Introduction Gbarma is a community in Gbarpolu County in Liberia with an estimated population of two thousand five hundred residents. The community’s main sources of livelihood are artisanal diamond mining and subsistence farming, but most of the residents live in abject poverty. In order to find solutions to the many…
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Introduction In October 2021, the Weasua Clan Mining and Agriculture Cooperative Society (WECMACOS) based in Weasua Town, Liberia , launched a fish farming project with the goal of increasing income and improving the living conditions of its members. As part of the project, they constructed three fish ponds. In March…
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Diamonds for Peace (DFP) conducted trash management workshops in Weasua Town to raise awareness of the negative impact of littering trash in the community. The reason DFP did so was to address the issue of residents throwing away trash throughout the community, rivers, and forests without understanding the negative impact.…
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Wessua Town is a rural community in Gbarpolu County, Liberia. The community is blessed with many natural resources such as rivers, forest and diamonds. The landscape is beautiful and vast with hills and valleys, as well as flats. The community has an estimated population of around five thousand people, and…
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Introduction Weasua is an artisanal diamond mining community that is located in the north-west region of Liberia, Gbarpolu County. Gbarpolu is one of the 15 political sub-divisions of Liberia. The major source of livelihoods in this community is artisanal diamond mining. Unlike many rural communities in Liberia, the residents are…
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Diamonds for Peace has been working in an artisanal diamond mining community named Weasua in Liberia since the end of 2018. In this article, you can learn about what Weasua is like. Brief history WEASUA is a rural community in Liberia, located in the Gbarma District, Gbarpolu County in…
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Hello, I am Chie, the Founder of Diamonds for Peace. As I have been deeply involved with international development work for the past 20 years, I had come to accept the standard of living in many African countries, without much thought about how extraordinary the absence of basic healthcare must…
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The first public toilet facility in Weasua was completed in March 2022 with the support of the Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE). The direct beneficiaries of the toilet project contributed to the project as well. They collected locally available resources such as sand, water, and bricks, and provided…
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About Diamonds for Peace (DFP) is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to transform the diamond industry. We envision a world where diamonds are mined and manufactured with respect for people and the planet. DFP currently works with artisanal diamond miners, diggers and other community members in Weasua, Liberia to improve…
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Introduction The artisanal and small-scale diamond mining (ASDM) sector accounts for 20%[1] of the world’s diamond production. The rough diamond industry is worth approximately 14 billion[2] dollars. For the ASDM sector that could amount to approximately 2.8 billion dollars’ worth of resources. However, because the ASDM sector is primarily situated…
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