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Zambia, Kankoyo, 15 August 2017..Margaret Waya (44) lives in Kankoyo and is collecting water with a neighbour..Women collect water and wash clothes next to the Glencore copper mine and processing plant in Kankoyo. Damages to houses because of underground explosions and health are the biggest issues. The plant regularly release sulphur - dioxide. .In the past most people in Kankoyo were employed by the mine, nowadays just a few. This due to mechanisation and falling profits..Due to explosions used at the nearby copper mine her house has cracks. In her neighbourhood 89 houses have the same issues. Margaret is a leader in the neighbourhood and complains to Glencore, the mining company, every time sulphur is being released in the air. She would like to move, but the complaints have not been addressed...Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR)