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Community Development

Community development is "the process of increasing the strength and effectiveness of communities, improving people's quality of life, and enabling people to participate in decision making to achieve greater long-term control over their lives" (World Bank, ICCM 2005). In the Cordillera del Condor, Minera Afrodita seeks to ensure that community development initiatives make a positive difference in the local communities and respond to local community priorities as determined through consultation and discussion.

Mineral exploration is widely known to be a high-risk investment with <1% of exploration projects leading to mine development and associated long-term community benefits. Regardless of the ultimate success or failure of the exploration, it is important that the community benefits undertaken are long-term and sustainable.

In the past three years of exploration in the Cordillera, Minera Afrodita has undertaken a number of community development projects that have resulted in tangible improvements to people's lives:

Water Supply - Access to clean drinking water is not easy in remote areas like the Amazonas region of Peru. At Ciro Alegria, while using the area as a base of operations, Minera Afrodita donated and installed 360 meters of plastic pipes to upgrade the drinking water and sewage systems in the town.

Electricity - The local communities do not benefit from on-demand electricity supply. Minera Afrodita installed a 60kw generator and helps with fuel purchases on a monthly basis. The company has also helped prepare wooden posts and wiring to conduct the electricity to a total of 30 houses, which were equipped by the company with bulbs, lamps, outlets and switches.

Medical - Donation of much-needed medicines to the local community, including Hepatits B and malaria vaccines.

Education - The three educational facilities at Ciro Alegría have received support to improve the bathrooms, desks, windows and doors. In September 2010, Minera Afrodita offered a shelter to host students from remote communities who travel to the elementary school of Santa María de Nieva.

Emergency Aid - On July the 14th, three days after floods affected local communities along the Cenepa River, a helicopter with representatives of Minera Afrodita flew to Chávez Valdivia, near Huampami, the capital town of the district of El Cenepa, and formally met with the Civil Defense authorities at the district level to discuss what assistance was needed. The aid provided consisted of food, medicines, salt, clothing, mosquito nets, and headlights.