
The Power of Partnerships
We partner with influential nonprofits in gold and gemstone mining communities negatively impacted by harmful mining practices. Because cultivating collaborations amplifies our impact.
PACT—MOYO GEMS
Kenya
Our 2022 grant of $590,000 over 3 years helped expand Moyo Gems into Kenya from Tanzania, fund WORTH financial literacy trainings to teach female artisanal gemstone miners how to build secondary sources of income, and secure Moyo Gems’ commercial independence.
2023 progress:
- 465 miners enrolled in Moyo
- 12 WORTH groups established
- 203 people served by WORTH
- 1,400 household members benefitting
PURE EARTH
&
ALLIANCE FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING
Peru
Our 2022 grant of $300,000 over 4 years helps train gold miners to mine safely without mercury, to reforest land devastated by mercury used in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and to achieve their Fairmined certification in support of fair-trade gold.
2023 progress:
- 3.25 hectares reforested in the Peruvian Amazon
- 5,418 native saplings planted
- 4 out of 11 AMATAF mines Fairmined certified, a first in the Peruvian Amazon
- Trained Women’s ASGM Network and AMATAF in mercury-free methods
DDI@RESOLVE
Sierra Leone
Our 2021 grant of $75,000 over 3 years to Peace Diamonds Restoration Initiative helped restore abandoned diamond mining sites after a civil war.
2023 progress:
- 20 mines rehabilitated across 11 communities
- 219 young people cultivating crops on reclaimed land
- 1,745 direct beneficiaries paid for restoration work
- 3,278 indirect beneficiaries

GEM LEGACY
Tanzania
Our 2023 grant of $10,000 over 6 months funded meals for the children of ruby miners at the Kitarini Primary School who might otherwise go hungry every school day.
2023 progress:
- 186,400 meals fed to
950 students every school day - 90% increase in attendance
- 93% increase in final exam passing rates