CURRENT PROJECTS
ONE THOUSAND VILLAGES
A global crowdfunding campaign to support indigenous, riverside peoples, and black "quilombola" communities and all other defenders of Brazilian ecosystems. As Brazilian indigenous activist and curator, Ailton Krenak, has said: “while a dozen sovereign villages living in a network of sustainable communities can save a valley, and thirty can save a region, one thousand villages and their networks could save an entire country."
DOGON SCHOOL
Please join us in supporting the modern education of children from Dogon villages and communities. These children come from unbroken lineages that preserve the indigenous cultural practices of Meritah (Africa), and are raised to learn the intricacies of working closely with nature.
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The Huya Ania Institute
The Yoreme, or Yaqui, like the Wixárika and Apache name their land with terms that reveal the enchanted nature, the history and philosophy of local environments. Features of the land and the plants found in it guard teachings which can transform us and deepen our understanding of the world. Our main focus in this project is to promote indigenous culture in relation to land, reforestation, heritage, and the guardianship of biodiversity. There are at least three hundred dominant species of plants in this ecosystem, five hundred species of birds, and no less than six species of felines. One of the last wild populations of jaguars is to be found here, of the no more than 2,5% of the number of jaguars in the world present in Mexico.
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NIXPUPIMA: A MUSICAL COMING OF AGEFOR THE HUNI KUIN
A Huni Kuin myth tells us that the birds and animals which begin to cry andfill the forest with their songs and voices at dawn impart to us a magicalreenactment of creation. Nixpupima initiates undergo a diet and a ritualseclusion as well as moments of ritual silence, exchange and exhaustivedancing. The idea is to become a talented singer like the birds whose songscommand the early morning or to become a great orator like the howlermonkey whose voice echoes over long distances.
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APACHE LAND PROJECT
A strong initiative for food sovereignty, health awareness, natural habitat conservation and restoration, ancestral trauma healing, and indigenous youth empowerment.
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Huwã Karu Yuxibu Centre
ONGOING PROJECTS
NIXIWAKA SCHOOL AT AMPARO
A global crowdfunding campaign to support indigenous, riverside peoples, and black "quilombola" communities and all other defenders of Brazilian ecosystems. As Brazilian indigenous activist and curator, Ailton Krenak, has said: “while a dozen sovereign villages living in a network of sustainable communities can save a valley, and thirty can save a region, one thousand villages and their networks could save an entire country."
YORENKA TASORENTSI
Yorenka Tasorentsi is the dream-come-true of environmental activist and spiritual leader Benki Piyãko. It has continued the Ashaninka project of reforesting farmland even at the brink of urban spaces in the Amazon, capping a 2.5 million-tree reforestation effort using ancient and current techniques of agroforestry to obtain the highest biodiversity.
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