Since 2006, Jeffery and Natalie Bergman have supported New Blood Academy & Orphanage for at-risk children in Mae Sot, Thailand on the border with Burma (Myanmar). With humble beginnings in a one room wood and bamboo hut with one teacher and a few dozen students, New Blood serves children whose families have fled oppression in Burma and not qualify to go to Thai government schools.
Of the approximately 400 students attending weekday classes, over 100 live at the school full time including about 60 orphans. Several times per year we personally deliver several tons of rice, dried beans, dried and canned fish, cooking oil, cleaning and school supplies, as well as sports equipment. Additionally, we will have the school’s old pickup truck repaired and buy new tires when necessary
Civil war in Burma under the brutal military dictatorship motivated several of New Blood’s teachers to take up arms and join the fight for democracy and freedom. More teachers are desperately needed and foreigners are encouraged to volunteer, even if it is only for a few weeks to teach English, Arithmetic, History, Geography etc.
Eighth Dimension Gems refuses to call our gemstones “Ethically Sourced” as it insinuates our competitors who do not make this claim are selling gems which are not ethically sourced.
Eighth Dimension Gems refuses to call our gemstones “Responsibly Sourced” as it insinuates our competitors who do not make such claims are selling gems which are not responsibly sourced.
Eighth Dimension Gems refuses to call our gemstones “Sustainable” as it requires the bastardization of the definition of the term. No earth mined gemstone can be properly defined as “sustainable” since all mining is by its very nature unsustainable as it exploits a finite resource.
Eighth Dimension Gems is opposed to NGO’s and trade organizations “Certifying” gemstone suppliers as “Ethical” or “Responsible” as the vast majority of small scale miners and traders lack the financial resources necessary to pay for such certification.
At Eighth Dimension Gems, we source our gems predominantly from small scale miners and traders who have not paid for NGO or trade organization Ethical, Responsible, or Sustainable gemstone dealer certification.
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