Deal #5293

Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected

Name of community

Ludogolelo

Presence of land conflicts

Yes

Comment on presence of land conflicts

Forced evictions occurred in 2005 when Selous Farming Limited started operating. The situation then changed when Silverlands showed "the willingness to prove the non-involvement in past events and engage in a dialogue with the surrounding villages".

Displacement of people

Yes

Comment on displacement of people

Forced evictions occurred in 2005.

Negative impacts for local communities

Eviction

Materialized benefits for local communities

Education, Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...), Roads, Capacity building

Comment on materialized benefits for local communities

Selous has provided 4.5 tonnes of maize and beans to a local orphanage, construction material to build classrooms at local schools and installed water pumps in neighboring communities. Silverlands’ financial support to the surrounding villages has contributed to endow the local administration with better infrastructures and social services. A training program will be developed to train small-scale crop and poultry farmers in more efficient production techniques. Finally, the project will have significant human capacity building impacts by creating dozens of new local jobs in a country with a national unemployment