Exposing The Inhumane Conditions Of Burkina Faso's Gold Mines

Gold Dust: Under Blaise Compaore's leadership, Burkina Faso's unregulated gold rush has had a devastating effect on mining conditions. This report digs deep into the industry, exposing the corruption beneath Compaore's ruling.
Millions of people - including children as young as fourteen - mine in an unregulated industry for a few golden grams of hope. Marcel toils underground to support his family - but without the glittering rewards promised. “We all have hope, we hope to earn” he says, but "they rob us here...They treat the miner like an animal." 17-year old Soumaele has been mining for two years. His thin body can go to even deeper than the older men, to places where the air is impossible to breathe and the tunnels are likely to collapse. Gold promises a great deal, but in an anarchic industry, teacher Soungalo Hema fears for the future of children like Soumaele: "You try and save them", she says, "but a lot of the time it’s in vain. I ask myself 'what will happen to all of us?'"
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[@longlivingdude]

The next time your favorite rapper talks about inequality, look at his gold chain and think of this video.

[@vojtizslav]

And its not just gold. Diamonds make the jewerly price exponentionally higher.

[@alanwatts8239]

Yeah, because gold can only be found in places like this, it's not like there are industrial mines or anything.

[@Ismael-ge6gv]

Rapper? Try next time you go to church

[@KD-wc4rs]

What about yall deflecting from the people that really run this shit

[@socrates_the_great6209]

Black man with black blood around his neck lol.

[@prashant_kerung_thegim0709]

African politicians needs to stop waging wars and start looking after its people. Man it feels bad seeing all these people suffering

[@anustwist6305]

Its not easy to regain economic power after being colonized and when your natural resources are stolen from you. ESPECIALLY when other countries like the colonizers and the Us are interfeering with your goverment

[@prashant_kerung_thegim0709]

@@anustwist6305 true but I just wanna see Africa great. Too many warmongers in that beautiful continent

[@perrysmith6872]

Same thing going on n America with the worthless demonic criminal politicians we have n office !

[@ikennao5299]

Bro most money goes back to European banks and company, don’t be misled, its Europeans that’s working with the african goverment to solidify their power

[@KingFluffs]

@Some guy with a Quantum Jail Probably start by fixing it's overpopulation issue. Limit the number of children a couple can have. Why have 9 kids when you can only feed 4 of them?

[@Streyday]

"We have hope. Hope to earn." I respect Marcel and wish a better life for him.

[@ronnieriosstayshredded7410]

Prayer is stronger than wishes

[@cylusbenjamin8436]

The Pentecostal mission of india abhors gold because it is the mammon or Satan as told by Jesus

[@adityajyotivardhansingh2386]

Hope and prayers doesn't feed their family, So stop hoping and start doing something which can change their life.

[@chanderlouiecabalonga440]

@@ronnieriosstayshredded7410 8xy8x8x

[@chanderlouiecabalonga440]

Yx

[@Iconoclasher]

".... he (the vendor) earns about 2500€ per month" (15:15). The miners make 1€ per day. The exploitation starts right there with the vendor! Nice! 🙄

[@arbaaztorgal689]

He is making more than I make a mid size city lol

[@luissg2401]

they dont have to sell it to him tho he checks the price according to the price of gold that day as you can see they barely give him a few grams and its not PURE gold so its harder to sell

[@Lucas_Tulic]

In the video they said that there are over a million people working there, so the ammount of people he sees per month would be huge; let's say 10 thousand for shits and giggles. 10.000 people giving him a gram of gold each is 10 kilos of gold a month. Unprocessed gold is worth between $6 to $15 dollars a gram, and I'm pretty sure this dude works on comission. Everyone is being exploited.

[@sicsempertyrannisvi4107]

when i see things like this i only am interested in who owns the place, the corp who holds it and the mining rights while parceling out the labor to these 'million' people. I see no whiff of even that in this documentary meaning they are omitted from the equation. I'd also be interested in who is engaged in the business of providing for the wants of these people on credit

[@francestudor-stack3514]

Greed

[@iweoldtimer]

Ironically, they are homeless at their own motherland that having a massive gold mine.

[@DuBstep115]

And someone brought there drugs to make them addicted = now they have to work to make money to buy more drugs.

[@gilangnugraha6737]

There's alot of third world country who have same condition. But not as this bad. People who rich get richer and those who poor come poorer :(

[@Krzemieniewski1]

@@DuBstep115 Perfect deal

[@helliswar]

America has petrol , gas , uranium , and only agriculture could rise the american economic But there is a lot of homeless people (Half million)

[@lunamaria1048]

Because corruption

[@mphelamabushe9868]

After watching this video, I realise how little my problems are. God bless Africa

[@Jafmanz]

africa has been blessed with more time than any part of earth to learn to thrive. It has also had more help than any other place on earth both in action and funds. There is a reason it has always failed and it is not something you can blame on the white man. WEll you can but you would be wrong!

