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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Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia staff Conflict, according to the Webster dictionary, is a clash or disagreement—often violent—between two opposing groups or individuals. In many diamond mining communities, people engage in acts that have the propensity to spark up violence, like using harmful drugs, stealing (especially diamonds), and…
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Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia Staff Many people in Liberia’s western region depend on artisanal diamond mining for survival, but it is clearly visible that the majority of these people are living in abject poverty. Weasua is one of Liberia’s historic diamond mining communities in which diamonds were…
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Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia Staff Liberia has a population of a highly illiterate society. Many persons don’t have a profession by which they can make a better living; as the result they resolve into petty businesses, and some into farming. However, they are engaged in these activities mainly…
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Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia Staff In the artisanal diamond mining industry in Liberia, there are several stakeholders: miner, digger, broker, supporter (financer), and dealer (exporter). The miner is the person who obtains a Class C mining license from the government to operate a mining claim. He operates…
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Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia staff Diamonds for Peace Liberia is a local NGO established to promote fair diamonds, and to provide self-reliant support to the artisanal diamond workers. It has a small office in the city of Kakata, and its activities are run in Liberia (Kakata is the…
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Written by Diamonds for Peace Liberia Staff General overview of the artisanal diamond mining communities in Liberia Poor infrastructural development is an issue in many artisanal diamond mining communities in Liberia. The artisanal diamond workers often move from one diamond mining community to the other in search of diamonds. Therefore,…
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On February 4th, 2018, NGO Diamond for Peace (DFP) set up a booth at Yokohama International Forum 2018 held in the Japanese International Cooperation Agency Yokohama International Center. Around 50 organizations working in the fields of international cooperation and/or multicultural understanding conducted seminars, workshops or exhibitions. A wide range…
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