Jewelers, designers, miners, NGOs, and industry professionals from small to large companies gathered in Chicago’s south loop for the third annual Responsible Jewelry Conference on 25th and 26th October 2019. The weekend was filled with one of a kind speaker presentations and lively panel discussions. People’s diverse backgrounds made for…
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Newsletter “The Journey” vol.2 published!
Greetings! Diamonds for Peace (DFP) publishes the newsletter “The Journey” to share the latest information, progress, plan and challenges with its supporters. I’m pleased to announce that we have published vol.2 last month. The digital version of The Journey is now available online. You can download it from: http://diamondsforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Journey2.pdf We’d…
Continue ReadingThe presentment of the kola nut to welcome strangers in Liberia
Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia staff Welcome; according to the English dictionary is the act of greeting the arrival of a person with gladness and open arms. When a stranger is welcomed, s/he feels at home and at liberty to do some things and enjoy certain privilege. People welcome…
Continue ReadingNewsletter “The Journey” vol.1 published!
Greetings! Diamonds for Peace (DFP) will publish the newsletter “The Journey” biannually to share the latest information, progress, plan and challenges with its supporters. I’m pleased to announce that we have just published vol.1. The title “The Journey” has two meanings for us. The first is the journey of our…
Continue ReadingLiberia in a democratic transition
Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia staff Liberia’s transition, what it means to every Liberian Liberia has not had a democratic transition of power from one elected president to the next in the last 74 years. But how Liberians feel about the transition is an important issue to talk about.…
Continue ReadingChallenges Artisanal Diamond Workers Face in Working Together
Many persons in Liberia’s western mining region find their living through artisanal diamond mining; some work as miners and many of them as diggers. Many rely solely on diamond mining for survival. Gondor Town is a diamond mining community in the western region of Grand Cape Mount County; one of…
Continue ReadingAfrican costume day in Liberia
The Liberian culture speaks of the way Liberians should dress and act. Additionally, it teaches good morals and societal norms, varying from tribe to tribe. However, many Liberians in urban communities are gradually forgetting their cultural heritage and have substituted it with western cultural forms. This trend reaches even to…
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Written by DFP Liberia Staff Prostitution is the exchange of sex for money; it is very common in Liberia. The act takes place openly on street corners in Monrovia and many other cities in Liberia. Mostly involved are teenage and adolescent girls between the ages 20 and 30. During the…
Continue ReadingStreet selling-means of survival for many common Liberians
Written by DFP Liberia staff Is it common in your country, or does it even happen where you live? Well, my country, Liberia is in a state of recovery after experiencing 14 years of civil unrest; a conflict which greatly devastated the land and caused serious economic hardship for its…
Continue ReadingSituation Analysis of the Artisanal Diamond Mining in the Western Region of Liberia
Diamonds for Peace (DFP) had conducted the field survey in the western region of Liberia from August 2016 to March 2017 to assess the local reality of the artisanal diamond mining for the purpose of project design and compiled the results as situation analysis. Followed by the publication of report…
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