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Everything is relative. They have their problems, we have ours.

[@asmongoldsmouth9839]

@@Jafmanz I agree with everything you say except that regardless how much help was offered to Africa it boils down to those who have squandered the resources. Especially with those programs like Sally Struthers was hosting. The money doesn't ever go fully to sponsor Africans. It goes to profit the high-ups in the charity first. THEN it goes towards a plane full of rice (ths cheapest commodity in the world and it has no nutrition) or a well for clean water. Sickening.

[@Maperator]

god bless anyone of any nationality who lives a hard life

[@thedon.32]

oh man if that comment want perfect, god did bless africa its full of riches but man, did its thing like it woulda happened 10 times over. fuck my ancestors.

[@Hoosier_Boy]

I'm an old man but these documentaries are so full of education and information that it does this old man well.

[@Hoosier_Boy]

@Daan P Why would you say something like this? By your lack of disrespect and unprovoked anger, you are the biggest problem this country has. Someday you will understand, we all can hope anyway.

[@gordondyer1]

50 degrees in a hole that deep and confined scares the shit out of me.

[@getchasome6230]

Yeah I got claustrophobic watching it

[@abeninan4017]

Guess who are the investors and hoarders of gold.

[@danieldetweiler1259]

Every time I think I've got problems or think my life isn't that great. I just have to put a video like this on & I realize just how fucking lucky I am

[@juliemango818]

that's all u got from this video? smh

[@SusieSynth]

juliemango if that's what it takes...

[@haseebnedarya4327]

Daniel Detweiler that's so true bro.. 😕

[@608756]

yes dude yes u gotta thank ur God.

[@fradrake11]

Yip first world problems

[@daviddaini9351]

Mental slavery..... How I wish Africa leaders could rise to their feet to save their people.

[@shinilthayyil4610]

@@baconoftheark yes its Arab traders who started slavery and slave trading in first place. Now majority of Africans being slave in their own countries. Majority of their leaders are puppets of multi national corporates and who ever stood against them got killed by his own people. Very sad to see africa in this conditions. All the countries are rich in minerals deposits and still the people lives in poverty.

[@kamtarbol]

They west destroyed the Africa. Not just Africa the entire world

[@mosslinden5058]

@@baconoftheark you need to open a history book, holy shit.

[@gradeez]

@@baconoftheark but nobody fucked the world up more than the West.

[@TheDsRequiem]

You know it's mostly the leaders who are fucking their own people right.

[@TonyT-fz8od]

this is the kind of content we need on youtube, thank you

[@emmakassonon8391]

I am heartbroken when I saw this documentary, I am from Burkina Faso and I know what it is to be poor and hopeless.

[@HavanaSyndrome69]

This is such a tough situation. On the one hand, if the mines were more efficient and used western machinery and technology then the miners would be more skilled, have much higher pay, and they'd be able to produce far more gold for better profits. HOWEVER, they wouldn't be able to employ even a fraction of the people mining primitively right now because the machinery would be efficient enough to outmine thousands of pickaxes and shovels. So, it's definitely a tradeoff. They can have about a million people mining inefficiently and making little money or a few people mining a lot of gold but they'd almost definitely need westerners to do the more advanced engineering/chemistry related jobs leaving the locals with a few realtively well paying jobs while everyone else that could have been a miner left out in the cold unemployed.

[@stant1613]

"The family didnt want his body back" thats just so sad. Everything about this is sad.

[@brentloud3205]

i mean what would they have done with it

[@t-kx.erryb0dy]

Smh it's a cold world

[@TheRiyazSaiyed]

I think it's because they wouldn't be able to bear the cost of funeral. That might be really sad...

[@Albanez39]

I agree, it's very sad...but I'd like to say that there might be various reasons for it. Perhaps the boy had run away from home, probably after his family had arranged his marriage or had forced him to work for them without pay. Maybe the family didn't have money for the burial, or for the transportation of the body to his birthplace. These are poor and uneducated communities...where unfortunately, there is no contraception and a full fledged patriarchal society dictates life. Communities were women are mistreated and are only kept as house maids and "producers" of children; Children who grow up badly fed, badly clothed and horribly educated. And they are used for all sorts of unpaid labour by their own families...you saw yourself the children working in the video. And honestly, it's better if they run away and work for themselves instead of being slaves of their own families. I live in Albania myself, a corrupt, developing country; Many communities living in villages, in the northern mountains and especially the Roma community are incredibly undeveloped, both socially and economically. After decades of bad education, violent fathers, abandoned children and so on, you can see how children are used for all sorts of things. They are not allowed to go to school, only because they have to work the land, or sell at the local market. Roma and Gypsy communities in the cities send their children to collect scrap metal and beg for money on the streets. And the parents are often sitting somewhere close, hanging out and guarding their children...mostly to deter them from spending the money on food or candy. In case you ever encounter children begging on the streets when travelling to developing countries, give them food or water! Don't give them money...it will only fuel their parent's disgraceful practices; And they are not poor, not like people in Africa. They have homes, they have televisions and fridges and everything; Begging is a job that pays awfully well, often because people feel pity when confronted by children, or even handicapped and mutilated individuals.

