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Karen Hayes
vice president
khayes@pactworld.org
Cristina Villegas
director
cvillegas@pactworld.org
small-scale miners whose lives we improved last year
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, or M2M, uses an integrated, holistic approach to help resource-dependent communities improve their lives. We bring together government, industry and miners themselves to make artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) formal, safer and more productive. Pact’s efforts are helping to reveal and make the most of ASM’s contributions to development.
Specializing in areas including health and safety in mining, human rights, traceability and transparency, economic empowerment among miners, mercury abatement, child labor reduction, mineral certification and ethical sourcing, we help communities gain lasting benefit from natural resources by using them more sustainably. We also improve governance in the countries where we work, strengthening local, regional and national institutions.
Our M2M program currently operates in 12 countries, 10 of which are in Africa.
Read more about Pact’s mining work in Colombia, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Indonesia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Stories and Highlights
Responsible sourcing: Facing the challenge of artisanal and small-scale mining
ASM18: Placing the voices and visions of women artisanal miners at the heart of policy discussions
Pact's new documentary film reveals progress in the fight against child labor in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Children Out of Mining
To stem child labor in mining, a village in Colombia turns to systemic solutions – and fish
Responsible tin offers better business than gold
Pact expands fight against worst form of child labor in Africa
The dark secret powering your cell phone
Major push to end the hidden human toll and pollution behind smartphone and electric car batteries
