogoso at night. The streetlight levies are paid by us all, and nobody is charged separately, so we need to utilize what we have been paying for as citizens. If the campaign generates excess funds, they can easily be used to buy extra bulbs to serve as spares for emergencies. The community appreciates the effort that people are putting in place to make Bogoso shine at night for a clearer visibility.”</i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Mr. Robert Gyamfi, Golden Star Community Relation and Social Responsibility Manager</b><br />“The value of lighting a community at night cannot be over emphasized. And in the case of Bogoso, the story is no different. Since Bogoso became a district capital and recently elevated to a municipal capital, it has not really gained enough street lighting. The Let There be Light campaign has come at the right time. It is going to make it difficult for thieves who commit crime under the cover of darkness and help people to walk freely with little or no fear.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Evans Aboah, (Acting Area Council Chairman, Bogoso)</b><br />“The poor lighting system at Bogoso is really a problem. A good lighting system in a real sense beautifies the township. Darkness in the town gives thieves an upper hand as they hide in places where there is no light and take people by surprise. This has made Bogoso a crime-prone area. We believe the Let There be Light campaign will make Bogoso Township a better, safer place to live.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Golden Star, in collaboration with local community partners, has brought Prestea its very first multi-purpose recreational park through the transformation of a former unauthorized dumping site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Godwin Owinje commented: <i>“This is a world class facility that will help promote basketball in Ghana. The biggest problem in most African countries when it comes to growing basketball is the lack of facilities. I think that what Golden Star has done is a great start.” </i></span></div>
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Masai Ujiri, founder of Giants of Africa speaks from the heart about his mission: <i>“Dream. It’s okay to dream, and it’s okay to dream big.”</i></div>
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Growing up playing basketball in Africa, Ujiri realized the abundance of talent in his homeland – but these players were often referred to as raw, lacking experience in the game and lacking access to coaching and facilities. Ujiri drew upon these personal experiences and founded GOA in 2003 – a non-profit organization with the goal of changing this reality. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Emmanuel Nyadedzor, a student of Prestea Senior High Technical School</i></b><br /><i>“As a basketball player, I was looking forward to continuing with my training when my dad got transferred to Prestea. But to my disappointment, I couldn’t train because there was no basketball court in the community. Now with the help of Golden Star, I have been able to train consistently. Golden Star basketball training has really helped me to acquire new skills as a basketball player.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“I was selected during the drill at Tarkwa because of my experience and performance. I learned new drills like sliding, javelin passes, bounce passes, layup and many more. The trainer taught me to take the training seriously if we want to be like Michael Jordan and Steven Curry. I thank Golden Star for giving us the opportunity to train like professional basketball players. If we are well trained, we will achieve something profitable in life”.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“Basketball isn’t well known to the people of Prestea, Bogoso and other villages close by. It is however, well known in Takoradi, Accra and Kumasi as they play league matches. The basketball court will give local youth a recreational activity and it will help to keep them out of trouble. As a basketball trainer, I think this will help my students to develop their skills in basketball too. Golden Star has been doing well, and having a court here is a credit to the company.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit www.gsr.com/responsibility. For more information on Giants of Africa and their programs, please visit www.giantsofafrica.org </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At Golden Star Resources our people are our greatest asset and therefore a strong safety culture is our top priority. Every day our team members come to work in order to achieve a common goal and we take every precaution to ensure they are able to do so in a safe environment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In line with our commitment to sustainability, we aim to build a working environment in which our people are provided with the proper training to be productive and secure each and every day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The wellbeing of our people is deeply rooted in our company values and is the basis of one of our most important slogans used on site: ‘If it's not safe, don’t do it.’ </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> At our operations, more than 154 employees participated in Golden Star’s Safety Standards workshops. Throughout these workshops dedicated teams of specialist personnel advised and supported our teams, providing them with the in-depth knowledge they need to ensure their safety while working in high risk environments.