Stories from the Field
From poverty to empowered employer of 20
Born and raised in a family of eight in the Gakenke district in Rwanda, Noel Nshimiyimana’s family could barely make ends meet. After finishing school at the age of 17, Noel was admitted to a vocational training school, but was unable to afford the school’s fees. Noel...
Bringing better practice on security
Some insecurity persists in the Great Lakes Region and security services play an important role in protecting communities, mining areas and transport routes and maintaining the law, including to help legitimate trade to grow. At the same time, security forces should...
A successful business grows from traceability
The owner of SEAVMC (Société d’Extraction Achat et Vente des Minerais et Carrières), Mr. Emmanuel Nyabyenda, started working in the mining sector in 2008. He slowly built up his company, and now has over fifteen mine sites allocated to him by the Rwandan Government....
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ITSCI Status Update COVID Impacts – September 2020
There has been keen interest in the continued work of ITSCI during the COVID pandemic, demonstrating the clear value stakeholders place on our activities and ten years of progress. We are providing this update to transparently report on our funding status and our...
ITSCI statement on ‘Tagged by ITSCI’ study by Hester Postma and Sara Geenen, University of Antwerp
It has come to our attention that a University of Antwerp post-graduate study ‘Tagged by ITSCI’ which has recently been in circulation makes serious allegations about ITSCI which are false, misleading and defamatory. The authors do not substantiate these claims and...
NGOs call for emergency action in aid of ASM communities
Those who work in artisanal mining were already amongst some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable before the COVID pandemic, and are even more so now. Therefore, NGOs are calling for the international community’s attention to this crisis. Over 70 NGOs and civil...
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