[@burtburt2263]

= "Keep your grubby mitts off of MY gold..."

[@terrysteven3528]

The gold buyer is ripping off the miners big time. He's using coins and matches for counterweights. What a fraud. He's could easily show the weight to 2 decimal places using an inexpensive digital scale for around $25. I doubt these miners have the maths skills to be able to multiply the mass of their gold x spot price in grams. How would they even know the spot price of gold? Do they read the wall street journal ? Do they check the price on their smart phones and laptops through a wifi connection? I bet the whole village does not even have 1 scale. They put their trust 100% in the buyer for the weight of the gold, the spot price of the gold and the currency exchange rate from euros to West African CFA Francs (Burkina Faso currency). The buyer is getting the price in Euros off his phone but is not paying in Euros. If you look closely , one of the bills show a value of 5000 and that isn't euros. That would be 5000 Africian CFA Francs which converts to around $7.50 in euros. I doubt that buyer is paying more than 30% of the true value of the gold. No wonder the miners make 1 euro a day and the buyer make 2500 euros a month. Very sad.

[@singularity2303]

Spot on. He's ripping them off big time. No compassion.

[@SteveB-nx2uo]

right how could a gold miner even know the price of gold? ? ?

[@abhyudaysharma9714]

i also noticed the same thing when he told the group of miners that they earned 32 Euros

[@RagbagMcShag]

its like me when I was selling cow hides in lumbridge

[@Asotime]

This comment made me chuckle. Good ol' RS.

[@one007guy]

This makes me so sad & really just goes to show how good many of us have it and take things for granted!

[@mkim4091]

This is why I don't buy new gold. I refuse to participate in funding this industry.

[@Bearodon]

@@mkim4091 You know that there is gold in the device that you wrote your post with right? And if you buy old gold you still create a higher demand for new gold.

[@mkim4091]

@@Bearodon Let me reiterate: I said I don't buy new gold. The device I am using is purchased secondhand. All my devices have only been secondhand. A matter of fact my cell is from 2010.

[@mkim4091]

@@Bearodon btw my secondhand gold is purchased from estate sales, vintage and antique shops. So, no that doesn't create a higher demand. Please stop pulling the red herring.

[@neogeo1670]

@@mkim4091 keep telling yourself that you are holy because you dont want to feel like you are the beholder of less than 0.1 percent gold in some electronic

[@kewsiyehboah6058]

Burkina Faso.. ' Land of incorruptible People ' In Swahili.. Ubarikiwe.. ( Bless You )..

[@matildacalderon1024]

This video makes me panic so badly....I pray for each One of them ❤

[@MH-ub9ft]

you have a good heart, God bless you. but don't worry so much, Do your best and do good, God will take care of the rest. what we see in these videos is not the whole country living like that, just maybe 1/3 or even less. they have rich people, middle and poor. tall skyscrapers, bmws, iPhones there too. these are the poor people, which every country in the world has. Africa is blessed truly. 57 countries in Africa, look it up. and majority of people are happy and live a nice life.

[@matildacalderon1024]

@@MH-ub9ft Thank you for filling me in, these videos make me so sad...They nake me wish I had alot of money, so that I could help...💜

[@junencabo6354]

"*87

[@pukelius4128]

Thank your god for the opportunity that you can monthly send Africa money through various different routes. I prefer reading the African phonebook with addresses and send personal envelopes individually with huge wads of cash in them. Just make sure their name doesnt have the word "Prince" in it.

[@bruce9897]

“They treat the miner like an animal. A savage soldier.” 😢 so many natural resources and yet so much poverty.

[@hardeepbabhauri7379]

Foreign countries and rich individual make their profit also politician and government services are fuckin corrupt

[@amellionationina7851]

@@hardeepbabhauri7379 ikr all gov are fucking bulshit.

[@biggumstevens1784]

@@hardeepbabhauri7379 Amazing, even when its someone elses fault, its whiteys fault.

[@stuart4860]

its because of decades of corruption and mismanagement of their country, lots of africa is the same

[@PoliticalScientist2003]

Look how capitalism exploits those having gold in their hands.

[@pouglwaw5932]

It's still better than the exploitation of communism any day.

[@rebekahlikesmusic2723]

So many people complain about capitalism while benefiting from it too.

[@Michael.Virtus]

22:32 - the guy on the t-shirt makes $150 millions per year

[@MrMoeGaming]

@Cobif Man Lionel Messi - The best footballer in the world.

[@thirstiestvillager9233]

@@MrMoeGaming peyton manning is the best footballer in the world

[@kennyjananto9912]

and in another part of the world, there are 17 years old teens who drunk and party all night long with his/her parents money without doing anything.... what a world

[@insanecumposse]

It’s not their fault they weren’t born into gold mining, you want them to just fucking stop living their lives because other people have it worse?

