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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Chie Murakami, founder and director general of Diamonds for Peace (DFP) delivered a lecture titled “Sustainable Supply Chain of Diamonds to be Constructed by ALL” at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo on 10 January 2019. She started by saying that the engagement ring presented by her husband-to-be jolted her…
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Diamonds for Peace (DFP) held an event to discuss “Sustainable Supply Chain to be Constructed by All”, at the Eiji Press Lab located in Tokyo on December 2nd, 2018. The event welcomed 34 participants, some of whom are interested in diamond-related issues and others involved in international development. The event…
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Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia staff Back ground of the cooperative In 2008 a cooperative with the name, Smith Town Mineral Multipurpose Cooperative Society, was established under the leadership of a prominent female resident of the community. The cooperative was established through the influence of a Russian mining company…
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Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia Staff Introduction Diamonds for Peace (DFP) will implement its pilot “Fair Diamond” project in the western region of Liberia and has spent the last several months assessing the diamond mining communities (DMCs) in this region to determine which one is prepared to take part…
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Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia staff General feelings of miners The artisanal diamond workers are complaining about the poor conditions of their work environment and results. Major amongst the issues that affects their work are the unfair prices they receive for their recovered diamonds, as well as the lack…
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Diamonds for Peace (DFP) exhibited at the Yokohama International Festival (YIF) 2018 on 8th October, the last day of a three-day holiday weekend. YIF is one of the most popular events in Yokohama City based on the concept of international cooperation and multicultural coexistence. DFP was joined in our exhibition…
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