<br /> <br />Five areas of our operations were covered during the training sessions: Electrical, Driving and Mobile Equipment, Work at Heights, Cranes and Lifting and Drilling. At Golden Star we continuously aim to enhance our safety standards and believe providing our team with on-going training is the key to accomplishing an incident-free workplace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“As a management champion, there is nothing more important than the implementation of safety standards. Improving our safety training is a good initiative and I am happy that everyone, including management, is in full support” </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit www.gsr.com/responsibility.</span></u>Team GSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986115151509073212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827947817849263053.post-87118949806165246352018-08-17T07:04:00.000-07:002018-09-21T10:03:47.865-07:00Building a Nation Through Youth Leadership<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Golden Star is once again working with our host communities to provide practical experience for young people. Between 2010 and 2017, we have hosted 729 attachment students, 602 National Service personnel, 134 graduate trainees and 74 apprentices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This year is no exception, with Golden Star hosting 122 National Service personnel from our host communities and beyond. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Inspired by Golden Star’s work and our commitment to sustainability, the National Service teams have carried out a number of their own volunteer programs as part of their contribution to corporate social responsibility (CSR). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In February 2018, the National Service team began volunteering with projects that included free weekend tuition for basic school students preparing for their final exams in mathematics, information computer technology (ICT) and general science. In addition, career counselling in relation to educational programs was offered to the candidates to help them achieve their full potential.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The second phase of the National Service team’s CSR program included fund-raising and carrying out repairs and maintenance work to schools and a hospital. This work included:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• At Experimental Junior High School, Bogoso – plastering and painting a classroom block and replacing blackboards with white boards<br />• At St. Michael Catholic School, Bogoso – painting of the laboratory, carrying out a major electrical wiring upgrade, and providing an Epson projector and screen for use in ICT studies<br />• At Akyempim School A and B & Old Subri Junior High School, Wassa – providing books and stationary<br />• At the Government Hospital, Prestea – upgrading of old wooden theatre doors to sliding doors and painting of the out-patients department and dispensary</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In total, this year’s Golden Star National Service team raised almost 20,000 GHc (over US$4,000) for their CSR program, providing assistance to hundreds of children and local community members.<br /><br />Golden Star is extremely proud of the National Service personnel and their efforts – not only in amassing such amazing financial support, but more importantly, for the leadership they have displayed through numerous hours of volunteer time and effort. Ayekoo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“Our core mandate on earth is to better the lives of our younger generation. CSR is a call to all; everybody can do little things which have a great impact. On behalf of the National Service personnel of Golden Star Bogoso/Prestea Ltd, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to our general manager, the management team and the entire workforce for their tremendous support and advice throughout this project.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Pricilla Boateng, St. Michael Catholic School</b><br />“We are very happy to receive the projector. Before it came we were finding it difficult to see and understand what our teacher was trying to teach us. With the projector, even if we have problems with our machines, we can see our lesson on the screen. We thank the Golden Star National Service team.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“I thank you for filling the potholes in our classroom and painting my school. I am very happy about the whiteboards, as we no longer have to black the board every Friday which makes our uniforms very dirty. I thank the service people for doing this and we promise to study very hard to make them proud. God bless them.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Young people in Golden Star’s host communities face the challenges of unemployment and skills shortages. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To provide local young people with the opportunity to succeed, Golden Star launched the Golden Star Skills Training and Employable Program (GSSTEP) in 2009. Since that time Golden Star has sponsored over 600 young people in our host communities to obtain trade skills in masonry, carpentry, commercial cookery and other disciplines. All trainees also receive start-up tools to set up their own businesses to better prepare them to make a contribution to their community. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In a recent review of the program’s sustainability, an exciting opportunity for improvement was recognized. More of the trainees would succeed in converting their new skills into new business development if they had complementary ‘work experience’ to support the qualifications they had gained. Recognizing this opportunity, Golden Star designed a ‘post-GSSTEP’ on-the-job learning program called the Golden Star Learning and Earning Program (GSLEP). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The GSLEP pilot program was conducted earlier this year with the objective of empower young people to acquire basic market-oriented vocational livelihood and entrepreneurial skills, leading to successful employment in their community. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Under the GSLEP program, the young people transition from traineeship into a form of on-the-job instruction, earning a daily income to serve as motivational support and to assist with the transition into craftsmanship.</span></div>
