21 Mar 2023
DiamondWorld Directory
-
Home |
News
Home
Diamonds Do Good®Grants Will Continue Amidst Pandemic
Includes First U.S. Beneficiary Helping Families of Fallen Healthcare Workers Due to COVID-19
By: Diamond World News Service
|
Oct 7 2020 10:13AM
|
Reference: 25190  

DecreaseIncrease

Diamonds Do Good® (DDG)announced todaythat despite the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on fundraising, it is still set to grant $150,000 to diamond industry beneficiariesmost in need of immediate assistance to sustain their programs.

Putting action behind the rallying cry that ‘Diamonds Do Good’, the grants include programs in the diamond mining communities of Tanzania, Botswana and the Northwest Territories of Canada. Additionally, in recognition of this year’s devastating toll the COVID-19 pandemic has had on frontline healthcare workers in the United States, $30,000 of DDG’s total grant dollars will be given outside the industry to the Brave of Heart Fundwhich aids the families ofhealthcare workers who lost their lives to COVID-19.

“Although the Brave of Heart Fund is outside DDG’s normal purview of beneficiaries, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone around the world this year. It is only right that we do what we can to help in these unprecedented times,” said Anna Martin, DDG president.

Industry-related grants will support girls’ education, entrepreneurship, youth empowerment and higher education opportunites.In Africa,grants are being given in Tanzania to support girls education via the Flaviana Matata Foundationas well as empowering youth afflicted with HIV in Botswana through the ‘Let Youth Lead’ program of Sentebale;while in the Northwest Territories of Canada, Diamonds Do Good scholarships will be again be given to youth from indigeneouscommunites seeking special technical training scholarships for diamond industry jobs as well as entrepreneurship and environmental studies programs as administered through the Mine Training Society.

These programs will not only promote meaningful change in these communities, butoffer more examples ofthe many ways that Diamonds Do Good. Jewelers who tell these stories at the counter help customers to feel good in every way about their natural diamond purchases.

Diamonds Do Good was inspired in 2006 by Nelson Mandela to tell the world about the positive impact of diamonds in Southern Africa. Its focus today is to create meaningful change in diamond communities across the world and to tell these meaningful stories.

Follow DiamondWorld on Instagram: @diamondworldnet
Follow DiamondWorld on Twitter: @diamondworldnet
Follow DiamondWorld on Facebook: @diamondworldnet
Have Your Say
* Your view
* Name:
* Email:
* Town/city:
* Country/State:
*  Company:
 
*  Name:
 
*  Mobile:
 
*  Email:
 
 
Subscribe for DiamondWorld weekly Newsletter
 
Advertisement
DWWeeklypost
Search News by City
Advertisement
DWsubscription
Recent Issue
2023
AVAILABLE NOW...!
News in Pictures
Videos
Young Diamantaires
Pictures: 16
Stunning Jewellery from Cannes 2019
Pictures: 24
Sparkly Jewels at Oscars 2019
Pictures: 19
Golden Globes 2018
Pictures: 15
Spotted: Who Wore What (December 2018)
Pictures: 4
India Diamond Week
Pictures: 8
Spotted: Who Wore What (October 2018)
Pictures: 7
Spotted: Who Wore What (September 2018)
Pictures: 6
70th Emmy Awards
Pictures: 11
35th India International Jewellery Show 2018
Pictures: 46
JJS - IJ Jewellers Choice Design Awards 2015 powered by GIA
Views: 32970
Diamond World Expert Hour with Evgeny Agureev, Deputy CEO, ALROSA
Views: 10666
GJEPC Chairman Interview
Views: 29027
IJ Jewellers Choice Design Awards 2012 - Part 1
Views: 40504
Promo for IJ Awards 2012 at NDTV Profit
Views: 58095
IJ Jewellers Choice Design Awards 2012- Part 2
Views: 69758
Couture India 2016 - A Business Boutique Show by IJ Magazine
Views: 22435
Savjibhai Dholakiya, Surat Businessman (Diamond Merchant) speaks in Vibrant 2015
Views: 51686
IJ Jewellers Choice Design Awards 2013 - NDTV Video
Views: 54253
Advertisement
DW News App
Member of:
Supporter of: