Funding to Support Safe Livelihoods for Informal Gold Miners
The Australian National University (ANU) and Minelab won an Australian Government grant to research for safer ways to prospect for gold for informal miners in South and Southeast Asia.
Dr Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, a senior fellow at ANU with Minelab led the research. The funding was granted under the Australian Research Council Linkage program, which promotes collaboration between public researchers and private industry.
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Rwanda as Social Entrepreneur Fund Beneficiary
The Republic of Rwanda has been picked as one of the six African countries as beneficiaries for a new fellowship fund program designed at supporting social entrepreneurs in tackling issues on food security.
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