Pact

Founded in 1971, Pact is a global nonprofit with experience in more than 60 countries. With solutions that are rooted in evidence and driven by data, we foster thriving, resilient communities that chart their own paths. We believe in locally led that empowers communities, builds durable systems, and ends aid dependence. 🌟

Learn more at pactworld.org.

💜

Ghana is the world’s second largest producer, but the country has seen declining production in recent years, partly because of a boom in artisanal and small-scale due to the rising global gold price.

The Shared Ground project – a collaboration among Pact, Solidaridad, and the Ghana Farmer’s Cocoa Association – is working to build peace and community cohesion between cocoa farmers and gold miners to strengthen the resilience and sustainability of both sectors.​ Funded by the Chocolonely Foundation, Shared Ground engages stakeholders in social dialogue workshops where communities come together to share their perspectives, develop mutual understanding, and identify action points for conflict resolution.

“At first we were having disagreements with the miners,” said Cecilia Kofori, a local cocoa farmer. "But due to this program, we have settled all those disputes.”

Read more about our approach and impact 👉 pactworld.org/blog/small-scale-gold-miners-and-cocoa-farmers-ghana-building-shared-ground-lays-foundation-lasting

Every day, we are so inspired by our staff and partners in , who push on against enormous obstacles in order to continue providing vital services for those who need them. Despite war, blackouts, limited phone service, and a punishing winter, they are ensuring that Ukraine holds the line against HIV. 💙 💛

Read their stories 👉 pactworld.org/features/holding-line-ukraines-ngos-sustain-critical-hiv-services-amid-punishing-winter-and-war

Pact Ukraine: building the world of equal opportunities

Holding the line: Ukraine’s NGOs sustain critical HIV services amid punishing winter and war When war reshapes everyday life, even the most routine tasks become extraordinary challenges. For the partner organizations of the Community Action for HIV…

DYK? Pact has a free, robust online resource library for professionals! From capacity development handbooks to lessons learned from our global work in health, the environment, governance, and clean energy, we have knowledge to share! 💡 💡

Check it out today!

👉 👉 www.pactworld.org/library

Since 2016, Pact has worked to improve the lives of artisanal miners in East Africa, mostly women working to support their families through this difficult occupation. We began in partnership with Gemological Institute of America, offering basic tools and training to help miners understand how to value and make more for their gemstones. 💎 ⛏️

A decade later, Moyo Gems has grown into a robust social and economic program that is truly transforming lives, empowering miners in Tanzania, Kenya, and beyond to earn much more for their gems, directly access international markets, and mine in ways that are safer, more efficient, and environmentally responsible.

It wouldn't be possible without our partners and donors, including ANZA Gems, Nineteen48, Maison Piat, A Beautiful Story, World Bank, Brilliant Earth, SCS Global, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, and more.

Miners themselves have also played a crucial role, guiding and supporting Moyo Gems through the Association of Women in Energy in Kenya and the Tanzania Women Miners Association.

Learn more about Moyo Gems' evolution and impact, and hear directly from participating miners 👉 www.pactworld.org/features/tanzania-kenya-and-beyond-pact-and-partners-build-responsible-gemstone-supply-chains



ANZA Gems Nineteen48 GIA Education Brilliant Earth

In Tanzania, Kenya, and beyond, Pact and partners build responsible gemstone supply chains For Salma Juma Mode, making a living was never easy. For years, her main source of income has been gemstone mining in Tanzania’s Umba Valley, a gem-rich…

Pact’s approach to environment work is steeped in partnership — especially with local communities. We empower people to protect the while also pursuing stable livelihoods and prosperity. 🌍

We foster sustainable natural resource management and community-led decision-making, working within the realities of population pressure, poverty, and the impacts of a changing climate. We partner with local people, governments, and civil society so they can develop the necessary skills to manage and responsibly benefit from the natural resources around them, from fish to forests to mineral deposits. 🐟 🌴⛏️

In Indonesia, for example, the MESTI project empowered shrimp farmers to earn more while also adopting new practices to restore critical mangrove forests, which protect against rising environmental stresses.

Funded by Chevron and led by Pact, the effort also helped communities gain through solar, powering local businesses. ☀️

By taking on the economic and environmental challenges of shrimp farming, together with local communities, we built solutions to last. 💪

Learn more 👉 pactworld.org/features/through-private-sector-partnership-pact-supports-communities-and-mangroves-indonesia



📷 : Brian Clark/Pact

Good is the bedrock of community . It's why Pact focuses on empowering local care providers and health agencies to provide strong, stable services.

For years, we have helped millions of people around the globe to access improved health and social services, and we've strengthened hundreds of local health systems. 🏥

We're working to end HIV, ensure better maternal and child health outcomes, advance global health security where it is needed most, and much more. 🎯

This is what lasting change is about!

Learn more 👉 pactworld.org/our-expertise/global-health