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Pakkiru (Kichwa)

Ayllukunas (families) are the basis of Pakkiru, which has collective practices based on the principles of Sumak Kawsay (good living), Sumak allpa mama (territory), Sumak mirachina (ancestral economy), Sacha Runa Yachay (ancestral knowledge and wisdom), and Sumak Tantanakuy (self-government).

Voces de Nuestra Tierra Community Radio Station (Nasa and Misak)

Voces de Nuestra Tierra Community Radio Station focuses on promoting the visibility and strengthening of the life plan of the territory of Jambaló Cauca in its cultural, educational, political, organizational, economic, and environmental aspects. The collective mobilizes and denounces policies that harm Indigenous Peoples through appropriate communication and technological tools, such as radio, audiovisual, digital media and design, and publications. This allows children and youth to take ownership of and carry out their own cultural processes in the territory.

Health Advisory, Training, and Assistance Association A.C. (Tsotsil-Tseltal)

Health Advisory, Training, and Assistance Association A.C is a civil society organization based in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas. They have been working for more than 28 years to promote the health and rights of communities and populations mainly in the Indigenous area of Los Altos, with a population that identifies with the Tsotsil and Tseltal Peoples. For more than a decade, projects have been implemented to improve access and promote the rights to the sexual and reproductive health of young people and women in the state of Chiapas.

Community Communication Link (Maya)

The Community Communication Link is a group of young people from five Maya communities in the region of Hopelchén Campeche, Mexico, who seek to strengthen the skills of young people in the field of community communication. The group will hold training workshops for conducting field interviews, from which participants will create videos to convey the information they want to communicate to their community.

Film Project Development Laboratory for Indigenous and Afro-descendant Filmmakers of Latin America

The Film Project Development Laboratory for Indigenous and Afro-descendant Filmmakers of Latin America seeks to contribute to the professionalization and training of filmmakers from various nations and Peoples of the region who present projects in the development stage to be advised by experts in filmmaking. The films in development address diverse themes of identity, belonging, traditions, migration, protection of territory, and racism and the various other forms of violence that many Indigenous Peoples face.

Radio Tuklik (Yucatec Maya)

Radio Tuklik serves the Maya communities of southern Yucatan, Mexico, promoting the preservation of their culture, the environment, and human and Indigenous rights. Their primary objectives are to inform the populace on topics of interest and relevance for buen vivir (good living) and to transmit ancestral knowledge so that the Mayan language, identity, traditions, and customs are continued.

Community Radio Jlijualay Tsomé/Cerros Chontales Tequio Jurídico A.C. (Chontal)

The community radio station Jlijualay Tsomé/Chontal Hills arose from a three-year process of articulated work between Tequio Jurídico, the Assembly of the Chontal People, and other organizations with extensive experience in community radio and journalism, including Cooperacha, Voces Nuestras de Costa Rica, Ojo de Agua Comunicación, and Rosa Luxemburgo.

Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa, Chiquimula (Maya Ch'orti')

The Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa is fighting for recognition as Indigenous communities and for the recovery of their spirituality, the defense of their territory, and their right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent to mining projects before they begin. They also seek to minimize the negative impacts of mining activity on the health of the people in their communities, denounce illegal logging, and fight against gender-based violence in their communities.

Maya-M Community Association for Integral Development (Maya Mam)

The Asociación Comunitaria de Desarrollo Integral Maya-M aims to bring community development to the Mam area through its programs in health, education, culture, agriculture and livestock, children, environment, communication, and international politics. Its current work is in education, health, and communication with young people. Their project will focus on the training of young people via a series of five workshops that will be held with community leaders and ancestral authorities.

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