Every Natural Diamond Has a Story. Diamonds Do Good's 2026 Impact Report Shows the Good It Leaves Behind.

In a South African primary school, a child puts on her first pair of glasses and sees the chalkboard clearly for the first time. In rural Botswana, a young farmer walks the rows of a greenhouse she built herself. In Tanzania, young women on scholarship are graduating into careers as engineers and entrepreneurs. And in Surat, India, where most of the world's diamonds are cut and polished, children from diamond-cutting families are in the classroom, and a new program to help the women of those families build careers is about to begin.

These are the stories behind Diamonds Do Good's 2026 Impact Report, released today. The report follows a year of work in the communities where natural diamonds are found, and the people building futures there that will last long after the diamonds are mined.

"Every natural diamond starts in a real place, with real people," said Nancy Orem Lyman, Executive Director of Diamonds Do Good. "This report is their story. We're proud to stand beside them, and to make sure the people who wear natural diamonds know the good those diamonds can do."

Highlights from the 2026 Impact Report include:

• Gift of Sight, South Africa. In partnership with the Black Coffee Foundation, founded by the Grammy-winning DJ, the program brings free eye exams and glasses to schoolchildren. At Thabisang Primary School alone, more than 700 children were screened and more than 100 received glasses. "A child's ability to learn, dream and thrive should never be limited by preventable poor eyesight," the Black Coffee Foundation says.
• Entrepreneurs building what lasts, Botswana and beyond. Small grants help local founders grow businesses that create jobs and feed families. Tshireletso Seoromeng, founder of Erba Farms in Botswana, now mentors other entrepreneurs, speaks to students in local schools and shared her story on stage at the 2026 Diamonds Do Good Awards.
• Flaviana Matata Foundation, Tanzania. Through the Foundation, young women earn scholarships and step into careers as engineers and entrepreneurs, bringing new opportunity home to their families.
• Finding the Leader Within, Botswana. A new model of giving with the Signet Love Inspires Foundation and Stepping Stones International. Young people in Mabutsane, near the Jwaneng diamond mine, trained with actor Denim Richards, Opulent Entertainment Group and MTV Shuga to write and produce three short films on issues facing their communities.
• Ctrl+Alt+Lead, Botswana. An AI and entrepreneurship pilot that helped young people build real marketing for their businesses, now growing to reach 350 youth.
• Impact in India. Support for the American India Foundation in Surat's diamond community, and a commitment to the Women of Surat Workforce and Entrepreneurship Initiative with the Dharmajivan Lokseva Trust, launching soon.

The report also shows something new: when people hear these stories, they respond. This fall, Diamonds Do Good launched My Diamond Does Good, a consumer campaign supported by the JCK Industry Fund. Lifestyle creators, many sharing about diamonds for the first time, tell the stories behind their own natural diamonds and the communities those diamonds come from. No jewelry was gifted, so every story is their own.

"A natural diamond takes billions of years to form. What it does for people should last even longer," said Pete Engel, Chair of the Diamonds Do Good Board of Directors. "Every partner, retailer and sponsor who supported this work in 2026 is part of these stories. We're grateful, and we're just getting started."

Looking ahead to 2027, Diamonds Do Good will celebrate the next Diamonds Do Good Awards on Thursday, June 3rd, ahead of the opening of JCK Las Vegas and continue taking small groups to Botswana to meet the people and communities behind natural diamonds.

The full 2026 Impact Report is on the Diamonds Do Good website here. (https://diamondsdogood.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Impact-Report.pdf) Guests can pick up a printed copy and meet the Diamonds Do Good team at the Accessories Council x FashionPhile event at 601 W 26th St, Suite 400B, on Tuesday, November 17th from 10am-7pm, in New York, during NYC Jewelry Week. The evening brings together the worlds of fashion, accessories and luxury resale, a new audience for the story behind natural diamonds and the communities they come from.

About Diamonds Do Good Diamonds Do Good is the natural diamond and jewelry industry's nonprofit. It funds programs and entrepreneurs that help communities where natural diamonds are found thrive long after the diamonds are mined, and shares their stories so consumers understand the good natural diamonds can do. Learn more at diamondsdogood.org.