I want to share with you the story of Botswana as it pertains to diamonds. Natural diamonds have an underlining bad rap in our culture, and I wanted to shed some light on the power of natural diamonds!
The country of Botswana became an independent country in 1966, but it was very poor and under developed. In fact, the per-capita average income was $83.00 and had just seven miles of paved roads. Just over a year later, diamonds were discovered near Orapa, and it changed the course of history for this nation. Botswana is now one the largest producers of natural diamonds in value with diamonds accounting for over one third of fiscal revenue.
Botswana is a middle-class country, now, with modern infrastructures, accessible health care, and education. Women and men are both equal in employment and education, and in the Debswana Jwaneng mine, the children of the employees are given scholarships to attend private school and college. Botswana now has over 12,000 miles of paved road!
If this were a Hollywood movie, there would be corruption and things blowing up everywhere, but Botswana has been able to avoid the worst excesses of corruption, and is the only African country to maintain control over its mineral resources. The reason they have been able to do that is because their public sector leadership has been both honest and competent, all the while being fiscally transparent. There have been several key legislations that has set Botswana up for success, as well.
Another reason they have been successful, is because Botswana has worked with only one mining company, De Beers. The country has 50% of the seats on the board of the mining venture between Botswana and De Beers, Debswana. They also have two seats and 15% shareholding on the De Beers parent company. Botswana is very much involved in their country’s resources and have been looking out for its citizens.
When you purchase a natural diamond, this is the kind of power it gives! While I am happy to help you with lab grown diamonds as well, the reality is that they don’t have the impact on individual people and countries like natural diamonds do. Natural diamonds employ over 10 million people worldwide helping people not just survive but thrive.
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