A galamsey is a local artisanal gold mining West Africa; such workers are known as galamseyers or orpailleurs in neighboring francophone nations. Galamseyers are people who do gold mining independent of mining companies, digging small working (pits, tunnels and sluices) by hand.
One phenomenon that has received a lot of attention and discussion on media and other platforms is illegal small-scale mining popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’. The subject matter has been discussed widely in view of the immediate and long-term effects on the environment, agriculture, habitat and livelihoods as a whole. The concern has been that if these illegal mining activities are allowed to persist, it will have dire consequences for the sustenance of livelihoods in the communities affected by these illegal mining activities
Imagine how life will be without water.
Imagine how life will be if you dont bath for a month.
Imagine how life will be without water to cook.
There is no doubt that Illegal mining activities have caused a great harm to our environment.
This is because most of the minerals are found in rivers, as a result, the mining companies often resort to Blasting of Rivers and their surroundings to enable them access to the targeted minerals. This is done without caring about the effects and dangers this may have on trees, birds, animals, and even individuals in the various mining communities.
Sometimes the activities of these illegal miners also release toxic substances into the rivers, causing a lot of diseases to many people, especially those who fish from it.
Deforestation, is part of the damages mining causes to the environment. It involves the clearing of the forest leading to cutting down of trees, to enable miners accomplish their mission, of extracting minerals.
These illegal miners also do not put in place any measures that will safeguard them from taking risk. With the fact that the illegal miners are mostly unskillful, they also uses unprotected tools and equipment making them a big threat to the nation.
Therefore, for the mining sector to be successful, there is the need for stakeholders to make sure that, they perform their social responsibilities towards the various communities in which they operate, as a means of compensation to them, for taking away their natural resources.
Provisions of facilities such as schools, hospitals, good roads, markets, electricity and others, will not only improve upon the developmental projects in the various mining communities, but the nation as a whole.
I believe galamsay is not only in AFRICA but is in other part of the world.let come together and VOTE against ILLEGAL MINING popularly known as galamsay. THANK YOU
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It is pretty sad how people are treated all in the name of profit. Nice post.
Yes bro, in Africa nobody cares about anybody and that is the results.