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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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…
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On Sunday 24th June 2018 at Kanagawa Citizens’ Center in Yokohama, Japan, Diamonds for Peace (DFP) held the event “The journey toward making the world’s first fair-mined diamond into a reality” for the purposes of sharing our updates and plans. On the summary day, people who were interested in DFP’s…
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Over the last few years, “blockchain” has been a buzz word in the world. People in Japan tend to think it as crypto currency like Bitcoin only. However, the blockchain is useful in many ways. What is blockchain technology? “The blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that…
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Diamonds for Peace (DFP) will develop many programs to alleviate artisanal diamond miners and diggers poverty by introducing fair-trade diamond principles internationally. Our plan of developing and conducting experimentally the first program, the team building training program has been accepted and awarded by The Body Shop Japan Fund. The aim…
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The board members and volunteers of Diamonds for Peace worked on a survey on the awareness of Japanese consumers and diamond retail companies on the issues of diamonds. The English version of the report is released. The purpose of the survey is to discover the level of understanding of the…
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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…
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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…
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Eight members of NGO Diamonds for Peace (DFP) volunteers had worked on translating the book “Blood Diamond: Corruption and Torture in Angola” written by Rafael Marques de Morais, the Angolan journalist and human rights activist, into Japanese. DFP released Japanese version online. Angola is situated in Southern Africa. It is…
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Greetings from Yokohama, Japan. Diamonds for Peace had conducted the online campaign addressed to the Angolan president to cancel the sentence against the journalist, Rafael Marques de Morais, who revealed the cases of violence and murders in diamond producing areas in Angola masterminded by Angolan high ranking officials. Diamonds for…
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