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Annual Financial Statements 2003

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Morro Velho supports the Management Development Technical School in Nova Lima, and funds 20 scholarships for indigent members of the community.

Morro Velho has built the ultra-modern Reference Centre for Pneumology, which provides quality medical care to former employees suffering from silicosis.

Case studies
South America

7.7 Reaching out from Morro Velho

The Morro Velho mine, in Brazil?s Minas Gerais state, is a 100-year old mine that is an integral part of the community that surrounds it. The examples below are just some of the initiatives and partnerships undertaken by the company.

Extending quality health care

In extending health services, community partnerships are essential. AngloGold has donated hospital equipment, including an intensive care unit, which serves a population of approximately 91,000 people. Adjoining the local hospital the company has built the ultra-modern Reference Centre for Pneumology which provides quality medical care to former employees suffering from silicosis (See case study in health section of this report). In addition the Centre is open to partnerships with universities and research centres, with the purpose of developing studies relating to lung diseases.

Support for education

The company has maintained its support for the Management Development Technical School in Nova Lima, funding 20 scholarships for indigent members of the community. The school focuses on intermediate education, and developing entrepreneurial skills among teenagers. Courses offered include languages (English and Spanish), computer science, business administration and finance. Morro Velho offers 20 scholarships for needy students. In addition, two-month probationary training sessions are provided to students at the end of each course and, as a result, 28 students have been recruited to the company since July 2001.

Additionally, Morro Velho?s employees have benefited from a scholarship programme which has reached 110 people who pursue a number of skills-enhancing courses, from English language courses through to undergraduate courses, to MBA courses.

Rising to the environmental challenge

AngloGold works with the local environmental authorities and the Public Ministry in monitoring old tailings dumps.

As a further service to employees and the community, the company?s Harry Oppenheimer Environmental Education Centre offers courses to employees on the environmental technology adopted at the operations. More than 9,000 members of the community visited the centre during the past year, while 3,000 students took part in programmes designed to foster greater environmental awareness. Another environmental education centre is currently being established in the region of Santa Barbara at a cost of US$68,000. (See case study in the environmental section of this report).

Highly beneficial waste sorting programmes have been implemented at the operations. Part of the material gathered is sold or sent to companies with the necessary accreditation to dispose or recycle the materials. Paper and plastic, on the other hand is passed on to recycling groups helping to generate income and create jobs in desperately poor communities. During 2002 alone, some 19,110 kilograms of material were recycled.

Industrial theatre shows are used in the communities to communicate specific messages about potentially hazardous environmental conditions. Twenty two families, previously living in close proximity to Morro Velho?s sludge ditches, have been relocated to better living conditions in Sao Sabastiao.

Morro Velho participates in a forum which is looking at revitalising the Das Velhas River, which receives a large volume of industrial residue. Morro Velho has allocated approximately US$54,000 to the project.

Earning community respect

Morro Velho has played a driving role in the government and private sector initiative undertaken, under the auspices of the Nova Lima Municipal Development Agency. The aim is to attract and ensure the viability of the community once mining activities in the area have ceased. Over the past five years this initiative has attracted more than 50 new business enterprises to the region, that have the potential to generate 4,500 new jobs.

Business principle:

AngloGold in the community

	Structure and governance
	Impact on people, cultures and communities
	Involvement of communities
	Social investment initiatives
	Participatory and leadership roles
	Working with communities on land and resettlement
	Contribute to sustainable economic development of host communities

Reporting in line
with GRI

Objectives for 2004

Case studies

	South Africa
	East and West Africa
	South America
	7.7 Reaching out from Morro Velho
	Australia
	North America
	Exploration

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