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- An estimated 5 million people have access to appropriate healthcare globally thanks to revenues from diamonds.
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- Conflict diamonds have been reduced from approximately 4% to considerably less than 1% since the implementation of the Kimberley Process in 2003.
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- Diamond revenues enable every child in Botswana to receive free education up to the age of 13.
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- An estimated 10 million people globally are directly or indirectly supported by the diamond industry.
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- The charity Jewelers for Children funds a community based care program for orphaned children in South Africa.
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- The diamond mining industry generates over 40% of Namibia's annual export earnings.
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- The Diamond Development Initiative was established to improve the working conditions of artisanal miners.
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- Approximately one million people are employed by the diamond industry in India.
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- Approximately $8.4 billion worth of diamonds a year come from African countries.
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- The revenue from diamonds is instrumental in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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- In July 2000, the global diamond industry announced its zero-tolerance policy towards conflict diamonds and continues to drive this policy.
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