[@riv4lm4n]

yeah, they can do that because of their ancestors' toil and blood. You ungrateful fuck

[@NeonAstralOfficial]

Unfortunately these communities barely evolved beyond shacks, never attempted to build their civilization beyond stone age, even in complete isolation for centuries unlike European counterparts. Slavery of black by blacks, raiding and polluting has all been going on for hundreds of years by these people, pulling each other down like crabs in the bucket, with literally ZERO improvement over like 3000 years. In the end society at its core with values as such ofcourse will end up doing dirty and unwanted work. What are you shocked?

[@josephlee4337]

You are absolutely correct. I presume you are referring to the spolied brates in country as England, France, and especially America? And not only all night long but year after year. It's a damn shame.

[@diamondjoewexer1]

Much lower IQ in these regions, same pattern all over the world

[@karurufurniture254d.i.y4]

God bless the clinic doctor!

[@eddyrussell6250]

i find it amazing how these people adapt to what they have at hand and use that to the best of their ability Its bloody brutal

[@bongekilehlongwane7589]

These conditions are so hard to live in, I am amazed Marcel is still smiling .

[@PlanetJigobotTV]

This is all he knows.

[@Badbostonbitch]

Wish I could save them all, especially the children 🙏🏽

[@henrydsouza]

save them🙇🙇🙇

[@swagnuscarlson]

@@michailzapantis3625 you know what I'm gonna write donald trump personally asking him to just take away foreign aid all together. I mean at 1% of the federal budget that only leaves room for 99 more things that can be paid with 1% of the federal budget. Its too much we need to put money into things like proving bill cosbys innocence, a new wall between us and the atlantic and nasa.

[@joseph-mariopelerin7028]

children have to be saved... you wont make me feel sorry for all the crackhead...

[@donotusedis]

@@joseph-mariopelerin7028 well dont go barking on the unchr for help because theyd probably protect the rights of those drug pushers then those kids

[@joseph-mariopelerin7028]

nice attitude that I have no doubt...

[@Suresh8848m]

Thank you for your effort in making this documentary regarding the sad reality of gold mining. It is really touching and can move any rational human being. The gold mining industry is not only leaving the already poor more impoverished but at the same time the land used for gold mining gets highly degraded, water and streams were poisoned by mercury and the surrounding environment and ecosystem get destroyed. We need to put a full stop to all this madness. God helps humanity.

[@benjaminfalzon4622]

They are leading the way on how to find gold and achieve Zero emissions.

[@Sheahova]

Same with lithium, cobalt, thorium, uranium all the things

[@Primus-ue4th]

@@Sheahova 🤫 not supposed to talk about lithium

[@maxthethird_]

I’ll never complain at my job again…so sad to see this.

[@ats-3693]

I've been to the Capitol of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, for work several times, to be honest it always surprised me, I've worked in many African countries and Burkina is supposedly one of the poorest, but Ouagadougou always seemed pretty much the most organised and tidy city I've visited. The streets are well maintained and clean, traffic lights that work properly and everybody drives really well and obeys the police and the usual familiar driving rules, and believe me that is rare in African cities traffic is usually total mayhem. You can find some excellent restaurants there, including French cuisine, and the night life is good too, a very interesting place I recommend to anyone going for an adventure look around Africa.

[@godyx2062]

God bless the clinic doctor...🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@jonathanlemus8668]

" Your daughter has Malaria" "Okay."

[@imightbearacist6613]

For a people with 15 different types of diseases, malaria ain't shit for them

[@jonathanlemus8668]

@@imightbearacist6613 I agree with you.

[@yxxh5795]

the proof of how common that disease are there

[@TheMarky26]

@First Name Last Name you need too question all the stupid shit you watch on tv..

[@Sofia-uq2qp]

@First Name Last Name not only Europe, the whole world. USA and India are the worst country right now so...

[@bryanduchane2371]

Unbelievable how some people are forced into slave labor. Their living conditions are worse than they were thousands of years ago. What a crime against humanity!!!

[@brahmburgers]

Wherever there are people, there is overpopulation. It's the root cause of humans' problems. Make less babies, folks. Free condoms for anyone, and free tube-tying surgery for any consenting adult.

[@thelocalwindowcleanersltd2834]

100% right brother

[@anthonysupplee858]

Same thing in America. In the 60s and 70s Africans owned 30% or 35% of small Businesses in America now they’re around 5%.

[@ChanIzKineske]

@@anthonysupplee858 racist!

[@stixnfeet7818]

@@anthonysupplee858 Not in Atlanta GA

[@gfr2023]

As a mining technician and geologist i have to say that techniques employed here in Italy in the '800 could be replicated in poor places like that... for example crushing the ore could be made with stone grinders like you do for flour... they need culture at first because the labor is cheap in those places so you can build everything from nothing.

