Reports, advocacy briefings, and press statements from the communities WACAM works alongside.
Seven Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and four private citizens have jointly sued the Government over the exploration and drilling of deep wells in the Atewa Forest Reserve.Mr. Martin Kpebu, the counsel for the plain…
Mr Ali Issaka with his children at his house at Ayanfuri resettlement new site A cross-section of inhabitants at Ayanfuri-Kakrayebedie, the farming and gold mining community in the Asuagyah South District of the Centra…
The growing negative effects of mining operations demand a corresponding empowerment of mining communities in the protection of their rights. Poverty in mining communities has worsened because mining companies have comm…
Wacam has donated items a number of items for the prevention of Coronavirus to mining communities.The items which included 13 Veronica buckets and bowls, 550 Nose masks,300 pieces of Sanitizers, 13 packets of …
Twenty-five households in Dormaa Kantinka have received their rent allowances as part of the resettlement package directives by the Minister for Lands and Natural resources. The community until the order by the Minister…
The policy brief developed by Wacam, Centre for Public Interest Law and the Centre for Environmental Impact Assessment highlights the weaknesses of mining sector policies and how these policies failed to address pertine…
Dr Emmanuel Yamoah Tenkorang of University of Cape Coast has recommended District Assemblies, Business Advisory Centres and NGOs, in collaboration with technical, technology, engineering,science-based tertia…
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Wacam has held 2019's responsible mining forum under the theme '‘promoting responsible mining, the role of women''. The forum brought together diverse stakeholders with interests in mining and a cross-sect…
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The dictates of the third jungle boom (third gold rush) resulted in a technological change of the operations of mining in Ghana from underground mining to surface mining where large tracts of agricultural lands were ced…
Date: Nov 27 , 2019 BY: Timothy Ngnenbe Wacam, a civil society group, has advocated a review of the country’s mining laws to include specific provisions that protect the rights of women in th…
