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SIMON SAYSTake a moment for Christmas safetyIt’s a challenge to stay focused at work during this time of year. So, this is when it is especially important to take four seconds for safety. When you find yourself working away and your thoughts running wild with all the plans and activities of Christmas, STOP, take those four short seconds to look around and come back to the present moment. Look for a hazard in the middle of your activity. Are you standing on a ladder? Are you in an awkward position or about to trip on something lying on the floor? Hazards do not go away. Only our awareness of the hazards goes away. And when we ignore hazards, we tend to get injured.


IFS SPONSORS KANSANSHI CYCLE CHALLENGE TO RAISE AWARENESSABOUT CHILD MARRIAGESent in by Robert Mubaya | Regional Operations Manager | Zimbabwe & Zambia

On Saturday, 13th October at the Solwezi Stadium was the Kansanshi Single Gear Cycle Race. The rules of the race were that competitor’s bicycles may not have gears. This was to cater for members of our community who sometimes do not have gears on their bicycles. The race started at the Office of the President, with routes through town towards the airport and ended at Solwezi Stadium (11,7km). Interest in the cycle race was overwhelming, with over 300 entries, of which only 150 were allowed to compete, for road safety reasons. There was entertainment at the stadium during the race, including some motorcycle stuntmen and women, GBV singing and dancing. IFS donated 40 cases of water for the event.

FROM OUR CLIENT

Good day Robert & Team,

A big thank you for coming through at short notice to sponsor our event. It was the first time we have held such an event and we are glad it went well.

We had roughly 130 cyclists though the number registered was over 300. We had to trim it to manageable levels.

We hope to have it as an annual event and hopefully grow it further.

Once again, thank you so much and hope we can count on you in the coming years.

Thanks/Regards

Anthony Malambo | Kansanshi Mining Plc, Solwezi, Zambia

North-western Province Minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu has said parents should not use the vulnerability of their underage daughters as an excuse to marry them off.

Mr. Mubukwanu said government was commitment towards ensuring that every girl child in Zambia is given an opportunity to grow up into responsible members of society.

He said this yesterday when he flagged off the community cycling competition in Solwezi which was organised by Kansanshi Mine under the theme “stop child marriage.”

Mr. Mubukwanu commended the mining company for partnering with government in promoting the agenda against child marriages in the province.

He has meanwhile encouraged people to take up sporting activities such as cycling to avoid illnesses and to stay healthy.

And Kansanshi Mine Public Relations Manager Godfrey Msiska said the cycling competition, which attracted 300 cyclists, was aimed at sensitising the public against early child marriages.

Mr. Msiska said the mining firm decided to hold the cycling competition to enable community members to take up cycling as a sport.

He disclosed that the competition attracted 300 cyclists and only 150 were selected to participate in the 11.7 kilometres race.

He said out of the 150 participants, 22 were female.

Meanwhile Kansanshi Mine Corporate Social Responsibility Manager Bruce Lewis said the event has received overwhelming response from the corporate world such as financial institutions and other business organisations.

Mr. Lewis said the Kansanshi Mine plans to hold a bigger cycling competition next year which will allow more participants to take part in the event.

VULNERABILITY NOT EXCUSE TO MARRY OFF GIRLS

Lusaka Times | 14 October 2018 | www.lusakatimes.com


World Food Day is celebrated annually on 16th October by 150 countries across the world in support of the FAO’s mission to use the event to raise awareness and to gather greater support and understanding to the approaches that can help to end world hunger. The focus of the day is that food is a basic and fundamental human right.

Yet, in a world of billions, 2 billion people in the world suffer from various forms of malnutrition. Malnutrition is an underlying cause of death of 2.6 million children each year a third of child deaths globally2,3. 1 in 4 children in the world have stunted growth (low height- for- age)4 where in developing countries this is as high as 1 in 3 5. This means their bodies fail to develop fully as a result of malnutrition.

In Mozambique 43% of the children’s from 0-5 years suffer from chronic under malnutrition, the state of being poorly nourished and 45% of deaths among children under five is linked to malnutrition.

For us at IFS and AMA1 this was also the time to join the day and help raise awareness with Manguna’s children to protect their rights so we can get the mission of “Zero Hunger World by 2030 is possible”.

The event was held on the 20th of October at Manguna Primary School, where 400 children participated. The chief of the community was present as well as the government representative from Mute and Palma, AMA1, IFS and school representative (teachers, director, etc.)

The party was successful and entertaining and we had various people who made very encouraging speeches in appreciation of what IFS and AMA1 planned and made possible. A huge cake was prepared and t-shirts were given out. Cultural moments by

the students, diversity of games played by the kids and gifts (chips, 2 packages of biscuits, chocolate, apple, juice, water and soft drink) to the all kids, banner and painting.