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The maiden group of GSLEP trainees have excelled and proven the value of the new, enhanced concept, having successfully constructed a first floor, 8 unit classroom block extension for the Prestea Senior High Technical School. </div>
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The trainees (14 studying masonry, 7 carpentry and 2 commercial cookery) completed this tremendous effort in just five months, with the support of their supervisors and mentors.</div>
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Further proving the applicability of this concept and the need for these skills in the community, Golden Star was thrilled to receive expressions of interest from the host communities with ideas for other projects for the trainees. Even the Chief of Mbease Nsuta himself approached our company with keen interest in the project and future opportunities for the maiden GSLEP team.</div>
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“GSLEP is a staging ground to transition our GSSTEP participants from training, to learning, to earning. We will be working to develop a pathway for these young people to move into small business ownership and entrepreneurism, along the lines of how we have facilitated the development of LOCOMs (Local Contractors in Mining Services).”</div>
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<i>“When I heard Golden Star was looking for young people to train, I decided to join because I knew it was an opportunity for me to improve myself. Initially, our training allowed us to acquire important skills. After our practical session we moved to the field to work on a project as paid trainees! With just 14 of us and the supervision of our site trainers, we have been able to build an eight unit classroom block. With this I believe I can build a three bedroom house if the opportunity comes. I thank Golden Star for equipping us and we promise to work hard with the skills acquired.”</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit www.gsr.com/responsibility.</u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: calibri;">T</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">his post relates to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 3): End the epidemics of tuberculosis, AIDS, malaria and other diseases.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the past five years, Golden Star has implemented a number of initiatives to decrease the number of malaria cases reported amongst our workforce by two-thirds. These initiatives include the spraying of residential buildings and offices, the supply of insect repellent sprays to our employees and health education and mitigation initiatives, including pathology testing and anti-malarial treatments. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In line with our values to be a malaria safe company, Golden Star organized a training session for our employees and for the people living in our host communities (Malaria Safe). This training day was held in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs for Private Sector Malaria Prevention (PSMP).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At Golden Star, our people are our greatest asset so we are committed to ensuring they work safely and stay healthy. In recognition of World Malaria Day, we carried out an education program on how to prevent malaria amongst our workforce and we gave 2,000 insecticide treated nets (ITNs) to our employees. This event was organized in partnership with International SOS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“The success of a company is highly dependent on the wellbeing of its
employees. I believe the </i><i>gesture done by GSR is a step toward ensuring good
health and wellbeing, which is number 3 on the SDG goals. Over the years,
malaria has been recorded as one of the most serious diseases in Africa. I
thank the management of GSR for investing socially in our lives to help curb
this. I hope that in subsequent occasions, the gesture will be extended beyond
its employees. Thank you GSR for my long-lasting insecticide net. Medase.”</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“I would like to thank management for thinking about the wellbeing and health of employees, it is very much appreciated. Malaria is a very serious illness and I believe the net will go a long way towards preventing it.” </span></i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Malaria is a very serious illness and one of the leading causes of death in children under five and pregnant women. The education and distribution of the treated net by Golden Star management and International SOS during malaria week will go a long way in preventing malaria in the years to come. I think it should be done often, especially the education, to help remind employees and their dependents about malaria prevention.”</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“Malaria is very a common disease in Africa and I am happy GSR management is helping to reduce it. Personally, I believe if we practice what we have been taught and ensure the safe use of the net, it will help prevent malaria. I thank management for their support and I hope that the next distribution will be extended to dependents and the communities.”</i></span><br />
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far</i>. <i>The health and safety department
have taken time to draw a schedule to educate and train employees which will go
a long way to help them understand the good use of the ITN and its importance.
