Handicrafts produced by Kanto, a cooperative in Ambinanibe, Fort Dauphin

QMM Communities

At QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM), partnership with the local community is important to us, and we aim to work in ways that deliver sustained value for both our business and our host communities.

We are finding better ways™ to be a better partner to our communities to create a sustainable and shared future. 

Student from the Anosy region

QMM supports education in the Anosy region

To coincide with the return of the school year, 11,258 students across 38 elementary schools in 8 municipalities in the district of Tolagnaro, benefited from school supplies provided by QMM in collaboration with local authorities. The initiative aims to increase the number of children entering school and reduce family spending on vital school supplies at the start of the school year.

As part of the new agreement with the government of Madagascar, we have doubled our annual investment for community and social responsibility projects in Madagascar to US$4 million. Half will be spent locally, and half in the region. We’ll be co-designing projects with communities, consistent with local, regional and national development plans, and approved by conseil des ministers. As part of this, we’ll be investing US$500,000 per year in reforestation activities.

QMM has also worked with the Centre d’Affaires Régional Anosy (CARA). Established in 2012 to support local businesses, CARA is a partnership between QMM, the Integrated Growth Poles project (PIC), Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Fort Dauphin and the Association for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship. Its work includes providing finance, marketing and training to micro, small and medium-sized businesses and has, since inception, trained more than 4,500 people and supported around 200 businesses.

Nahampoana

A sweet investment

At QMM, we’re providing funding for equipment and marketing, as well as business development training, to a local honey co-operative. This support helps producers to harvest and sell more than 4,800 litres of honey from 500 beehives in the remote region of Ampasy Nahampoana.

Community engagement 

We continue to identify ways to be more transparent and have greater engagement with local communities.

  1. Over 2024, QMM hosted more than 500 people, to explain how we operate, and to listen and respond to concerns.  
  2. QMM’s mobile community kiosks have reached over 3,500 people, providing community members with an opportunity to better understand QMM’s operations and get to know QMM’s people. Most importantly, these enable the community to ask questions and raise concerns directly to QMM. This includes ensuring the community is aware of how it can access QMM’s grievance process. 
  3. In 2024, QMM ran an education-focused campaign within local communities and external stakeholders to explain its water management strategy and practices. This included a social media campaign launched to coincide with World Water Day in March 2024, and radio broadcasts on local stations, explaining QMM’s mining, separation and water treatment process.
QMM Kibory

Protecting ancestors

While preparing access to Vatovy, a new mining area close to the village of Mangaiky, QMM worked in collaboration with the village association 'Miray' to protect a burial house, known as a Kibory. QMM employed local Mangaiky villagers, working with them to design and build a protection wall, defining this important place and protecting the area long-term. 

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