The party went better than we expected, it was good and funny, the kids were happy to receive the gifts we provided them and engaged with the different types of games and jokes we prepared.

We would like to thank AMA1 for all support and assistance that was given to us in order to make this as any successful event. We also thank AMA1 for allowed us to take the message “Feeding the minds that feed the world” to the children’s and for all the presents for the party.References

1-IFAD/FAO/WFP (2011) ‘The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011, In. Rome, Italy: FAO.

2-R E Black, L H Allen, Z A Bhutta, et al (2008) ‘Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences’, The Lancet, 2008, Jan 19, 371 (9608), 243–60.

3-UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2011) Levels & Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2011, New York: UNICEF.

4-M de Onis, M Blossne and E Borghi (2011) ‘Prevalence of stunting among pre-school children 1990-2020’, Growth Assessment and Surveillance Unit, Public Health Nutrition 2011, Jul 14:1-7.

5-R E Black, L H Allen, Z A Bhutta, et al (2008) ‘Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences’, The Lancet, 2008, Jan 19, 371 (9608), 243-60.

6-Unicef Mozambique “Current situation” http://www.unicef.org.mz/en/our-work/what-we-do/nutrition/

FEEDING THE MINDS THAT FEED THE WORLDSent in by Sheinila Santos | Regional Food Safety Manager | Mozambique

Thank you once again for arranging such a successful event. I can’t stop getting enough compliments from clients praising IFS team for a job well done. The team spirit from everybody on the day, IFS & AMA-1 staff alike was amazing. The pictures itself tells how much each and every child enjoyed themselves.ANTHONY MALONEY Camp Manager | Afungi | Mozambique


CMC STAFF PARTYSent in by Edgar Bruno | Camp Manager (L2) | Mozambique

IFS mobilised the Cmc camp in Mozambique on the 17th June 2018.

Founded in Ravenna in 1901, Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti – Cmc di Ravenna is a leading Italian construction company. Cmc is competitive in the market of large construction projects and public works (major infrastructural projects, public buildings, marine works), of railway projects (particularly high speed) and of private projects (shopping malls, hotels and resorts). Cmc is presently working in Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, China, Egypt, Philippines, France, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Lebanon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, USA, Zambia.


THE 2018 EBOLA OUTBREAK IN THE DRC

KEY FACTS

• Ebola virus disease is a severe and often fatal illness in humans.

• The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.

• The average ebola case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks.

• The first ebola outbreaks occurred in remote villages in Central Africa, near tropical rainforests. The 2014–2016 outbreak in West Africa involved major urban areas as well as rural ones.

• Community engagement is key to successfully controlling outbreaks. Good outbreak control relies on applying a package of interventions, namely case management, infection prevention and control practices, surveillance and contact tracing, a good laboratory service, safe and dignified burials and social mobilisation.

• Early supportive care with rehydration, symptomatic treatment improves survival. There is as yet no licensed treatment proven to neutralize the virus but a range of blood, immunological and drug therapies are under development.

LATEST FIGURES (As of 29 November 2018; source CNN)

21 days

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

PREVENTION

INCUBATION PERIOD

0 5 10 15 20 25

The main symptoms start appearing from 2 days to 3 weeks after infection.

Fever, pain in the muscles and joints

(temperature is usually greater than 38.3°C)

Rash covering the entire body

Avoid any contact with body fluids of

infected people

Regular handwashing with

soap and water

Wear protective clothing

Cremating bodies of the deceased

Avoid contact with bats

Sore throatHeadaches

Other symptoms include: weakness, diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach pain, lack of appetite, and bleeding from the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and anus. People are only infectious after they have developed symptoms.

On 1 August 2018, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola in the northeast, the second outbreak of the disease in the country this year.

The latest outbreak, in DRC’s northeastern North Kivu province, is the country’s tenth Ebola outbreak in 40 years. It is also the third epidemic since the end of the outbreak in West Africa in 2016 – and comes less than one month since the previous outbreak, in nearby Equateur province, was declared over. The previous outbreak, which affected the city of Mbandaka, included 38 confirmed cases of Ebola and claimed 14 lives.

379 Confirmed cases

245Confirmed deaths

134Suspected/probable cases

126Patients recovered

The risk of contracting Ebola disease to travellers to the DRC is low.

