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Help Protect Community Rights in Ghana
Target: Tom Mair, CEO of Golden Star ResourcesSponsored by: Oxfam America
The communities adjacent the Prestea Mine in Southwest Ghana have suffered for years. As a result of its operations, the mine endangers their livelihood and quality of life. This threat includes two cyanide spills.
The mine's owners, Golden Star Resources, now plan to expand the Prestea Mine. This expansion involves leveling low-income housing and schools, and it's being done without adequate consideration of the community concerns.
The people of Prestea, Himan, and Dumase have a right to decide whether a mine can expand in their community. Their lives and livelihood depend on exercising that right, and you can help them. Tell Golden Star Resources to listen to the people whose lives they're affecting.
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We signed the “Help Protect Community Rights in Ghana” petition!
# 9,650:
12:41 pm PDT, May 15,
Lawrence Shirley, Maryland
# 9,649:
12:20 pm PDT, May 15,
Lauren Hall-Lew, California
# 9,648:
11:53 am PDT, May 15,
Elaine Eder, New York
# 9,647:
11:06 am PDT, May 15,
Jeanne Schuster, California
# 9,646:
10:41 am PDT, May 15,
Maria Cecilia Gouvea Waechter, Brazil
# 9,645:
10:41 am PDT, May 15,
Cowen Bailey, California
# 9,644:
10:12 am PDT, May 15,
Rita Miller, Florida
Perhaps you and your high-ranking officers would care to spend a week in these communities to show the confidence your company has in their mining practices. Are you secure enough to drink the water and live in the houses, as the population of these towns must do? Or will you assure the people of these communities that all is well from the comfortable, protected environment of your home a safe distance from the blasting. At the very least, please listen to the inhabitants of these communities, consider their deep concerns, and work toward a viable solution for everyone.
Perhaps you and your high-ranking officers would care to spend a week in these communities to show the confidence your company has in their mining practices. Are you secure enough to drink the water and live in the houses, as the population of these towns must do? Or will you assure the people of these communities that all is well from the comfortable, protected environment of your home a safe distance from the blasting. At the very least, please listen to the inhabitants of these communities, consider their deep concerns, and work toward a viable solution for everyone.
# 9,643:
10:07 am PDT, May 15,
Eddo Feyen Jr, Florida
# 9,642:
10:01 am PDT, May 15,
Maggi Hall, Florida
# 9,641:
9:58 am PDT, May 15,
Mindy Grusin, Illinois
# 9,640:
9:35 am PDT, May 15,
Diana Dandeo, New Jersey
# 9,639:
8:41 am PDT, May 15,
Eva Munar fons, Spain
# 9,638:
8:24 am PDT, May 15,
Name not displayed, Brazil
# 9,637:
8:03 am PDT, May 15,
Felicia Quinlan, Virginia
# 9,636:
7:51 am PDT, May 15,
DANI LEBOEUF, Florida
Would u let YOUR family live like this?? WOULD YOU?
Would u let YOUR family live like this?? WOULD YOU?
# 9,635:
7:45 am PDT, May 15,
Stephanie Barr, Pennsylvania
# 9,634:
7:43 am PDT, May 15,
Nicole Lawless, California
# 9,633:
7:42 am PDT, May 15,
Deborah Olson, Idaho
# 9,632:
7:39 am PDT, May 15,
Amanda Cromwell, Illinois
# 9,631:
7:28 am PDT, May 15,
Catherine Moore, Greece
# 9,630:
7:11 am PDT, May 15,
Glo Ria, United Kingdom
# 9,629:
7:08 am PDT, May 15,
Veronica Villa, Italy
# 9,628:
7:04 am PDT, May 15,
Rinalda Faraian, Romania
# 9,627:
7:02 am PDT, May 15,
Jaime Ortiz, Texas
# 9,626:
6:49 am PDT, May 15,
YENNY RONDON, Italy
# 9,625:
6:13 am PDT, May 15,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
Respect those surrounding communities. Respect the land. Respect yourselves by doing so. The world is watching.
Respect those surrounding communities. Respect the land. Respect yourselves by doing so. The world is watching.
# 9,624:
6:12 am PDT, May 15,
Noel Kline, Pennsylvania
# 9,623:
5:51 am PDT, May 15,
Amanda Andrade, Florida
# 9,622:
5:26 am PDT, May 15,
Francesca Ciacchella, Italy
# 9,621:
5:13 am PDT, May 15,
Justenjoy Me, Portugal
# 9,620:
5:00 am PDT, May 15,
Gabriela Smolander, Finland
# 9,619:
4:44 am PDT, May 15,
Franco Tedaldi, Italy
# 9,618:
4:21 am PDT, May 15,
Silvina Aliukonis, Spain
# 9,617:
4:11 am PDT, May 15,
Brittany Laurel Wilson, Australia
# 9,616:
3:11 am PDT, May 15,
Truus Gadellaa, Netherlands
# 9,615:
2:16 am PDT, May 15,
Katarzyna Gawron, Poland
# 9,614:
12:32 am PDT, May 15,
Neda Bastajic, Serbia And Montenegro
# 9,613:
12:05 am PDT, May 15,
Marilyn Larden, United Kingdom
We each must be prepared to take responsibility and each have a duty of care to the environment that sustains us, and that includes corporations. Golden Star Resources has the opportunity to set an example to others and demonstrate that acting in a socially responsible manner is good business practice.
We each must be prepared to take responsibility and each have a duty of care to the environment that sustains us, and that includes corporations. Golden Star Resources has the opportunity to set an example to others and demonstrate that acting in a socially responsible manner is good business practice.
# 9,612:
12:05 am PDT, May 15,
Pascale Kokken, Belgium
# 9,611:
11:23 pm PDT, May 14,
Reijo Ruotsalainen, Finland
# 9,610:
11:13 pm PDT, May 14,
Judith Montserrat, Spain
# 9,609:
11:12 pm PDT, May 14,
Maria m Carmichael, California
# 9,608:
10:25 pm PDT, May 14,
Darlene Menjivar, Arizona
# 9,607:
9:42 pm PDT, May 14,
Jacqueline Bird, Canada
# 9,606:
9:02 pm PDT, May 14,
Lisa Olson, Oregon
# 9,605:
8:48 pm PDT, May 14,
Janette Mathews, California
# 9,604:
8:19 pm PDT, May 14,
Rebecca Evans, Missouri
# 9,603:
8:03 pm PDT, May 14,
Zahoor Khan, Pakistan
# 9,602:
7:58 pm PDT, May 14,
Huibing Goh, Singapore
# 9,601:
7:57 pm PDT, May 14,
Cynthia Castaldo, New York