Democratic Republic of Congo
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Yves Bawa
country director
ybawa@pactworld.org
Noel Mondjo
program officer
nmondjo@pactworld.org
SMSV project creates new dynamic for monitoring mining activities for Mapimo sub-monitoring committee
May 29, 2020
The Shabunda territory is the largest and one of the most landlocked territories in South Kivu province in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The territory’s population makes a living mainly from the...
World Day for Health & Safety at Work: How conditions are steadily improving for miners, including at one DRC cobalt site
April 27, 2020
Mining provides a livelihood for millions of men and women around the world, many of whom have few other options for supporting their families. Pact’s Mines to Markets program uses an integrated,...
Kits for kids: Keeping children in the classroom and out of mines in DRC
August 19, 2019
On a sunny day in April, 210 students and their parents stood in anticipation outside a school in Cité Musonoie, a mining town located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) copper-cobalt mining...
New Pact-USAID project in DRC will stem child labor, violence and other illegal activity at mine sites
July 26, 2019
Pact has received a new award from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to help counter illegal activities including child labor, violence and other human abuses in the...
In her own words: A former child miner in DRC makes a new start
May 28, 2019
Since 2003, Pact has worked to improve the lives of artisanal and small-scale miners through its Mines to Markets program. This includes efforts to end child labor in mining, from Colombia to the...
Eurasian Resources Group to support Pact’s ‘Children Out of Mining’ program in the DRC
December 11, 2018
Eurasian Resources Group (“ERG” or “the Group”), a leading diversified natural resources group, is pleased to announce its support for “Children Out of Mining-Northern Kolwezi,” an initiative carried...
Responsible sourcing: Facing the challenge of artisanal and small-scale mining
November 15, 2018
Much of world's cobalt is dug by hand in the Democratic Republic of Congo by artisanal and small-scale miners. Pact works to make artisanal and small-scale mining safer, non-exploitative, formalized...
To stem child labor in mining, it takes a village
August 30, 2018
When was the last time you thought about the minerals inside your cell phone or laptop? Where did they come from? Who mined them?
Pact's new documentary film reveals progress in the fight against child labor in Democratic Republic of the Congo
June 12, 2018
On June 12, World Day Against Child Labor, Pact, an international development organization, debuted its first short documentary film revealing on-the-ground evidence of progress in the fight against...
Children Out of Mining
June 11, 2018
Since 2003, Pact has used its integrated approach to development to target the complex root causes of child labor in artisanal and small-scale mining. Spanning continents and minerals – including tin...