Presenter : HARIMALALA TSIVERISOA Herizo/ geologist, lapidary trainer Date : 29 April 2015

3 case Studies based on the madagascan sapphire

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, to improve lives

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•Overview of the presentation: •About Madagascar•description of Madagascar alumni’s Return to Work plan•description of the case study •Case 1: empowering women ‘s association•Case 2: empowering women leaders•Case 3: empowering persons with physical disabilities

Aims: to share the stories , the challenges and solutions, successes and failures

case Study Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives

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case Study Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives

madagascar Capital: antananarivo

Currency: malagasy ariary (3000ariary=1USD)

Citizenship: malagasyPopulation: 22millions

Mining substances: gemstones, nickel, cobalt, ilmenite,

hydrocarbon and gaze, gold, iron ore,….

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Joint Return to Work Plan : improving the mining activity in ilakaka area

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•Approach: Capacity building supportive action for business development, •Target audience: persons in vulnerable situations•Outcome: improving skills and capability, develop an activity generating revenue for themselves and for their community.

Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives

description of the projects related to empowerment

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives

•Project : empowering women in gemstone mining as agents of change for a sustainable developement from mining resources•Beneficiaries: the women’s association « Karazambato » Ilakaka Madagascar•Financial Partner: IM4DC Grants for Alumni•Malagasy partner: alumni involved as key persons

Case Study 1 : Empowering a women’s association

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives

Improving women’s livelihood from gemstone resources by local capacity building and business promotion.

Case Study 1 : Empowering a women’s association

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives

Hanita, 27 years old

Case Study 1: Empowering women’s association

Tantely , 30 years old Mamy, 27 years old

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s livesChallenges:

•Lack of Emerging leaders from local community •low literacy level of miners:•Huge project:•Very specific project and approach•Lack of supportive politics•Cooperation between large scale and small scale mining

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives

Case Study 2: Empowering women leaders

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s livesStudy Case 2: Empowering a woman leader

• ANDRIAMISEZA MALLET Lova, the leader of the association « Les Mères du Sud » (Mothers from the South)

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s livesStudy Case 2: Empowering a woman leader

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s livesStudy Case 2: Empowering a woman leader

Challenges for a woman leader: initiative, conception, improvement and developemnt of the project depend on the leader

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s livesStudy Case 3: Empowering people with physical disabilities

Tahiry, a faceter in Antananarivo

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s livesStudy Case 3: Empowering people with physical disabilities

Empowering persons with physical disabilities : Offering an opportunity in gem business to persons

with limited and selective activities.

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s livesStudy Case 3: Empowering people with physical disabilities

Challenges for persons with disabilities:• activities related to identifying, designing and cutting gems requires good eyesight and manual ability. • some special measures and fitting out of the workshop for disabled persons is required for safety and mobility reasons • Physical disabilities make some employers doubt about the person’s productivity potentiel. • Some employers abuse persons in vulnerable situation adding to the lack of self confidence of the disabled persons.

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Recommandations:• awarness of the potentiel of small scale mining as a path for developement;• Cooperation between stakeholders;• Very strong follow up in exit strategy for a sustainable activity.

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Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives

Misaotra tompoko, Thank you for your attention!