I see this net to be efficient, long lasting and accommodating based on my
little experience. I </i><i>think it was </i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rvYkmQiuBGXjXycJUPHwYFWlHc_SbmyHw-xZHJ9qOJnmt4HxQbtKQpITy1_vEAhN2quiSehl1p-I_awnPfFIcX7fQ-hkojXVQ9tWVwKO8IdEEgOVujbFktOzdte2Oh8d7lzBTZbIvd4/s1600/9..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; clear: left; color: #0066cc; float: left; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></a><i>laudable for management to have come up with
this initiative. It shows how the health and </i><i>wellbeing of our employees is
paramount to them. We appreciate your concern."</i></span></div>
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in line with Goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals. I am optimistic
this proactive measure will make huge strides in preventing and curbing
malaria and other related diseases within the mine site and catchment
communities. Thank you!”</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit </span><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.gsr.com/responsibility.</u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At Golden Star, safety is a VALUE. It is more important than a priority. Priorities may change, but at Golden Star our dedication to continuously improving safety standards will not. Our people are our greatest asset and we are committed to their wellbeing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Chief Executive Officer and President of Golden Star Resources, Mr. Sam Coetzer, spoke in support of Golden Star’s plans to involve host communities, especially school pupils and students of our host communities, in promoting safety and other aspects of sustainability. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the support of the CEO and site leadership, and in partnership with key local schools and Ghana Education Services, Sustainability Clubs have been formed in two local schools. The two pilot clubs have 90 members each and include six executives. These clubs will provide social, environmental, and economic sustainability education and action over multiple generations. They will also act as a focal point for coaching youth leaders in health and safety conditions and practices that impact on society vulnerability.<br /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The inauguration ceremony was attended by Golden Star employees, who addressed the club members about the need to integrate theoretical and practical approaches in upholding health, safety, environmental and civic responsibilities for enhanced sustainability.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Mr. Robert Gyamfi, Manager of Community Relations, advised current and prospective members that the motivation for joining the club should stem from one’s genuine conviction to champion the cause of sustainability.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Students expressed their excitement for the club and the opportunity to learn about sustainability, while using the club as a platform to provide leadership to other youth, and contribute to society. Let’s hear what the club members are most excited about…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“Even though it is new, this club has already made me a better person. I have learnt a lot about how to sustain the environment in my own small way and I believe this change can help me change others. I will educate my class and my little sister to turn off lights and to not litter. I know that television also takes some amount of electricity so I will educate my younger sister so we don’t leave it on when we are doing other things. This can help reduce the amount of bills our parents pay. I thank Golden Star for helping me to be a better person through this club.”</i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“I think sustaining our environment can go a long way to help the next generation live a better life. In my church, the Sunday school class always goes out to buy water in the middle of lessons and after drinking the water, they litter the whole place with the containers. As a sustainability club member, what I have planned as a way to help sustain the environment, is to tell the minister of my church to buy a water dispenser for the Sunday school as the dispenser will help stop the littering and together we can build a nice environment.”</i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“I have learnt a lot through this club, especially on safety….how we arrange our classrooms and dormitories is part of safety because careless arrangements can make someone fall and get hurt. As a prefect and a club member, I will do what I can to help sustain the environment within my school.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“I am very excited to be a member of the club. I have learnt so many things and am hoping to learn more through the training. Here in Prestea there is a lot of rubbish, which blocks gutters and they overflow when it rains. Now I know I will pick up and dispose of rubbish properly. I am proud to be a member because change has come to me.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“I am part of the wildlife club. Sustainability is broader and covers a lot of aspects which inspired me to join. The club has had a lot of impact so far. I can’t wait to start our projects and see more.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“I didn’t know much about the club until a friend took me to a meeting and that was when I realized I have so much to learn and contribute to the society. Joining this club has been very educative and motivating and I believe to be able to change someone, there is the need to accept change yourself. I thank Golden Star for bringing their safety and environment values to us.”</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“I am very impressed about the way and manner in which Golden Star has gone about forming this club. With the club coming in, I know and believe the environmental issues in this school with regards to littering will reduce. On behalf of the school, I want to expresses my appreciation to Golden Star for their effort so far. Kudus and more Grace.”</i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ9EJF6SKo2oaW-4Mg1zt2BTB5i11chvrmGR007hB9dFl2KctTP0T1KGJ23XvEF6IbXAsVbSrBzQX5GiiHmqU_2f7Gh4Cr3eqs_ryMdjSLGe2cHodZweC5IZBIfi8OhlIMFo8z-JXpSk/s1600/13.+Elvis+Kan-Uge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="503" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ9EJF6SKo2oaW-4Mg1zt2BTB5i11chvrmGR007hB9dFl2KctTP0T1KGJ23XvEF6IbXAsVbSrBzQX5GiiHmqU_2f7Gh4Cr3eqs_ryMdjSLGe2cHodZweC5IZBIfi8OhlIMFo8z-JXpSk/s200/13.+Elvis+Kan-Uge.jpg" width="132" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Elvis Kan-Uge, Club Master – Golden Star School</b><br />“If we talk about sustainability, it is not one-sided; energy conservation, environment, wellbeing and safety all falls under sustainability. My expectation as a Club Master is to ingrain in these children the habit of not littering, conserving energy, living a healthy life and protecting the environment. In the next 2 to 3 years, we expect the club to be a betterment club where we influence these kids, and as they improve on themselves they also influence others to build a sustainable community and environment.”</i></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUj_3oNV5NwPhvy0Wf95hZ0Gy-2gS5gajo3KNE74KJ39j3rQ7_GdXJE_AiGY0ENPsCWxfd6NFyxpvvP-bVre2RBasegtgPtW95StRhMLT-qFW78NIVpHmfyZ3zjBjYYxkyjJOawJ_3pk/s1600/14.+Dominic+Kumah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“When management asked me to be the Club Master, I was very delighted because I believe in making the environment safe. With illegal mining endangering our environment and threatening our safety, I think this club will help us solve the little issues so that they don’t grow into big problems that will be above our control. So for me, I believe starting with these younger ones was a good initiative and am proud to be a master of such a club.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“I see this club as a very good initiative by Golden Star and I would be glad if it can extend to other schools within our municipality. Coaching younger people in safety and environmental culture is important because it becomes a way of life for them. They then become leaders and can educate others, especially those that did not benefit from education about how important our safety and environment is.”</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Sustainability is about conserving resources for the benefit of all. If our safety culture in the workplace, home and school is poor, this may result in injury or the loss of human life. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the school environment it is important that classroom furniture, dormitory beds and other school items are arranged well to prevent accidents. Rubbish can also cause issues and must be placed in a bin or nominated areas in the school. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I believe strongly that the formation of the sustainability club will help address a range of issues in our schools and in society”.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit <a href="http://www.gsr.com/responsibility">www.gsr.com/responsibility</a>.</span>Team GSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986115151509073212noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827947817849263053.post-81154555213355154732018-04-18T14:28:00.000-07:002018-04-18T14:35:24.298-07:00Helping Babies Breathe <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ghana has gradually reduced its neonatal mortality rate although in 2016 it still remained more than two times higher than the Sustainable Development Goal target. Ghana is on par with the level achieved by the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and lags behind those classified as low and middle income. There is also a significant difference between the neonatal mortality rate in urban and rural areas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is widely acknowledged that supervised delivery reduces the risk of complications and infections during childbirth, thereby decreasing both neonatal and maternal mortality. The 2012 Ghana Demographic Health Survey shows that three quarters of all maternal deaths occur during birth and the immediate post-partum period as a direct result of low levels of skilled birth attendance. Ensuring care provided by skilled professionals during pregnancy and childbirth is a critical intervention for safe birth and motherhood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 2015 Golden Star and the Golden Star Development Foundation partnered to bring the Project C.U.R.E. Helping Babies Breathe program to our Wassa East catchment communities. The 4-day neo-natal resuscitation training for 40 health professionals resulted in immediate tangible benefits. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The District Public Health Nurse, Ms. Patience Otoo, said that neonatal death had decreased from 1.1% to 0.06% per 100 live births from 2014 to 2015 in just one year since the program inception!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the success of the program, in 2017 Golden Star raised funds to support two further Helping Babies Breathe programs. They were conducted for over 70 health professionals from our Prestea Huni-Valley and Wassa Amenfi districts in March 2018!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the objective of bringing neonatal resuscitation training to our other catchment communities, in 2018 Golden Star again partnered with Project C.U.R.E., Ghana Health Services and the Ministry of Health to deliver the invaluable Helping Babies Breathe Program. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Helping Babies Breathe program was delivered to over 70 nurses and encompassed additional Master training for six of the program participants. