Presenter : HARIMALALA TSIVERISOA Herizo/ geologist, lapidary trainer Date : 29 April case Studies based on the madagascan sapphire fever Empowering advocacy and agents of change, to improve lives

Perth, Australia Overview of the presentation: About Madagascar description of Madagascar alumni’s Return to Work plan description of the case study Case 1: empowering women ‘s association Case 2: empowering women leaders Case 3: empowering persons with physical disabilities Aims: to share the stories, the challenges and solutions, successes and failures

Perth, Australia madagascar Capital: antananarivo Currency: malagasy ariary (3000ariary=1USD) Citizenship: malagasy Population: 22millions Mining substances: gemstones, nickel, cobalt, ilmenite, hydrocarbon and gaze, gold, iron ore,….

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Perth, Australia Approach: Capacity building supportive action for business development, Target audience: persons in vulnerable situations Outcome: improving skills and capability, develop an activity generating revenue for themselves and for their community. Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives description of the projects related to empowerment

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives Project : empowering women in gemstone mining as agents of change for a sustainable developement from mining resources Beneficiaries: the women’s association « Karazambato » Ilakaka Madagascar Financial Partner: IM4DC Grants for Alumni Malagasy partner: alumni involved as key persons

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives Improving women’s livelihood from gemstone resources by local capacity building and business promotion.

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives Hanita, 27 years oldTantely, 30 years oldMamy, 27 years old

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives Challenges : Lack of Emerging leaders from local community low literacy level of miners: Huge project: Very specific project and approach Lack of supportive politics Cooperation between large scale and small scale mining

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives ANDRIAMISEZA MALLET Lova, the leader of the association « Les Mères du Sud » (Mothers from the South)

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives Tahiry, a faceter in Antananarivo

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives Empowering persons with physical disabilities : Offering an opportunity in gem business to persons with limited and selective activities.

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives Challenges for persons with disabilities: activities related to identifying, designing and cutting gems requires good eyesight and manual ability. some special measures and fitting out of the workshop for disabled persons is required for safety and mobility reasons Physical disabilities make some employers doubt about the person’s productivity potentiel. Some employers abuse persons in vulnerable situation adding to the lack of self confidence of the disabled persons.

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives Recommandations: awarness of the potentiel of small scale mining as a path for developement; Cooperation between stakeholders; Very strong follow up in exit strategy for a sustainable activity.

Perth, Australia Empowering advocacy and agents of change, improving people’s lives Misaotra tompoko, Thank you for your attention!