IMPACT

We are an independent, global organization working with communities to transform natural resource governance.

[IMPACT @IMPACTtransform]

#Hiring
This internship offers a graduate or early-career professional the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in project delivery, administration, finance, and operations within a donor-funded project environment. Apply today!

[planetGOLD Zimbabwe @planetGOLD_Zim]

📷Join our team! We are hiring a Project Support Intern to support finance, admin, and project functions at Planet-GOLD Zimbabwe . A great chance to gain real-world experience in a donor-funded setting.

See the advert here 📷 https://t.co/CfILLAYKyt for details on how to apply.

[IMPACT @IMPACTtransform]

Through awareness raising @planetGOLD_Zim is helping miners like Mavies better understand the risks of mercury and access safer alternatives, while reducing mercury use across Zimbabwe's artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector. @planetGOLD_org @theGEF @UNEP

[planetGOLD Zimbabwe @planetGOLD_Zim]

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐲-𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝.

Mavies Gwiriko, 32, handles mercury with bare hands at Museveni Mine, Bindura. She does not know it's poison,damaging her brain, kidneys, and lungs.

Read full story
👉https://t.co/6EtrKOpJvw @minamataMEA @theGEF

[planetGOLD Zimbabwe @planetGOLD_Zim]

@planetGOLD_Zim aims to support 7,500 ASGM miners in reducing mercury use by 4.85 tonnes, alongside driving formalization and better financial inclusion across Zimbabwe’s #ASGM sector.
Read more from our recent technical visit to Willsouth Mine 👉https://t.co/W3kQUJqn8J

[planetGOLD Programme @planetGOLD_org]

The experiences of Monica, Josephine and Esther, however, demonstrate how targeted training can enable women miners to step into leadership roles & earn more income.

👆 Meet these women miners who are charting a new path toward responsible, #mercuryfree small-scale gold mining.

[planetGOLD Programme @planetGOLD_org]

Women represent about 45% of Uganda's artisanal & small-scale gold mining workforce, typically engaging in the processing & washing stages, where exposure to toxic mercury is high. They typically work in male-dominated cooperatives with little control over their livelihoods.

[planetGOLD Programme @planetGOLD_org]

In Uganda 🇺🇬 women miners partnering with the planetGOLD project are demonstrating how inclusive leadership, formalization initiatives and #responsiblemining practices can strengthen livelihoods while protecting local communities and the environment for generations to come. 🔽

[International Conference on the Great Lakes Region @_ICGLR_]

🗣️ “Bringing together stakeholders such as @nemaug @BOU_Official and the Mines Department helps strengthen coordination in implementing the ICGLR RCM. Working together is key to reducing the illegal exploitation of natural resources.” Mrs. Grace Nasuna, Assistant Commissioner.

[International Conference on the Great Lakes Region @_ICGLR_]

Through classroom sessions and field-based exercises, the workshop will equip DGSM inspectors, @nemaug officials and @BOU_Official staff with skills on mine site inspection, chain of custody, traceability and evidence-based inspection reporting under the ICGLR RCM framework.

[International Conference on the Great Lakes Region @_ICGLR_]

The 5-day training workshop aims to strengthen different stakeholders capacity on traceability, mine site inspections, certification standards and responsible mineral supply chains in Uganda.
@MEMD_Uganda @UEauBurundi @IMPACTtransform

[International Conference on the Great Lakes Region @_ICGLR_]

Happening now in Mubende, Uganda
The ICGLR and Uganda’s DGSM are holding a workshop on the RCM, Gold CoC and ASM Formalisation to strengthen traceability, inspections & responsible sourcing, with support from @UEauBurundi through the Peace & Security in the GLR project, and GIZ

[IMPACT @IMPACTtransform]

Read the the latest article in the @HeraldZimbabwe to learn more on how @planetGOLD_Zim is working with artisanal mining communities to support safer and more sustainable gold production in #Zimbabwe ⬇️

@planetGOLD_org @theGEF @UNEP @MinOECW @MinistryMines @EMAeep

[planetGOLD Zimbabwe @planetGOLD_Zim]

📰 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒! 📷

@planetGOLD_Zim has set a major environmental target aimed at reducing mercury use in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector by 4,85 tonnes.....

Read more 📷 👉https://t.co/zRYkydMC5o

#ResponsibleMining #MakeMercuryHistory #goldmining

[planetGOLD Programme @planetGOLD_org]

The workshop put concrete models on the table, such as tributing arrangements that allow small-scale miners to operate legally within sections of large mining concessions, and shared gold processing facilities that would improve gold recovery rates & reduce use of mercury.

[planetGOLD Programme @planetGOLD_org]

Last month @planetGOLD_Zim brought together gov officials, large-scale mining executives & artisanal mining reps to map out a practical path toward formalizing the #ASGM sector and building genuine collaboration between small miners & established companies.https://t.co/V9YICqiOHT

[planetGOLD Zimbabwe @planetGOLD_Zim]

After 2 days of intensive sessions, @planetGOLD_Zim PSC co-chairs strengthened coordination to advance responsible artisanal small-scale gold mining in Zimbabwe. Key outcome: agreed outreach messages on community awareness, safer practices, and sustainable ASGM operations.

[IMPACT @IMPACTtransform]

📢#Hiring
@IMPACTtransform is looking for an illustration and animation company based in Africa to help bring complex mineral governance issues to life through a six-episode visual storytelling series. Read more and apply here: 👉🏾https://t.co/uzQ8l6P24i

[IMPACT @IMPACTtransform]

📢Our new website is live!
40 years of work, now in one place. We’ve worked alongside communities and partners across the globe to address how natural resources are managed and who benefits from them. See what we've been building.
👉🏾https://t.co/E0zwpzB7WN

[IMPACT @IMPACTtransform]

(5/5) Participants left with a sharper understanding of responsible mining practices, improved due diligence approaches, and stronger cross-sector collaboration. These are concrete steps toward a sector that works for everyone, including the #women and #youth at its base.

[IMPACT @IMPACTtransform]

Child labour in artisanal mining doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's often rooted in women's insecurity and the structural gaps that leave families vulnerable (1/5)
👉🏾 https://t.co/6pTxMcPJvr

[IMPACT @IMPACTtransform]

(4/5) Participants included cooperatives, depots, processing entities, state mining services, the Mines Administration, and SAEMAPE, all working toward stronger implementation of internal due diligence policies in line with OECD Guidance & the DRC Ministry of Mines' directives.