[@aggressivelyamicable5987]

@Democrats Suck They are saying that very old mining techniques from Italy could easily be instituted in Burkina Faso to greatly reduce the human suffering and manpower requirements.

[@gfuentes8449]

nah better to do things the african way then blame any shortcomings on white racism

[@vlord47]

I bet they had culture before they were colonialized and they must have been far better off back then, because worse than nowadays is not possible.

[@bobertdeleon5010]

@@vlord47 I highly doubt that!

[@AjarSensation]

@@bobertdeleon5010 You have no idea of their history

[@danzifer]

I've done a lot of stonework in my life, it's not uncommon for tiny fragments of stone to chip off and strike your eyeballs. Not once did I see any of these workers wearing protection of any kind.

[@jamesmalherbe1822]

not everybody is as fortunate as you

[@garretta6977]

@@jamesmalherbe1822 yeah i think that was his point....

[@deeboy8450]

God please bless and keep these people safe 🙏🙏

[@irfananpp4514]

@Iconoclast think again kidd, how your life, how animal life, how universe life it's because GOD

[@maladjustedtv]

@@irfananpp4514 the why does god let children die in mines? why does god do nothing while children are abused around the world??

[@blvxkgxldimperialinc]

@@irfananpp4514 first god don't exist...but ur god in ur mind is watching our people die of hunger, poverty, every other disease, get hung, shot, killed, beat, sold for money, ...lol..u can keep your god he a fucked up god fuck him that book and his son

[@elemperadordemexico]

@Iconoclast fuck off back to reddit

[@pouglwaw5932]

@@maladjustedtv Blaming God is shooting yourself in the foot. Take some responsibility yourself, for once.

[@LNDN1905]

So many people have billions and trillions saved up all for nothing but to show off to others their wealth and yet there are people in dire need of help but they’re not being helped! Every living being deserves a better life. It’s heart breaking seeing people suffer like this SubhanAllah 💔

[@fitfun5462]

Address that with their corrupted government, not with genuinely wealthy people who already donate more to charity than you and we would ever be able to.

[@davidhorton2782]

JESUS SAVES

[@pappapaps]

@@fitfun5462 Can't get enough of that boot taste eh.

[@TBloodFPV]

there will always be one feasting off the backs of those who wanna chase the gold

[@abeninan4017]

Guess who is buying and hoarding gold.

[@BudgetCarnivore]

@@abeninan4017 who?

[@satyajitlenka5962]

They don't have a lot of money but they all have smile in their face. God bless you all. Middle man looting them.

[@sarkinyakinjabo7607]

Thats why Africans are the happiest people on earth.

[@ditsokar4168]

@@sarkinyakinjabo7607 stop lying to yourself Africa is miserable

[@UNDERCOVEREXPOSER]

@@ditsokar4168 Africa isn't miserable. well the people aren't, but it depends. people adapt.

[@maxweber1069]

@@ditsokar4168 humans adapt. once you get into a better environment, you will slowly take it for granted. if you become poorer, you will learn how to enjoy that life.

[@StoicNatsoc]

imagine trying to lie to yourself so openly when you see the misery and squalor they live in. truly delusional.

[@bukster1]

There are gold shafts near where I live in Otago New Zealand that go straight down like these ones. They are a hazard even over 100 years after the gold rush ended. People and animals still fall down uncovered ones. Some New Zealand miners used a type of covered mercury crucible to evaporate mercury as shown at 12:25 except this guy's just using a metal plate. The covered type has a tube that comes out the top which you put into a jar of water. The vapour goes down the tube and the water cools the mercury down so you get it back. So it saves getting more mercury and you don't breathe as much vapour. Perhaps these miners could be encouraged to use that type to save money. It would also save them from mercury poisoning, but you could sell it to them as a money saving idea which might get their attention more.

[@laionemeihetahikoulakanate9515]

Thank you 😊 I'm going there 😂

[@Luke-tg9jy]

Perhaps they could use. Or rich countries could just stop exploiting the poor.

[@milanors4609]

The shot when they looking at the camera, my mind start to imagine what if it was me sitting there instead of here looking at my computer in my room, then I stopped it becuase it is too terrifying even just thinking about it. I'm really lucky to be where I am right now.

[@a.p.bautoprobuff7579]

This is heart breaking...makes you think...some of us are complaining about wifi not working or getting served the wrong drink and these people are fighting for survival...

[@Chris21Taioalo]

Heartbreaking stuff😥 Stay strong Burkina Faso..love from Samoa

[@henrydsouza]

😩😩😩😩

[@angeloflores1102]

they need a digital weighting scale that guy is scamming the people

[@sciencoking]

I think the idea is that the miners get to compare the weight of gold to something they know. A digital indicator could be rigged to show all sorts of stuff. You could give each miner his own calibration weight, but who is gonna bring it to them..

[@pukelius4128]

Wow.. digital scale.. and power it up with a bicycle? How about a spring scale...

[@EveryTimeV2]

They need a lot more than a fucking weight scale.