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All successful participants were provided with resuscitation and suction kits, as well a certificate of participation. Master Trainer kits were also provided to each of the six Master trainers, who will now provide ongoing training within the Ghana Health Services system to further expand the availability of skilled birth assistance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Professionals from Wassa Akropong Government Hospital, Prestea Government Hospital, Esikuma CHPS, Insu Siding CHPS, Aboso Health Centre, Himan Health Centre and Bogoso Health Centre participated in the training, with Master trainers also selected from amongst these locations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Within less than a month, the Master trainers at the Bogoso Health Centre had already conducted ‘second generation’ training session to the wider staff group from the centre, with a further 20 people already trained under the program.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />So let’s find out what the participants see as the impact of the program:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Wassa-Akropong Government Hospital</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Evelyn Margaret Bernice Zakia Millicent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“I have attended workshops before but this workshop is a very important one. Neonatal mortality in the district and Ghana is still high. This training has really made an impact on me and I know it will have a great impact on my community. I really appreciate Golden Star and its partners.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“I am really impressed and excited, having learnt a lot and improved my skills. I believe it will go a long way to improve the way we go about things and I am very grateful.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“This is one of the best and most powerful workshops I have ever had.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“This workshop has been very educative and has enlightened me to some new practices and has opened my eyes to the bad ones we practiced before. I thank Golden Star and their partners for a well-considered program and a job well done.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“It was a very interesting and helpful program to me as an individual and my clients. The training made me realize that we were doing so many things in the wrong manner. Now that we know the standard and best practice, we will do our best to make all changes implemented.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Bogoso Health Centre</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Being a master trainer has helped and benefited me in so many ways and I am very thankful that I was selected. In fact it has shaped and improved my skills and it has also helped my facility because I have been able to train some of our staff. Soon the others will follow and every worker in my facility will be ambassadors of helping babies breathe!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“As a Master trainer my learning is more intense and I am aiming to create a safe and positive learning environment like I had. We are teaching birth attendants about how to care for newborns to reduce neonatal mortality. Practice they say enhances perfection. I thank my facilitators and Golden Star and we promise to be neonatal live savers.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“The program has been very effective and purposeful and I have learnt a lot of new skills. Though we were doing the things expected of us in our facilities, they were not the best. I learnt new things like how important it is to ensure skin to skin contact between the mother and the baby to ensure warmth for six hours before a bath and the best way to treat and talk to our clients. Well done Golden Star.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“The training taught me a lot of things and with this knowledge acquired, I trust that I will be able to improve the knowledge to others as well. As a master trainer this will help me train the staff and organize refresher trainings for them, most especially those of us in the maternity unit so that we keep ourselves updated all the time.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“I thank the organizers and our facilitators for equipping some of us with these important and educative best standard practices.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“As a master trainer I have acquired a lot of knowledge and potential that will help me train my colleagues and keep our babies alive. Being part of the master trainers has built my confidence so much and is an opportunity to help others as well. I am grateful to my instructors and Golden Star and I promise to implement what I have learnt.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“This training is very educative and has taught us how to prepare an emergency plan so that during delivery we can manage cases without panicking.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“I am grateful and happy as a master trainer. It has improved my skills in neonatal resuscitation and things have been put in place to train the rest of the workforce in and outside our district. Thank you Golden Star for always having us at heart.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“I believe this training is very necessary and important. I didn’t know that not every baby needs suctioning and this has empowered me to do more and to address specific needs for each baby.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Philipa Varris, Golden Star’s Vice President of Corporate Responsibility conducts periodic reviews of all partnership programs to check the ongoing sustainability of the initiatives. Hear what she has to say:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">“When conducting one of my reviews I was able to </span><span style="font-family: "verdana";">meet some health centre staff that had been trained under the Helping Babies Breathe initiative. I asked one young nurse what he thought and rather than saying how valuable the program was, he just pointed to a small toddler under a nearby tree. I shrugged my shoulders as if to say “what do you mean?” and before I could finish, he said “I saved that baby’s life because of your program!” His declaration brought tears to my eyes. A precious life saved! Even more importantly, he was a second or third generation trainee – he had not been trained by Project CURE, but had been trained by one of the Ghana Health Services Master trainers! That is sustainability!