Category: Spotlights

Meet Our Global Network

Since 1993, Global Greengrants Fund has been one of the leading organizations in the world supporting grassroots-led efforts to protect the planet and the rights of people. Together with our diverse community of people on the frontlines and our supporters, we’ve impacted the lives of millions of people. How do we do it? We let […]

How the Repair of One Canoe Helped Save a River

By Megan Barickman, Development Writer In June 2018, Global Greengrants Fund awarded a small grant to the Indigenous Cofán community of Sinangöe in Ecuador honoring a modest request to replace the motor in their dugout canoe. Yet, what resulted from the replaced motor was revolutionary for the community. The grantees, Centro Cofán Sinangöe, needed the […]

Meet These Inspiring Stewards of the Forest

Protecting Indigenous rights to land, water, and resources is a long-term investment in Planet Earth. And yet, Indigenous voices are often excluded when it comes to decision-making around their own ancestral lands. In the Kahuzi Biega Forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one community fought to overcome huge hurdles to continue to live […]

Seeds of Change: Sorghum in Indonesia

In Indonesia, community leader Maria Loretha spent months traveling around the remote villages of East Flores and talking to the elders before she eventually found the native sorghum seed varieties that used to grow prolifically in the region. The ancient crop – now known in the Global North for its superfood qualities – had all […]

Reforesting a Brighter Future in Zimbabwe

Words by Jodie Stempel, GGF UK Intern. Meet Shamiso Mupara: local activist with a vision for change for her village in Zimbabwe. Shamiso and her family grew up in Marange, an area affected by large-scale diamond operations. The village has experienced many political and environmental consequences as a result of diamond mining – including polluted water […]

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