The Conflict Diamonds

By: Joao, Tom and Ryan

What are Conflict Diamonds?

They’re better known as Blood Diamonds, and are rough diamonds mined in

conflict zones

When originally mined, they look like this

They are used mainly to fuel armed rebel

groups

Groups like these are armed and extremely dangerous

Conflict diamonds are found in areas

like:

Sierra Leone

Angola

The Democratic Republic of Congo

These rebel groups fight against each other

causing hundreds of civilian casualties with the government also

getting involved

Do you think it’s fair that this girl has to cry, that she has

to suffer for the death of her

parents, who died during a war

between rebel groups?

The rebels force men, women and children

to work sifting for diamonds. They beat

the men and even rape the women

Rebels even cut off limbs from certain

workers who refused to work, and to “teach

them a lesson”

This man mourns over his lost hand

And the look in this young man’s eyes can

tell you everything that he’s been through

This needs to be stopped immediately. People like us

just can’t sit and let this happen to innocent people

But what can I do?

The least we can do, is to check if a diamond is conflict free whenever one is bought

Do it for those who are affected, do it for the world…..