[@pukelius4128]

@@EveryTimeV2 More shovels for swatting flies?

[@e.d.5555]

@@pukelius4128 ikr what a dumb thing to say

[@AnthonyAdrianAcker]

It's important to realize how much gold is used in our consumer grade dispoable electronic devices like cellphones. Miniscule on an individual basis. But it all adds up. These poor kids and folks are toiling away, their sacrifice for our satisfaction.

[@clemeuxdeashiyo9184]

Tout d'abord, je tiens à vous remercier d'avoir exposé de telles atrocités auxquelles les Africains sont confrontés à cause d'un mauvais leadership. Les gouvernements ont avili l'éducation, rendant la population moins consciente de leurs droits et de leur pouvoir. ..au Kenya, nous avons eu une grave famine qui a presque anéanti toute une race du peuple turkana.. Ce sont les vrais problèmes du monde qui doivent être résolus. .nous devrions d'abord essayer d'éradiquer l'extrême pauvreté et la maladie.thank u

[@mawan6998]

Pemerintahan Brengsek semuanya brow

[@maxwind1862]

So this is what sitting on a gold mine actually looks like.

[@thirstiestvillager9233]

Doesn't look so good anymore lol

[@kennedynjiru5536]

this is soo sad one day one time Africa will rise...its just a matter of time. God bless these people. so heart breaking

[@007lutherking]

Absolutely, change is the part of nature. What great country you guys can be if you put your mind to it, you guys need great leaders and each one of you can be one given your vast experience of hardship.

[@birdyelke775]

Well until our leaders are tyranny and ignorant and deliberately left our children ignorant we will face the same old tune. poverty, famines and our children will swam the mediterrean getting killed by their own Africans while enroute.

[@diouranke]

Its a matter of waking up toi

[@johnnybreacher6132]

Brother God is always with is.. Bless us all

[@makhosonkekatz7229]

I don't mean to sound pessimistic Kenny but Africa will not change because we don't work as a unit. Until the poor men and women in the whole of Africa turn against their corrupt and self-serving leaders nothing will change and we will drift worse into what you're witnessing here and more.

[@stevenwonder1533]

Thank you for this eye opening look into unregulated gold mining and the harm that it’s market is inflicting on the planet and it’s people.

[@dumper87]

Richest continent in the world, and the inhabitants can’t even figure out how to exploit it for themselves. Pathetic.

[@kaushikchoudhury3769]

Hi you got 1 like in just 14 minutes from me.😎

[@johanakitsao2906]

Very risk & little in returns. African leaders do something for our people.

[@natgenesis5038]

Sure we need to establish taxes and stop fighting together

[@VicInc.]

Fr bro,I'm just crying for our continent because of the mismanagement, greed,hurry to reach the top,it just hurts fr

[@vinaysagar5925]

"Earth..provides enough to satisfy every mans need ...but not every mans greed - mk gandhi"..so true....really a heart wrenching documentary..and thanks for changing my thoughts. Hope i would be a better person after watching this

[@Nutzstraptenshaft]

Thanks Julia. This was 😢 I hope for thé best

[@gilbertfranklin1537]

Touching mercury will not usually poison a person, but breathing mercury vapors can harm the nervous system, lungs and kidneys. Mercury vapors can pass easily from the lungs to the bloodstream. Thus, wearing masks can help save your life, or at least minimize the toxic effects.

[@kd6iwd]

The heating of mercury to recover gold in the open air is a slow death sentence. If small pipe retorts could be provided to the miners to recover the mercury vapors, then the exposure of the miners to mercury could be greatly reduced. A retort for small amounts of gold could be made by using a 3 foot long piece of pipe with a 90 degree elbow and cap on one end of the pipe. The amalgam would be placed in the cap and then screwed onto the elbow. Wet rags would provide cooling to the pipe while the elbow would be put into a fire. I am not able to pursue this effort, but I would be willing to donate to a fund to place small retorts into the camps. The miners could be educated about the hazard of mercury vapors, and the clincher is that the retort allows the mercury to be reused so that they do not have to buy as much mercury to process the ore. This will save the miners money which is likely the impact that will interest them the most.

[@Rhyas9]

And in other news, [insert celebrity] said something nasty about [insert celebrity] on Twitter. Many fans on both sides are outraged and the tweet has gone viral. The world waits with baited breath to see who will win this latest social media spat.

[@nyakwarObat]

😆😆😆

[@neeta_jenks]

The family didn't ask for the deceased boys body back?! What a shame😩 RIP to him❤️

[@carriewatson7560]

Thank you for the knowledge of what is going on in the world

[@charliec2627]

"They are not aware how dangerous is mercury to their health". I hoped you guys made them aware! And you could have pulled that kid away from that mercury smoke!

[@kennythemeat]

i guess its like in the animal documentations. just film. dont react with the surroundings. the pinguin helping thing ruined his career...

[@kingofenglandthethir]

Yeah I hate it when journalist look on as though a film about poor people is the same as one about wild animals.

