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The Natural Diamond Council (NDC)

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    • True Empowerment for Each and Every One of Us Begins With Equality
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    • Petrus Teofelus
    • Joseph Kunyenga, production manager at by Schachter & Namdar says that the quality and productivity of the company has improved since people living with a disability were invited to join their workforce
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    • Ruben Uheua, 62, was trained as a diamond polisher by Schachter & Namdar when he was in his fifties. Colleagues call him ‘grandfather’
    • Teopolina Sheveenyena
    • At Schachter & Namdar Namibia, a third of employees are disabled. Since proactively hiring from within Namibia’s disabled community, productivity has increased, and quality of work has improved
    • Anna Marie Johnson, 26, is now a skilled diamond polisher at Schachter & Namdar, Namibia (1)
    • Anna Marie Johnson, 26, is now a skilled diamond polisher at Schachter & Namdar, Namibia (2)
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The Natural Diamond Manufacturer That Sparkles with Opportunity

Today, over a third of the company’s employees are living with a disability

Of Namibia’s 2.5 million population, more than half are unemployed and more than 100,000 live with some form of disability, putting them at an even greater disadvantage when it comes to job opportunities. One natural diamond cutting, and polishing company decided to do something about it. The project began in…