Client meets their social, humanitarian and environmental obligations for the communities where they mine and inherent “change” risks are reduced. In addition, a non-profit partner is established to assist in meeting the challenges of interpreting the cultural and economic complexities. Since GeoAid is a non-profit, our mission and values are always geared toward the same hopes and expectations of the local communities. For the client, partnering with GeoAid significantly reduces the direct costs of implementing their humanitarian/social plans alone.
GeoAid facilitates partner processes and assists in partner/stakeholder Consultations and decision-making at appropriate on-site phases. It also assists in establishing interest-based participative procedures to train leadership groups in appropriate planning and decision-making skills. GeoAid advises and assists in implementing culturally sensitive formal and informal problem-solving, conflict prevention and early resolution of emerging concerns that are inevitable among stakeholders.