[@pouglwaw5932]

Imagine having to choose between helping a kid or producing a more dramatic video.

[@machariambugua4546]

This is sad. I blame it squarely to corrupt African dictators.

[@RenatoSantos-pe5gp]

and the european leaders that gain with it.

[@machariambugua4546]

That's right.

[@86Corvus]

I blame it on the people who agree to do it... The whole comment thread is a blame shifting game.

[@jahrieztrigonyen8134]

for real those people are suffering and need God help, may God have mercy on them.

[@swagnuscarlson]

Should we blame the matches, should we blame the fire, or the doctors who allowed him to expire? Blame canada!

[@ayoolahalimat6943]

I'm from that country burkina faso may God help us

[@edelman8829]

And I feel so bad for that amazing teacher. He is trying so hard to save those kids, but he knows that forces beyond his control will put most of them into slavery

[@stevofoo]

Thanks for letting me know about the other side of the world, it's time for us to think about we can do to change it!!!

[@beneiseoleinmheart5614]

I just wonder if anything you do to try to help, gets monopolized thru the trade market there and they probably never see what you send.

[@gdhse3]

Oh... My heart breaks!!

[@Humoyuneducator]

Good video, I wish you all the best to your content

[@Conorsubba9797]

God bless you all with gud health and may all u live a happy lyf it's sad to see u guys are suffering Soo much may all your dreams b fullfill ❣️❣️

[@the_unfiltered_truth7181]

It pains me to see them. They have heaps of gold but yet remain penniless. It is a shame that the world is just watching their plight and not doing anything about it. SHAME ON ALL OF US! If anybody from Burkina Faso is watching this.... Love and Respect to all of you and Africa from an Indian brother. Pls question your leadership about development. I am not aware of political situations in your country. But, I find it difficult to digest that you seem so rich with precious metals, yet are struggling with necessities of basic living.

[@grahamt5924]

That is poor grade material if they are only getting 1gram per 15 bags of rock. I think it would be better if they give up and try something else.

[@the_unfiltered_truth7181]

@@grahamt5924 Agreed. Sadly the capitalist nations have ruined them in the name of 'coin'. Gold mines that were rich are now depleted. You may read the latest Nov 2019 report of the World Gold council too.

[@grahamt5924]

@@the_unfiltered_truth7181 the difficulty is that everyone is scratching a living when their governments are living opulent lifestyles. If they are going to mine these reserves the only sensible way to do this is with very large mining equipment, but even then, to do this without degrading the environment is so expensive, it's usually not worth doing, unless there is sufficient gold. They probably need to go back to agriculture but not just any agriculture. High quality green house style, high tech and supported by their governments.

[@BrandonsBeatz]

My dream is to one day make enough money to go to places like this all over the world and help them start there own independent business ventures to make there lives better for them an there families.

[@insanethesupertramp663]

Mate i wish you luck.

[@coleyokoyama7699]

I praise for your success in your mission.

[@BrandonsBeatz]

thanks everyone.I already volunteer my time an services at the salvation army feeding the homeless. I also donate a lot of my stuff such as food/clothes/money when I can/furniture/appliances ext. If I ever come into enough money this is my dream.We all deserve to live life to the fullest/potential and enjoy it. When people endure this kind of hardship, this is not living. It is surviving and takes a toll on everyone mentally/physically. It makes me so angry when I dont make much and Im trying my best.To make this world a better place for all. Then there are others who have so much more money/power/voice then I and cannot/wont help. Its disgusting and shameful. We as humans should be helping one another when we can. Some humans are so greedy and disgusting.

[@Lex-kh9eg]

Brandon Christopher such a sweet heart I want to do the same

[@cedb7115]

Brandon Christopher Its a lost cause. Africans will rob you for trying to help them.

[@legrandretour5524]

now i feel extremely unsettling by watching this dam...

[@-NKVD-]

nothing is changes from early times Inslavments,golden trading .

[@Shebasandfleacornelius3rd]

The 17 year old that passed, really hit. My heart hurts for him. It's crazy the shit people go through. And to think I bitch about my day.

[@blairguinea1337]

and i thought my life was tough ? after this I got it so easy NZ. Thank you for letting me understand

[@ravex1656]

If this film is responsible for you to understand ur situation, then there is a big learning curve in front of u.

[@giorgitatarashvili3875]

Human rights, Democracy, Equality, Transparency at its best

[@jacqueline7781]

It’s sad 😢 that people are still living like that it hurts my heart ♥️ I can’t keep looking at this my god and Jesus Christ blesses us all 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@jomama5186]

I pray for better lives for these people. They work so hard. God bless them all.

[@karos108]

god ? lol .. if he exist he gives no fuck

[@mohamedIbrahim-du9nv]

gone are those days when a rich man enslaved a man. now a rich nation enslaves vulnerable nation

[@socrates_the_great6209]

Been like that since the colonial times.

[@TheMarky26]

Their own rich and their politicians sell them out..

