Newmont Mining Corporation

A $1.1 million community water and sanitation facility is among the projects Newmont is funding to help rebuild the northwest coast of Sumatra, hit by two separate earthquakes and a devastating tsunami in late 2004. Estimates reported at least 131,000 people killed, 37,000 people missing and 550,000 left homeless in northwest Sumatra alone.

To date, Newmont's $5 million relief package has financed the following projects:

• A new library for Syiah Kuala University and a new school complex complete with classrooms, library and laboratory.
• Community water and sanitation facilities for Calang, which provide approximately 18,000 people from 22 villages easy access to "clean water" for their daily needs.
• A Women's Empowerment Training Center that provides classes in sewing skills to make products sold throughout Sumatra. To date, 180 women from 10 villages have benefited from this training.
• An Integrated Livelihood Program and Environmental Information Center that provides useful ecological and environmental information to the community.
• A flora and fauna rehabilitation program designed to restore the coral reef off Sabang Island.
• Rehabilitation of the coastal ecosystem, and mangrove reclamation and reforestation through the planting of 33,000 mangrove seedlings.
• Construction of fishery ponds in two villages.
• An agricultural rehabilitation project involving irrigation, farming and coconut oil production, which is expected to benefit about 300 people from two villages.