Mining of Rough Diamonds in Sierra Leone “CREATING A FUTURE – GIVING NEW MEANING TO SUSTAINABILITY IN MINING” BUSINESS PLAN Page 1 Sierra Credit Repository Xchange (SCRX) Sierra Leone Limited Business Plan List of Contents OPENING STATEMENTS PAGE 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 INTRODUCTION 3 Legal Structure of SCRX 4 Why Diamonds? 4 History of Sierra Leone Diamonds 4 Diamond Market 6 The Government Role 6 Historical Context of the Diamond
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Blood Diamonds: The Conflict in Sierra Leone History of Diamonds: The name "diamond" comes from the Greek word‚ "adamas" meaning unconquerable. Fittingly diamonds are made of pure carbon‚ and diamonds are the hardest natural substance known to man.[1][1] Diamonds have long been a sign of wealth and fortune. Kings and queens have worn these forms of concentrated carbon and even more countless millions people over time have lusted after them. These gems can be transparent‚ truculent white
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Extra Credit 1.Describe events from Randy Morgenson’s life that influenced his strong devotion to protecting the wilderness of California’s High Sierra range. Identify his specific concerns for protecting the wilderness. In the vast sierra wilderness‚ for me‚ without this class and this chance to read book” last season for extra credit‚ I will never know about one guy who tried to change people’s idea toward wilderness. Randy Morgenson‚ from when he was 8 year old‚ with the existence of his father
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implementation weaknesses of the Disarmament‚ Demobilization‚ and Reintegration (DDR) program in Sierra Leone. She used the reintegration program for female soldiers in Sierra Leone as a case because the Sierra Leone’s DDR process is one of the interventions purported to empower both female and male ex-combatants. My primary interest
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Project Title: ‘Supporting the reinforcement of the ban on Child FGM through the provision of alternative livelihoods to vulnerable women to support social change at grass root level’ Name and Position of Representative: Hawa Samai-Chief Executive Officer Email address: amnet.sl@gmail‚com Total Amount Requested: AMNet and Partners: UN WOMEN: Target Location: Western Area No of beneficiaries: Direct: 200 Indirect:20000-Girls and parents Date of Submission: 14th July 2012
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What are conflict diamonds? Conflict diamonds – also known as blood diamonds – are diamonds that are used to fuel violent conflict and human rights abuses. They have funded brutal wars in Liberia‚ Sierra Leone‚ Angola‚ Democratic Republic of Congo and Côte d’Ivoire that have resulted in the death and displacement of millions of people. Diamonds have also been used by terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda to finance their activities and for money-laundering purposes. Did someone Die for that Diamond
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The Bite of the Mango is the true story of Mariatu Kamara‚ a girl born in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone‚ an impoverished country on the west coast of Africa‚ was in a horrific civil war while Mariatu was a child. Despite the poverty in her tiny rural village‚ Mariatu’s first few years are happy ones‚ filled with friends‚ games and chores. Mariatu’s father has two wives‚ neither of whom seems very pleasant. Mariatu is given to an auntie to raise‚ which likely would have been a great idea had the village
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process. In 1958‚ Ansel received a third guggenheim grant for his creative work. During the late 1940’s‚ Ansel went on numerous trips to take pictures of all the national parks in the United States. From 1936 to 1970‚ Ansel was the director of the Sierra Club‚ which presented him in 1963 with a John Muirn Award. In 1968 he was the recipient of the Conservation Service award of the Interior
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Long Way Gone Study Guide / Discussion Questions / Writing Assignment Suggestions Chapter Questions: Chapter One: What did the old man in Kabati mean when he said‚ “We must strive to be like the moon”? Is this advice that could apply to you? Why or why not? Chapter Two: Beah moves around in time as he tells his story‚ flashing forward and backward. What is the effect of this technique? Do you appreciate it‚ or would you prefer that he stuck to strict chronology? Why or why not? Chapter Three:
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strategies in delivering community based maternal and newborn health care in Kenya and Sierra Leon. According to Gilbert Wangalwa‚ child death has decreased globally from 12.5million in 1990 to 8.8 million in 2008‚ of this figure one third were neonatal death of which has been linked closely to the slow progress in reduction of maternal mortality; approximately 342‚900 maternal death each year. In Kenya and Sierra Leone just like other sub Saharan African countries the rate of child and maternal mortality
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