[@TheMarky26]

@@jacobshabir2722 you don't think their politicians are in the pockets of the EU?

[@10laws2liveby]

Their own people enslave them, which is even more tragic.

[@UNDERCOVEREXPOSER]

@@10laws2liveby why are you saying their own people, you damn well know the western world is responsible for economic oligarchy because they're greedy

[@Sirius39170]

It's so cool that there are places where people can still hunt for gold like this, it's kind of like California in the 1840's.

[@kayrothschild1331]

As a father, I will never allow my little boy to hang around the place where I am heating the mercury. Heart-breaking~~~

[@TheNorman1169]

Thanks for the doc, very informative

[@chrisdean6700]

I watch videos like these to remind myself how blessed I am to be an American. I work for a man who doesn't know what to do with all his money. I think if I were in his place, I would do something to ease human suffering like this. I give monthly to someone who lives in this country and I know he is trying to do something to help these people.

[@Foot415]

Chris Dean

[@emmam5438]

please consider this: if you own something made from gold that is not explicitly labelled as 100% fair trade, this is what you are supporting. please consider your power as a consumer and let's take ownership that we, as consumers, play a significant role in this cruelty, if we don't consciously choose to buy differently.

[@versatilicallydisobayish5367]

diamonds 💎 too

[@glenngilbert7389]

Most enlightening - I knew nothing about this situation and this country

[@ateebkhan794]

This is so hard to see ! ! God bless these people

[@HH-df2qr]

Respect to these guys. At least they r not stealing or engaging in nefarious activities to make a living. They have one thing which most people in first world countries do not have. Hope. God bless them.

[@puremustang732]

They still evrithing already ...is nothing left to steal. This is the point of the documentary. The poverty and what ppl are willing to do to survive. Corruption is to big. And ppl in countries like that are just numbers.

[@jahrieztrigonyen8134]

amen

[@cw155]

Would love to see a follow up to this.

[@kishoregaming8338]

They really great because they do doing hard work for there family 😢❤🎉😊

[@mattz2350]

I doubt the buyer in the village gives spot price probably a one time thing for the camera

[@ambrishjaiswal1286]

Man tgis is so depressing. I will never see the gold the same again.

[@herkiee1]

There is gold being mined in all kinds of ways.. just like the production of coffee, mineral mining, fruit plantations etc etc.

[@michaelcollione9002]

The police seem like they eat just fine

[@krissianvictir1291]

That’s alright, you’ll probably never even get to touch gold in your life anyway, much less even own one.

[@ambrishjaiswal1286]

@@krissianvictir1291 🤣🤣🤣 don't want it.

[@geralddadap1761]

So sad about humanity. So much imbalances, poverty and misery. 🥺

[@spilldetea0841]

I’m from Burkina but moved to America, and it’s a sad reality that my family are suffering so much just to be exploited:(

[@trs1481]

I so hope things will change for your family very much for the better - it's so wrong that people have to endue this just to get by in life

[@swarupkumarchatterjee5608]

Let hope for the best for the new generation.

[@olewahkandegrunbaum564]

Wow, who would have thought that the descendants of the slaves brought to America would be the lucky ones!?

[@EveryTimeV2]

Well, some of the miners are dead, so they are at least equal to the ones in America being shot.

[@EveryTimeV2]

@daniel ndungutripp i guess it beats being so spoilt that you complain about people complaining about racism.

[@owljones3389]

@@EveryTimeV2 Who shoots them? lol

[@atheistmommy3710]

Excellent documentary

[@daveyhofer7926]

Johnny . somehow you see through bad days.and your hope is bigger then life.i person has to die inside to awaken to become a big as You.May You Rest In Peace On High.

[@Mike_Greene]

15:20 The only clean one with fresh clothes and clean bag, talking bout trying to be discrete...

[@burtburt2263]

%100 chance, he has been robbed since the completion of this video...

[@polarmouse5029]

They are so beautiful and their eyes are so sad. Hurts to watch.

[@olgawyn746]

Great honest documentary

[@islandslimting1838]

Africa has been in abject poverty for decades. This could not be coincidence.

[@Zomgtforly]

Have you heard of Thomas Sankara? If not, look up "Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man". Burkina Faso got that name from him, and the strive to gain independence from France happened under his leadership.

[@waynewintermute3869]

I'm at a loss for words but will say a prayer for all who have to live like this!

[@bijobijer4881]

i bet the prayers are going to help them alot

[@tashain3699]

They don't have to live like that if the greedy countries that's taking advantage of these people would pay them!

[@shadowlight39]

taking down capitalism would help them so mucho more

[@upendo.3570]

@@shadowlight39 lol , ok liberal

[@Cryptic-te7tb]

A well made documentary, thank you.

[@kaleelvis5372]

Very good documentary

[@tzuyuhypetrain9791]

The camera man is also risking his life. Mad respect for the camera man too. Your braveness and sincerelity is out of this world. Keep up the good work. 💕💕