Zambia’s largest IPP is transforming the face of Maamba
The contribution of around 10% to the country’s electricity generation capacity has a huge impact on energy security and the country’s economy in general. For Maamba Collieries Limited (MCL), however, efforts do not stop there.
MCL’s sponsors and management know that no company can be successful unless the community around it shares that success. To live up to this vision, the company founded the Maamba Development Trust (MDT), whose motto is: “Making a Difference …”
The aim is to promote social and economic development in Maamba, Sinazongwe District and other areas in which the Maamba mines operate. MCL’s corporate social responsibility initiatives are part of the company’s social investment policy, which focuses on community development and improving people’s living conditions.
The initiative is built on four pillars – education, health, infrastructure development and sports, apart from conserving the environment as well as assisting with other needs of the community.
On the education front, MCL runs the Maamba Private School with over 500 local students and a Nursery for around 160 toddlers, while also providing regular support to the GRZ-run school for differently disabled children.
Towards improving health facilities, MCL partnering with the Ministry of Health, is setting up a state of the art eye care unit in Maamba General Hospital to provide eye care to the needy in the district and beyond.
MCL is also in the final stages of building a clinic near Lake Kariba which will provide access to medical facilities for around 10 remote villages and fishing camps.
The cornerstone of MCL’s CSR interventions has been laying new roads in the Maamba Township – roads which had not seen any work for over four decades – thereby providing dust free and safe roads to travel.
On the sports and fitness front, the company sponsors the First Division Maamba Energy Stars F.C., and provides access to the sporting facilities including golf, tennis, squash and badminton to the local community of Maamba Township.
