Graduates
At least 39 Gold Fields Ghana Foundation scholarship beneficiaries have successfully graduated from the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) on 30 November.
Six out of them graduated with first-class honours, including two exceptional women who studied Mining Engineering and Environmental and Safety Engineering.
Sharing the news on Facebook on Friday (12 December), Gold Fields said it was particularly proud of Francisca Damowaa Amponsah from Amoanda community, who received the Arch Dr. Ekow Sam’s Award for the Most Disciplined Graduating Student, and David Worae from Samahu community, who won the Mrs Catherine Kuupol-Kuutor Award for Best Graduating Student in Minerals Engineering.
The Mining firm commended all the graduates on their remarkable achievements and look forward to the positive contributions they will make in their communities and beyond.
Since its inception, the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation has awarded scholarships to 2,736 students from its host communities in Tarkwa and Damang.
This year, 159 beneficiaries have graduated from 33 tertiary institutions across Ghana.
About Gold Fields Ghana Foundation
In 2002, Gold Fields Ghana established the Community Development Fund to help finance development initiatives, projects and programmes in the host communities of the Tarkwa and Damang mines.
In 2004, the fund was officially registered as the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation.
The Foundation has a formalised governance structure and funding mechanism. It is the first foundation to be set up by a mining company in Ghana.
The Foundation focuses on five key areas, namely: education, health, water and sanitation, agriculture and infrastructure.
Reporting by Fred Dzakpata in Accra
