KOEF Grant Partner Spotlight
The Karão Jaguaribaras Peoples live in the state of Ceará in eastern Brazil, especially in Ybatrytê, Sierra de Baturité, and adjacent areas. They are a community that has been living in under a continuous threat to their territories. The sustainable management of the environment, which includes the practice of agriculture, is fundamental to their way of life.
By Monica Coc Magnusson (Q’eqchi Maya, CS Staff)
Socio Destacado de KOEF:
Consejo Regional Wixárika por la Defensa de Wirikuta (CRW), México
KOEF Grant Partner Spotlight:
Consejo Regional Wixárika por la Defensa de Wirikuta (CRW), México
Por Diana Pastor (Maya K'iche', Equipo de CS)
By Rebecca Kirkpatrick (CS Intern)
March 22 is World Water Day, a day to acknowledge the importance of freshwater and raise awareness of the many people around the world who do not have access to safe water. One-in-four people do not have access to safe drinking water.
By Rebecca Kirkpatrick (CS Intern)
By CS STAFF (with contributions from Jess Cherofsky and Mariana Navarrete)
January 29 is National Seed Swap Day and to celebrate this official reminder that Spring is just around the corner, Cultural Survival would like to highlight the recent successes of two of our Keepers of the Earth Fund grant partners. The Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) is an Indigenous Led Fund designed to support Indigenous Peoples’ community advocacy and development projects.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
