Latin America and Caribbean

Much of our work has focused on improving lives in areas that depend on artisanal and small-scale mining for their livelihoods, particularly in Colombia. In partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor, we have helped to decrease child labor in mining communities where we’ve worked.

Our efforts have also focused on protecting the rights of workers, women, migrants, and indigenous communities. In partnership with USAID and local organizations, we worked to prevent and respond to human rights violations in Colombia among Venezuelan migrants, Colombian returnees, and receptor communities. Across the Amazon, from Ecuador to Brazil, Pact supported Indigenous people to increase their influence in the region’s governance in order to protect the environment and indigenous rights. 

In the Dominican Republic, Pact has worked to reach and sustain HIV epidemic control among pregnant and breastfeeding women, adolescents, infants, and children.