Our Vision
- We envision prosperity, auto-sufficiency, and health of the Huni Kuin people in the Jordão region of Acre, Brazilian Amazon
- We contribute to conservation of the forest and all its living beings
- We foster the preservation of the Indigenous Huni Kuin culture
- We strengthen the voices of Indigenous Amazonians and especially the women
Our Values
- Indigenous Protagonism: Being instruments for the Indigenous cause. Supporting Indigenous initiatives instead of imposing ideas and concepts. Help to build organizational structures to empower the Indigenous struggle.
- Effective resource use: A great share of the organization’s running costs is being sponsored by Coaching Spirale, a coaching institute, whose director is Living Gaia’s founder. Projects are designed for greatest possible cost-effectiveness. Thanks to our capable partners on the ground, travels between Germany and Brazil are minimized
- Future orientation: Our initiatives are designed to guarantee long-term independence of the Huni Kuin in all life aspects
Fields of activity
- Forest conservation & climate protection
- Establishing a 16000ha reserve (ongoing)
- Community-based biodiversity monitoring (ongoing)
- Reforestation (ongoing)
- Women’s empowerment
- Building up structures for self-organization (ongoing)
- Support in marketing arts and crafts (ongoing)
- University Scholarships for women (planned)
- Leadership scholarship for female Indigenous activists (planned)
- Health and alimentation
- Wells for clean drinking water (ongoing)
- Agroforestry systems (ongoing)
- Animal farming: fish farming, poultry farming (planned)
- Maternity houses (planned)
- Education
- University scholarships for women (planned)
- Economy
- Marketing of arts and crafts (ongoing)
- Agroforestry products (planned)
- Cosmetics (planned)
- Political articulation and cultural exchange
- Realizing female Huni Kuin representative tours in Europe (ongoing)
- Supporting Huni Kuin campaigns to reach an international audience (ongoing)
How and where we work
- From Germany
- Directing resources from the global north to the south: Collecting funds and donations in Europe to finance projects on the ground
- Projects are defined and designed in close collaboration with the Huni Kuin and our local and regional partner organizations.
- Coordinating projects in close collaboration with local partners
- Organizing tours through Europe for political articulation and cultural exchange
- Campaigns to raise awareness about the realities of Amazonian peoples
- On the ground/ in the forest
- Executing and coordinating selected projects (biodiversity conservation and monitoring, women’s cultural center, women’s gathering)