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Creating new beginnings for ex-combatants in Rwanda Format Nearly 300 former child combatants have received formal education, vocational training, or apprenticeship training In the aftermath of Rwanda’s genocide, the new government established measures to address the impact of war and move toward national reconciliation. The 1994 genocide took the lives of nearly one million people and left the country devastated. Many from the former government army and militia fled to what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo where they spent decades struggling to survive. Key to the new government�...

Saving lives with face masks made in post-conflict Central African Republic Format 1.6 million workdays were generated In the Central African Republic, where years of prolonged violence and conflict have ravaged the country’s health care system, an innovative approach is saving lives and putting people to work. As the global COVID-19 pandemic bore down on the country, the government made the difficult decision to mandate the use of facial masks. Like many countries, however, they were faced with a dearth of masks in local and international markets. The IDA supported LONDO project was able t...

Protecting children from learning loss in Sierra Leone Format 22,000 teachers were also trained on health and safety protocols before schools reopened The youth of Sierra Leone were already poorly served by an education system starved of resources. Then the global COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, and schools shut their doors. The pandemic brought grim reminders of the Ebola crisis of 2014, which led to eight months of school closures in Sierra Leone. The impacts were soon evident. Research by the World Bank estimated that girls aged 12–17 were 16 percent less likely to return to sch...

Supporting Africa’s Sahel pastoralists to secure a resilient future Format 75% of the Sahel is too dry for livestock herders to remain in one place 5 million hectares of pastureland, 181 water points, and 66 cattle markets are supporting economic activity for 20,700 people More than 20 million herders across the Sahel region move their cattle, searching for water and pastureland. This is because 75 percent of the Sahel is too dry to allow livestock herders to remain in one place. Each year, in early November, the first signs of drought appear—rivers start to dry up and pastures become sc...

In the May/June issue of Global Mining Review, Andrew Britton and Timothy Perkin, Kumi Consulting, UK, explore the South American context and how evolving regulatory and market requirements for responsible sourcing will impact companies sourcing from the region. This special report lists all the references contained within the article.