COVID-19 Emergency Response for Artisanal and Small-Scale (ASM) mining communities in Kenya

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00:04 Meet Roslyn,

00:05 a widowed mother of 3 from Kenya,

00:07 who works long hours mining gemstones in precarious conditions.

00:13 She's one of over 45 million artisanal and small scale miners around the world

00:19 impacted

00:20 by the COVID-19 pandemic.

00:24 Temporary mine closures,

00:26 significant disruptions in trade chains,

00:28 substantial drops in mineral prices,

00:31 and inflation

00:33 aggravated artisanal and small scale miner situations,

00:36 affecting women miners disproportionately.

00:41 One third of all minors worldwide are women.

00:44 Most people have no idea.

00:45 And so because people don't

00:48 think of women as minors,

00:50 um,

00:50 they never get the kind of opportunities that other miners might get.

00:53 When COVID hit in 2020,

00:56 um,

00:57 because of the lockdowns and because of the restricted movement and lack of,

01:01 uh,

01:02 uh,

01:02 mining operations,

01:04 even

01:05 the access they had to the brokers who would come to the mine sites was disrupted.

01:09 Working with 31 partners across 22 countries,

01:13 the World Bank's extractives Global Programmatic Support Trust

01:17 Fund is addressing these COVID-19 related impacts.

01:23 In Kenya,

01:24 women miners like Roslyn

01:26 receive gemstone valuation training

01:28 and access to trade opportunities to improve their standing

01:32 in the gemstone value chain.

01:37 EGBS funded PA Inc.

01:40 and the Association for Women and Extractives and Energy in Kenya

01:44 to implement these activities

01:46 with additional support

01:48 from the Gemological Institute of America.

01:52 We want to,

01:53 uh,

01:53 not just put money in their hands,

01:55 but actually the training,

01:56 the education,

01:57 um,

01:58 the knowledge that comes from dealing with an international

02:00 trader which they would normally never have access to.

02:04 Restoring disrupted supply chains through access to market days,

02:08 women miners were directly connected to international buyers

02:12 to get a fair price for their stones.

02:16 The money to

02:18 require to broker to famaka mahali to

02:21 to nachekecha.

02:23 Alafuwana chukua ukwabeile wnatakaw basababukonanja

02:28 laki kwasasa

02:30 sokokija karibu nikipata madianggunitaea munyewenanitauza kwabezuri

02:38 na nita inuk.

02:42 3 days,

02:44 over 100 transactions,

02:46 almost 600 gemstones sold.

02:49 Miners earned between 3 to 7 times more

02:52 than their usual income.

02:59 The project also provided training in other skills,

03:03 so miners can find alternative ways to generate income.

03:08 I mean mkulima Pia

03:10 nena nalima napotamaindi

03:13 kwainki.

03:14 Naza

03:16 nabosawatotwang shuleni kwevo miminafayazoti

03:19 mimi mkulimamimini fugajimimini chiimbai.

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Meet Roslyn, a widowed mother of 3 from Kenya, who works long hours mining gemstones in precarious conditions. She's one of over 45 million artisanal and small scale miners around the world impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Temporary mine closures, significant disruptions in trade chains, substantial drops in mineral prices, and inflation aggravated artisanal and small scale miner situations, affecting women miners disproportionately. One third of all minors worldwide are women. Most people have no idea. And so because people don't think of women as minors, um, they never get the kind of opportunities that other miners might get. When COVID hit in 2020, um, because of the lockdowns and because of the restricted movement and lack of, uh, uh, mining operations, even the access they had to the brokers who would come to the mine sites was disrupted. Working with 31 partners across 22 countries, the World Bank's extractives Global Programmatic Support Trust Fund is addressing these COVID-19 related impacts. In Kenya, women miners like Roslyn receive gemstone valuation training and access to trade opportunities to improve their standing in the gemstone value chain. EGBS funded PA Inc. and the Association for Women and Extractives and Energy in Kenya to implement these activities with additional support from the Gemological Institute of America. We want to, uh, not just put money in their hands, but actually the training, the education, um, the knowledge that comes from dealing with an international trader which they would normally never have access to. Restoring disrupted supply chains through access to market days, women miners were directly connected to international buyers to get a fair price for their stones. The money to require to broker to famaka mahali to to nachekecha. Alafuwana chukua ukwabeile wnatakaw basababukonanja laki kwasasa sokokija karibu nikipata madianggunitaea munyewenanitauza kwabezuri na nita inuk. 3 days, over 100 transactions, almost 600 gemstones sold. Miners earned between 3 to 7 times more than their usual income. The project also provided training in other skills, so miners can find alternative ways to generate income. I mean mkulima Pia nena nalima napotamaindi kwainki. Naza nabosawatotwang shuleni kwevo miminafayazoti mimi mkulimamimini fugajimimini chiimbai.

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