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Key Partners
Status
Start year of the initiative:
2009 – still ongoing.
Impact
Country(ies) of impact:
South Africa
Number of people impacted annually:
Currently 15 girls and 5 boys
Time to intended impact:
Less than 2 years
Metrics:
- Number of young people from under-privileged communities positioned to take up senior positions in mining
Key Partners
Status
Start year of the initiative:
2009 – still ongoing.
Impact
Country(ies) of impact:
South Africa
Number of people impacted annually:
Currently 15 girls and 5 boys
Time to intended impact:
Less than 2 years
Metrics:
- Number of young people from under-privileged communities positioned to take up senior positions in mining
LEAP Mentorship and Coaching Development Programme
Submitted by African Rainbow Minerals
Objective
To provide comprehensive support – in the form of education, mentoring and coaching – to youth, and young women in particular, from poor communities in the area where African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) operates, and to expose them to possible career choices within the mining sector.
Overview and Main Activities
ARM partners with LEAP Science and Maths Schools and IFAW Human Capital (IHC) to provide support in the form of mentoring, coaching and career guidance to selected high school students from in-need communities. The LEAP programme provides the students with monthly mentorship workshops, monthly one-on-one coaching sessions, and additional individual support based on the needs of the students. Students also receive career guidance, with a particular focus on the mining sector and the different career opportunities within the sector, supported by mine visits to provide students with first-hand experience.
As one of the objectives of the programme is to get more women into the mining sector, most participating students are girls.
LEAP’s holistic approach includes engaging with the broader community and developing partnerships and collaboration that add shared value. Every LEAP
school is partnered with a more privileged school as well as township schools in the community the school serves. This collaboration creates the opportunity to share excellence in all of the aforementioned spheres. In addition, IFAW Human Capital acts as a strategic partner to ensure the successful implementation of the mentorship programme and to align the monthly themes with the annual curriculum.
Success Factors and Challenges
Most critical success factors:
- Multi-stakeholder partnership model, which includes the community
Main challenges:
- Working with families from difficult socio-economic backgrounds
- Prevalence of “children-led” orphaned homes due to the high prevalence of HIV and AIDS
- Creating opportunities for women in mining
About the Organization
Website: www.arm.co.za
Sector: Mining and Metals
Size (number of employees): 10,000 – 50,000
Headquarters: Sandton, South Africa