Our Donors

Apple provides funding for our Just Gold project.

Artisanal Gold Council is the project lead promoting formalization and best-practices in artisanal and small-scale mining in Peru and Indonesia. The AGC funds our contribution, providing technical guidance to implement a gender strategy into the two projects.

Carleton University is the project lead for Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Central and East Africa. The university funds our contribution toward ground-breaking research on women’s economic roles in the artisanal mining sector in the Great Lakes region. This project is part of the Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) program, which is jointly funded by the UK’s Department for International Development, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Canada’s International Development Research Centre.

The European Union funds our work to improve diamond governance, which includes support to the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition as well as research and activities in West Africa.

GIZ funds our work in Côte D’Ivoire and supports sensitization of Ivorian stakeholders on formalization and due diligence implementation in the artisanal gold sector.

Global Affairs Canada funds our work in the Great Lakes region including research, developing innovative systems, and engagement with stakeholders through the Building Responsible Mineral Supply Chains in Africa’s Great Lakes Region program. This includes funding for our work with the International Conference on the Great Lakes region to advance certification and due diligence implementation applicable to 3Ts and gold, support to civil society including COSOC-GL, development of the Just Gold project, promotion of women’s rights, as well as environmental stewardship in artisanal gold mine sites.

The Just Gold project is receiving logistical support from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO).

The European Partnership for Responsible Minerals funds our Artisanal Mining Women’s Empowerment Credit & Savings (AFECCOR) project.

Tetra Tech collaborated with us to expand the Just Gold project in the Democratic Republic of Congo with funding from USAID’s Capacity Building for Responsible Minerals Trade (CBRMT) project.

The Tungsten Industry Conflict Minerals Council provides funding for our work to transform how natural resources are managed in areas where security and human rights are at risk.

The Just Gold project in Democratic Republic of Congo receives technical environmental assistance from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).