Now the hot summer is over and fall has finally arrived. Speaking of fall, there are various ways to enjoy it from seasonal good food, to sports to reading. In our case, we hosted a charity Jazz live at a traditional Japanese-style house situated in a back street of Kagurazaka,…
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Event Report on TICAD7 Side Event “Symposium on the Artisanal Diamond Mining in West Africa”
On the last day of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) 30th August 2019 in Yokohama, Diamonds for Peace (DFP) held an official side event called “Symposium on the Artisanal Diamond Mining in West Africa”. The audience at the event was filled with Japanese and African government officials,…
Continue ReadingTeam Building Training Conducted in Weasua, Liberia
Working with other people in groups to achieve common goals is effective. It has lots of advantages because when people work together in a group it can be easier to overcome common challenges. The group can achieve many things and its individual members can also get benefits more than they…
Continue ReadingNewsletter “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 Reading30th Aug TICAD7 Side Event “Symposium on Artisanal Diamond Mining in West Africa”
Greetings! Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) will be held from 28th to 30th August in Yokohama, Japan. Diamonds for Peace will hold an official side event “The Symposium on the Artisanal Diamond Mining in West Africa” as follows. Feel free to join us! The Symposium on the Artisanal Diamond…
Continue ReadingLecture on Pursuing a Global Career at the Tamagawa Gakuen High School on 14 February 2019
Founder and director of Diamonds for Peace (DFP), Chie Murakami, delivered a lecture on pursuing a global career at Tamagawa Gakuen High School on 14 February 2019 in Tokyo. The global career course invites practitioners working for international organization as guest speakers so that the high school students can…
Continue ReadingA miner in Weasua provides financial support to repair a local bridge
Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia Staff Introduction Weasua is a community that is surrounded by rivers and the road leading to it crosses of many small rivers; traveling on the road to Weasua especially during rainy seasons has been a challenge for many decades due to poorly constructed bridges…
Continue ReadingDFPL explains why the other shortlisted DMCs were not selected for the pilot project
By Diamonds for Peace Liberia staff Introduction Following the situation analysis, Diamonds for Peace Liberia (DFPL) set criteria upon which four diamond mining communities (DMCs) in Liberia’s western region were shortlisted for a pilot project. DFPL’s coordinator conducted several follow up visits to these DMCs in order to identify…
Continue ReadingMembers of “Girls of Progress” a financial saving and loan club, receive their annual benefits
By Diamonds for Peace Liberia Staff Brief overview of the association “Girls of Progress” is a small financial saving and loan club based in Kakata City, Margibi County, Republic of Liberia. It was established in October of 2012 by a group of young women who saw the need to create…
Continue ReadingLiberia Cultural Dances
Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia Staff As a part of normal life in Liberia, cultural dances are a heritage that Liberians follow and cherish dearly. Though dances vary from tribe to tribe and various regions, dance remains a common value to all Liberians. People sing and dance from…
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