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit www.gsr.com/responsibility</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As we celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2018, this year’s theme calls for us to “Press for Progress” for equality, in terms of pay and status for women. The World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report shows that if the rate of change does not improve, it will be over 200 years until real gender parity is achieved.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Golden Star recognizes the critical link between advancing the status of women and reducing the poverty burden and we are focused on empowering and supporting women.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">G</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">olden Star employs women throughout our business. The mining industry is traditionally male dominated, but of our direct employees, 12% are female. We employ 250 women in total and women represent almost 10% of senior staff (including three female vice presidents and two female Board members). This demonstrates our commitment to providing employment opportunities for women. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To further strengthen support systems for women, the Golden Star Ladies Club was inaugurated in 2010 to empower members to be advocates in the communities in which they live and to provide support, education and forums for uniting women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Interest in the club lead to the establishment of branches at each mine site. With over 100 members, each branch develops and runs programs specific to their site and community needs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Whilst the Ladies’ Club breast cancer awareness program has gained significant kudos, particularly through winning the Ghana Mining Industry Award Corporate Social Investment Project of the Year (see our <a href="http://goldenstarinthecommunity.blogspot.ca/2017/12/" target="_blank">December 2017 blog</a>), it is not the only program of the Ladies Club. Read on to find out more…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />The Ladies’ Club supports a number of programs focused on the education of girls and women. Through its girl child education program, pupils are educated about personal hygiene and they are encouraged to undertake science and technology studies. They are also shown that mining is not only a business for men. This is to encourage and empower girls to challenge themselves and realize their potential.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>B<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">lood Donation Programs</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><b></b><br />In 2017 the Ladies Club held blood donation exercises at each mine in support of local hospital blood banks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Blood donation provides benefits to the donors and receivers, with blood donors realizing health benefits including a reduced risk of heart attack, cardiovascular disease and cancer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Throughout the 2017/18 programs, over 190 people were screened for blood donation, of whom, 115 qualified, making a significant contribution to blood stocks and potentially saving over 300 lives!<br /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Managers, team members, contractors and community turned out in support of the events, all with praise for the Golden Star Ladies Club for promoting such valuable initiatives within the workforce.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Dr Djabatey Darko, Medical Suprintendent - Prestea Government Hospital</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“Blood is life, as a popular local saying goes. Hospitals need blood to save lives. That is why it is essential for hospitals to have a blood bank. I am most excited about the use of organized groups for donations, as a large amount of blood can be collected in a day. That is why I am full of thanks to the GSR Ladies for organizing this blood donation program. The blood donated will help save the lives of very ill children and our maternal cases as well. Just a tea cup of blood could mean life or death for a child!”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />In Ghana, Christmas presents a unique opportunity for family re-unions, to share love, to have fun and to celebrate the birth of Christ. The Ladies Club captures this spirit with children’s Christmas parties for local school children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Whilst there is plenty of fun, the programs are also held to motivate children to aspire to realize their potential.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Francisca Amponsah, Student- Old Subri D.A</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>“This is the first time I have celebrated Christmas with Golden Star and it was such a fantastic event. I am very happy to see all my friends together playing and having fun. I had so much fun that I didn’t want to leave when the program finished. Please continue to organize this often to make us happy and proud.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The teachers expressed their appreciation to Golden Star too and proposed that in future years the children could showcase their talents though singing, quizzes and poetry!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />If you'd like to find out more about Golden Star and its approach to CSR, please visit <a href="http://www.gsr.com/responsibility" target="_blank">www.gsr.com/responsibility</a></span>Team GSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986115151509073212noreply@blogger.com0