Past Pact project to reduce child labour in artisanal mining communities near Kolwezi, through apprenticeships for young people aged 15 to 17 and WORTH savings groups, funded by the Responsible Business Alliance. Pact lists it as a past project and gives no dates; a linked blog post is dated July 2022.
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Pact ran the project near Kolwezi, with apprenticeships for young people aged 15 to 17 and WORTH savings groups, and lists it as a past project; 14 July 2022 is the date of a linked blog post, not an end date. Pact's country page dates its child-labour work in DRC mining, including artisanal cobalt, to 2015–2025.
From 2015 to 2025, Pact supported communities in DRC to reduce child labor in mining, including in the ASM cobalt sector.
This project is reducing the prevalence of child labor in artisanal and small-scale mining communities near Kolwezi
Pact's project page names the Responsible Business Alliance as the funder. No amount or period is given.
This project is reducing the prevalence of child labor in artisanal and small-scale mining communities near Kolwezi