Forestry official would not have cleared us for entry. We are registered and must promise we wont take any sapphires with us. We have Camping Equipment and enough food and water for three days. A dozen young men will be our porters. Itll be tough going all the way to the mines. And some of the porters say itll take six hours to get there. Weve already been warned that this will be anything but a normal hike. Over the village of and save a base seems like The Last Outpost of civilization our group attracts lots of attention white people are a rare sight here. Why i. Want. To. Tell you a Blue Sapphires were found last year in the Nature Reserve of
a candy cane i mean since then Tens Of Thousands of prospectors have poured in from all over madagascar all looking for sapphires although this activity is illegal. Supplies and mining gear have to be carried into the area on foot. Not only our luggage but also the equipment for the people working in the mines. That are used to the fires too bu
A recent study has revealed that as of May this year, 26 percent of boreholes in 21 districts have failed the pumping test. That is 102 out of 388 boreholes in the surveyed districts, meaning that millions are unable to access safe drinking water, according to water management firm Base Flow. The firm has since
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In 2018, taps in Balaka Town ran dry due to protracted drought, stirring fierce scrambles for water from trucks. The water woes exposed the vulnerability of the heavily silted Mpira Dam, constructed to supply Ntcheu District and the neighbouring Balaka. Communities at the receiving end realised that the dam surrounded by fast-disappearing trees could neither