Community Development Workshop

A community development empowerment workshop was initiated by the management of Tau Lekoa Gold Mine. The aim of the workshops was to provide knowledge and insight into the principles of development, to shed light on the role and activities of the mine in the community, and to empower the community participants to take ownership and plan for their community’s development.

          table talk Table Discussion

Beulah had the role of facilitating open conversation around relational issues between the mine, the local municipality and the community leaders. The goal was to create a platform for community leaders to express their thinking around development in their community. This was done by means of a series of workshop sessions combining theoretical information and practical application. Insight into the various role players and resources that can help initiate projects was given to encourage the community members to think about ways to capitalise on what is already available and perhaps being underutilised in order to bring about good in the community.

          team talk 3 class

The content presented in the workshop covered a broad range of topics that is relevant to enabling sustainable community development and also understanding the factors that can hinder or ignite good impact in communities. The workshop served the role of empowering community leaders with perspective into the opportunities companies create in terms of jobs and investing into the community as prescribe by a legislative framework.

          certificates team talk

Light was shed onto the concept of unemployment and the roles individuals and active groups play in mobilising and working towards common good and lasting change. Various conversations were held with the aim of identifying strengths in the community. Community strengths (five capitals) can be used to address weaknesses in the community and to transform such lacks into opportunities. A self-starting, proactive attitude was encouraged and this allowed for conversations about the various possible solutions such as starting small businesses to create more jobs and help address local unemployment and poverty to take place Problem areas were identified but were also provided with possible solutions that can realisitically be implemented. The heart behind the workshops was to encourage a strengths based approach to development where good can be done with what is already there and drawing from available resources.