A Tanzanian's Perspective On Why We Should Care About Fairtrade Gold

When I was in Tanzania and Kenya, I met with many inspirational people from Fair Trade Africa and England who were involved in introducing fairtrade gold to small scale miners. The miners themselves were savvy and innovative people who had struggled hard to get where they are.  We could all see how these small scale gold projects, if successful, could transform the small scale mining sector first in their regions and then perhaps even in their countries.   Small scale mining would change from a resource curse to an incredible development initiative that could one day help improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
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