What you need to know

- World Health Organisation | www.who.int

DRC

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Motto: “Justice – Paix – Travail” (“Justice – Peace – Work”)

Capital and largest city KinshasaOfficial languages French, Lingala, Kikongo, Swahili, TshilubaEthnic groups 18% Luba, 17% Mongo, 12% Kongo, 52% other Bantu, 1% Pygmie, 60,000 white Congolese Area 2,345,409 km2 (905,567 sq mi)Population 81,34 million (2017) Urban (42.5%) Rural (57.5%)Currency Congolese franc (CDF)President Joseph Kabila

The DRC (formally known as Zaire) is bordered by 9 countries: Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. A 45 km wide strip of coastline in the west provides the country’s narrow access to the Atlantic Ocean. Five of the famous African Great Lakes are lined up on DRC’s eastern border: Lake Albert, Lake Edward, Lake Kivu, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Mweru.CLIMATEEquatorial; ranges from tropical rainforest in the Congo River basin, hot and humid in much of the north and west, cooler and drier in the south central area and the east.INDUSTRIESMining (diamonds, copper, zinc), mineral processing, consumer products (including textiles, footwear, cigarettes, processed foods and beverages), cement, commercial ship repair.NATURAL RESOURCESCobalt, copper, Columbite-tantalite (coltan) refined, coltan becomes tantalum, niobium, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber.AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS Coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, bananas, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products. CUISINECongolese meals often consist of a starchy ingredient, along with vegetables and meat in the form of a stew. The starch can come in the form of a paste or mash made of cassava or corn flour, called fufu or ugali. When eaten, the fufu is rolled into golf ball-sized balls and dipped into the spicy stew.

OUR CLIENTS IN DRC

COUNTRY IN FOCUS


DRC EMPLOYEE AWARDSSent in by Frank Teeling | Group HSE Manager | Support Office | South African

Certificate & US$20 handover to Remy Mayele October 2018

Certificate handover to Remy Mayele October 2018

Employee of the month certificate & US$50 Kipoi Site August 2018

Employee of the month certificate & US$50 Kipoi Site August 2018

Employee of the month certificate & US$50 Kipoi Site September 2018

Recognition certificate for I'm for Safety & US$20 Group 5 site October 2018 Lovert Mtambwe

Remy Mayele Group 5 Site Recognition Award for Quality Work certificate & US$20 October 2018


JUNIOR STAFF DAYOn the 29th of October at AMA1 site we hosted a party for all IFS junior staff members to recognise their efforts and hard work they have done so far to take us to the highest level of quality service to our clients.

The party was beautiful and entertaining, we had various people from IFS and AMA1 who made very encouraging speeches in appreciation of what they have been doing at IFS. We prepared a cake, BBQ, beverages, music and certificates.

The event went more than we expected, it was good and funny - as you can see from the pictures, our staff were happy and smiling.

Sent in by Sheinila Santos | Regional Food Safety Manager | Mozambique


LAND PREPARATION OF THE GARDEN PROJECT AT FRONTIER SITE (BEFORE PLANTING)Sent in by Walter Kapend Kapenda | Safety Officer | Frontier | DRC

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Sent in by Edgar Bruno | Camp Manager (L2) | Mozambique

AFUNGI HSE OFFICERS


FRONTIER WORLD HIV & AIDS DAY COMMEMORATIONSent in by Walter Kapend Kapenda | Safety Officer | Frontier | DRC

Out of the 34 million HIV-positive people worldwide, 69% live in sub-Saharan Africa.

There are roughly 23.8

million infected persons in all of

Africa.

91% of the world’s HIV-

positive children live in

Africa.

Women account for 58% of the total number of people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

More than one million adults and children die every year from HIV/AIDS in Africa

Since HIV/AIDS epidemic more than 75 million people have contracted the illness, and over 36 million have died from an HIV-related cause.

Inform yourself , educate others

FIGHT AIDSNOT PEOPLE WITH AIDS


Sent in by Carcis Lubango | QHSE Officer | Comide | DRC

Sent in by Carcis Lubango | QHSE Officer | Comide | DRC

When our employee does a good job, we call him: EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. Well done Ilunga Kasongo Felicien!!

COMIDE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH

COMIDE STORES INSPECTION

Stores inspection is conducted by the Safety officer to ensure safe storage of food.

It's important to keep food safe so that's it still safe to eat or cook.

SAFETY FIRST!WE DON’T JUST SAY THIS, WE DO IT.

FRONTIER FIRE DRILLSent in by Walter Kapend Kapenda | Safety Officer | Frontier | DRC


Kipoi grounds team working in the vegetable garden

Bark yard garden

Carrots in our garden

Here are a few pictures from our vegetable garden on site. The pictures show some off our vegetables that we grow onsite namely: carrots, tomatoes and cucumbers. These vegetables are served to our clients once properly harvested. Our picture showing cucumber, tomatoes and lettuce on the lunch buffet.

Sent in by Anthony Maloney | Camp Manager | Afungi | Mozambique

KIPOI: GARDEN TO TABLEG R O W | H A R V E S T | P R E P A R E | S H A R E

Special thanks to our grounds team who are taking such good care of our vegetable garden.

Tomatoes Tomatoes from Kipoi Garden

From garden to table


FUN FACTS ABOUT LESOTHO

KING LETSI IIILesotho is ruled by a constitutional monarchy and is one of the 3 remaining kingdoms in Africa.

137THLesotho is the 137th largest country in the world. Lesotho has 3 rivers;

the Orange River, the Tugela River and the Caledon River.

FEMALE LITERACYWith a literacy rate of 85% for women and 67% for men, this is probably the widest gap in the world.

LESOTHO BROWN

AIRPORTS

TEXTILES

RIVERS

In 1967, a mesmerizing 601-carat diamond (Lesotho Brown) was discovered by a Basotho woman in the mountains.

Lesotho has 28 airports. Only three of them have proper paved runways.

Also known as the Basotho Hat, is a recognised symbol of Lesotho and has the shape of many of the mountains seen in the country.

DINOSAURSMOKOROTLOLesotho has the highest concentration of dinosaur footprints in the world.

The Lesotho textile industry is one of the largest in sub-Saharan Africa, and even supply jeans for Levi’s and GAP.

BASOTHO BLANKETNot many countries can say that their traditional dress is a blanket. The Basotho blanket is a very common sight in the kingdom of Lesotho, often with colourful patterns.

AFRISKI2874MLesotho is home to the

highest ski resort in Africa. Afriski is situated at 3050 metres above sea level.

Lesotho is also home to the highest altitude pub in Africa at 2874 metres above sea level.

IFS KNOWS ZAMBIA!

Take our Zambia quiz and see how your general knowledge stacks up!

1. WHAT IS THE NATIONAL BIRD OF ZAMBIA?Kingfisher Fish EagleBald Eagle Blue Crane

2. WHEN IS ZAMBIA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY?24 October 30 June11 November 29 April

3. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF ZAMBIA? Luanda Livingstone Lusaka Lagos

4. WHAT IS THE CURRENCY OF ZAMBIA? Shilling KwachaPula Naira

5. WHAT IS ZAMBIA’S MAIN EXPORT?Maize corn CopperTobacco Gemstones

6. AFTER WHAT WAS ZAMBIA NAMED AFTER? A mountain A chiefA tribe A river

7. WHAT IS THE FAVOURITE PAST TIME OF ZAMBIANS?Hunting DancingStorytelling Fishing

8. WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF ZAMBIA?Swahili EnglishFrench Portuguese

9. IN ZAMBIA, WHAT DID CNN DESCRIBE AS ONE OF THE 7 NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD?Devils Pool Mosi-Oa-Tunya National ParkLake Kariba Victoria Falls

10. WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR SPORT IN ZAMBIA?Football RugbyCricket Boxing

11. WHAT WAS ZAMBIA KNOWN AS PREVIOUSLY?Zaire Northern RhodesiaBechuanaland Lower Volta

12. HOW MANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS DOES ZAMBIA HAVE? 3 58 11

13. WHAT LAKE DO TOURIST OFTEN MISTAKE FOR THE OCEAN? Zambezi River Lake KaribaLake Victoria Okavango River

14. HOW MANY COUNTRIES DOES ZAMBIA SHARE A BORDER?2 68 12

15. WHAT IS ZAMBIA THE 3RD LARGEST PRODUCER OF? Emeralds DiamondsTanzanite Opal

16. WHAT INSTRUMENT IS PLAYED THE MOST? Guitar KoraDrums Marimba

17. WHAT IS THE FAMOUS COLOURFUL AFRICAN FABRIC FROM ZAMBIA CALLED?Chintenge Shweshwe Kente cloth Kitenge

18. HOW MANY NATIONAL PARKS DOES ZAMBIA HAVE? 27 196 22

19. WHAT IS THE STAPLE FOOD OF ZAMBIA? Kapenta with sadza Chambo with nsima Nyama na irio Nshima

20. HOW MANY INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES DOES ZAMBIA HAVE?81 9273 103

HOW WELL DO YOU? 1. Fish Eagle 2. 24 October 3. Lusaka 4. Kwacha 5. Copper 6. A river (Zambezi) 7. Storytelling 8. English 9. Victoria Falls 10. Football

11. Northern Rhodesia 12. three 13. Lake Kariba 14. eight 15. Emeralds 16. Drums 17. Chintenge 18. nineteen 19.Nshima 20. 73

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