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Práticas ancestrais indígenas e negras e filantropia comunitária nas Américas

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Indigenous and black ancestral practices and community philanthropy in the Americas

For centuries, communities in Latin America and the Caribbean have promoted practices of mutual support. Strengthening mutual trust, organizing assets and building capacity helps people adapt to changing conditions and opportunities, forming the basis of a growing global practice called community philanthropy, which seeks to achieve lasting results that matter to communities, organizations local civil society and donors.

November 6, 2023 No Comments

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Guajajara indigenous people take part in environmental and territorial management actions in Maranhão

By Andreza Andrade

Guided by sensitivity, solidarity and empathy, Guajajara indigenous women from the Caru Indigenous Land, located in the west of the State of Maranhão, carry out environmental and territorial management actions on their ancestral lands. These women form the Guerreiras da Floresta collective, which since 2014 has supported and promoted territorial protection actions together with the Guardians of the Forest, in defense of indigenous territories and cultures.

November 7, 2022 No Comments

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Guajajara indigenous peoples promote environmental and territorial management actions in the State of Maranhão

By Andreza Andrade

Focusing on sensitivity, solidarity and empathy, indigenous Guajajara women from the Caru Indigenous Land, located in the western region of the State of Maranhão, are taking part in environmental and territorial management actions in their ancestral lands. These women make up the Forest Warriors collective (“Guerreiras da Floresta”), which, since 2014, supports and promotes territorial protection actions alongside the Guardians of the Forest, in defense of indigenous cultures and territories.

November 7, 2022 No Comments

Alliance between Funds

The importance of supporting quilombolas and indigenous people in facing the COVID-19 pandemic

By Fernanda Lopes, Allyne Andrade e Silva, Cristina Orpheo and Angelica Basthi

In 2022, an investment of R$2.5 million is being allocated to quilombola communities and indigenous peoples in several Brazilian states through the Baobá Racial Equity Fund; the Brazilian Human Rights Fund and the Casa Socioambiental Fund, brought together in an unprecedented initiative in Brazil: the Alliance between Funds.

The Alliance between Funds is a collaborative philanthropy initiative to support invisible and more vulnerable populations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

October 11, 2022 No Comments

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Bringing philanthropy closer to the indigenous worldview

By Maíra P. Lacerda Krenak & Inimá P. Lacerda Krenak

For this article we heard from Ailton Krenak[i], an important indigenous leader recognized inside and outside Brazil, coordinator of the Indigenous Culture Center and advisor to the Casa Socio-Environmental Fund, about philanthropy for indigenous peoples. Perhaps your speech could provoke reflections on the topic.

November 9, 2021 No Comments

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What is the donor's true motivation?

A Brazil-based fund is pursuing an approach to funding Indigenous Peoples which is more attuned to their worldview

'In Brazil… we still rely on foreign help, much like a charity case, which is subordinating and disrespectful of the integrity of the beneficiary.' These are the words of Ailton Krenak, an Indigenous leader and coordinator of the Núcleo de Cultura Indígena (Indigenous Culture Center) and council member of the Casa Socio-Environmental Fund, a fund started by activists to fund grassroots environmental defenders, including Indigenous Peoples.

November 9, 2021 No Comments

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Indigenous and black ancestral practices and community philanthropy in the Americas

Guajajara indigenous people take part in environmental and territorial management actions in Maranhão

Guajajara indigenous peoples promote environmental and territorial management actions in the State of Maranhão

The importance of supporting quilombolas and indigenous people in facing the COVID-19 pandemic

Bringing philanthropy closer to the indigenous worldview

What is the donor's true motivation?

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