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El Triunfo, An Example of Small Mining Done Right: Today, the El Triunfo mine is a source of pride for the Cárdenas and their community. Not only do they work safely and efficiently, but they have made their mine a space that offers better conditions. The Alliance for Responsible Mining, within the framework of the Somos Tesoro project, reached its mountains in 2014 and since then has helped train these miners to guarantee the appropriate Mining Safety and Hygiene conditions, and implement new measures to improve their practices. and mitigate the environmental impact.

Winds of Small Responsible Mining: A video presenting Somos Tesoro's efforts in ensuring safe working conditions and environmental sustainability in mining.

Livelihoods in Colombia: The Livelihoods program developed by Pact in Colombia has led rural communities in a situation of poverty to grow and move towards prosperity. Pact's work has had a significant impact on the lives of historically marginalized households, including populations engaged in artisanal and small-scale gold and coal mining.

Systematization Economic Forum: Bets for the Economic and Productive Development of the Bajo Cauca Region: Its main objective was to generate an enriching reflection with different actors in the region around the productive bets in the territory, in such a way that this context would help to join forces and promote informed decision-making, guiding actions towards strengthening their strengths and economic priorities.

Lizeth is part of one of the beneficiary households that the Somos Tesoro project has trained in family economics and savings models. The Pact team took on the task of advising families in the community on financial management, creating a family budget and eliminating superfluous expenses, to improve their economic solvency.

On Foot And By Bike Through Boyacá: The Somos Tesoro project increases the motivation of children and adolescents to remain in their educational cycle, and enhances their leadership, their life skills and their vocational development

Good for Education in Pedregal Alto: The families of the children who study at the La Independencia school are engaged in small-scale coal mining, transporting coal and other materials, or planting coriander and beans, among other products. With the Escuela Nueva model, these children have formal education close to home. Thus, they are more protected, in a friendly environment and tailored to their needs.

Fledglings, Idle People and Warriors: Perception Study on Child Labor in Mining Areas of Colombia: This qualitative study examines the perceptions that those directly involved have about child labor. By directly involved we refer to minors who work or they might be able to work and the adults responsible for their upbringing. This document contains five stories that show the narration of the participants in a fictional format. They are stories about the experiences of these families around child labor. They collect the description of their environment, their way of expressing themselves, their anecdotes, their expectations and desires from the observer's point of view.

Perceptions and Imaginaries about Child Labor in Colombian Gold and Coal Mining: This study tries to identify these relationships and propose alternatives to overcome the factors that promote and justify it. The study combines quantitative and qualitative social research techniques to obtain a different perception, with an internalized vision of the causes of child labor, both at a general level and at a particular level in the Colombian ASM of coal and gold. In addition, it offers an analysis without barriers, which highlights the point of view of miners and shows the importance of taking their opinions into account, with a view to making them the agents of change on child labor.

Survey of the Final Line of the Somos Tesoro Project: This study measures the change in the prevalence of Child Labor in eight municipalities in the departments of Antioquia and Boyacá in Colombia, where the NGO Pact, carried out the Somos Tesoro project between the end of 2013 and 2017, focused on child labor in mining. This report statistically tested the difference in variables and indicators of interest, between a baseline survey (November 2014 - February 2015) and the final line survey (March - April 2018). The quantitative analysis is complemented with a qualitative analysis carried out from four focus groups with parents of households participating in the Project.