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Table 7: Excerpt adapted from the Tanchara community wellbeing impact assessment worksheet
1. Good Infrastructure
Will gold mining have an impact on the
following areas:
Well-maintained and -connected roads
and transportation system
Well-maintained, well-staffed, accessible
and affordable schools
Well-built, secure markets with amenities
(e.g. water, toilets)
Accessible, affordable, well-staffed and
equipped health facilities
Accessible, affordable, regular, and
predictable electricity
Accessible, affordable, and regular
telecommunications
Accessible, affordable, environmentally
friendly, and well-planned housing
YES
Positive Negative
NO or
Neutral
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The Tanchara community used the same format as Table 7 to assess the potential impact of gold mining
on the following aspects of their wellbeing:
Social amenities, including recreational and sports facilities, tourist sites, and community centers;
Food security, including cultivated lands and irrigation facilities, variety, quantity and quality of
food items produced, and capacity to secure nutritious local consumption year-round and export
excess items;
Social harmony and cohesion, including level of participation in communal and social activities,
inter- and intra-community relationships, and low level crime and number of issues settled
through arbitration;
Good governance and leadership, including participation of all in community activities, regular
community meetings, self-help initiatives, and good communication between the people and
those in governing and power;
Education, including literacy rates, innovation and creativity in schools, mechanisms for
transmitting indigenous knowledge, capacity to secure good livelihoods, high level of self-reliance,
and access to continuing education and early childhood education programmes;
Mechanisms for motivating youth, including presence of youth groups, youth leaders, and good
role models, youth-led community activities, orientation and educational programmes such as
exchanges, and opportunities to participate in governance structures;
Working and advancement opportunities, including variety of employable skills and types of jobs
available, fair remuneration and good working conditions, number of people in higher quality
education, improved lifestyle and family sustainability, and retention of youth;
Good physical environment, including sanitation facilities, clean air, drinking water, waste
management and drainage systems, and accessible natural environment;
Innovation, including new changes for improved technologies, awards for youth to develop their
talents, and existence of community-based research activities;
Shared moral, cultural, and spiritual values, including freedom of worship and expression of
spiritual beliefs, tolerance and respect for beliefs, freedom to learn and communicate in their own
and other languages, freedom to dress in traditional code, pride in local dishes and foods, ability
to make each other accountable for keeping moral values, cross-participation in other rituals, and
promotion of storytelling tradition;
Sound mind and body, including healthy people and families, reduced incidence of drug and
alcohol abuse, balance between meaningful activities, productive work, and rest, and adequate
income to satisfy needs.
See Part III: Section III/A for more information about how the Tanchara community used the assessment
worksheet