Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia staff in August 2019 Introduction The artisanal diamond miners in Weasua organized themselves into a multipurpose cooperative with the assistance of Diamonds for Peace Liberia (DFPL), but they are yet to gain the full-fledged cooperative status. Several cooperative members received training in cooperative formation…
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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…
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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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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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