Mine’s women-run jewellery workshop!
Nsanshi art crafts support for Solwezi women and girls Kansanshi Mine’s women-run jewellery workshop, Nsanshi Art, has forged on with its mission to support and provide financial support to vulnerable women and girls in Solwezi District. Since it was set up earlier this year, the value-addition initiative has raised more than K32,000 through the sale and custom designing of jewellery pieces. The funds go towards financing programmes run by the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA). In just a few months of operation, Nsanshi Art has moved from being a small workshop to an operational workspace with state-of-the-art machinery including a newly acquired laser cutter used in engraving. Another recent development is the upgrade of the manual metal roller mill to a motorised one which will make it easier for the women working in the workshop to operate. Kansanshi Foundation Manager Bruce Lewis said the recent developments at the workshop are a clear sign that the initiative i