Where Did the Money Flow?
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Janga & Acao (636)
http://www.jangamaisacao.org.br
Brazil / $172
Flow Funder: Guilhereme Figueiredo Nascimento
Year Funded: 2010
This non-governmental organization (NGO), headed by Negro Rauls, works on the social development of the community of Jardim Jangadeiro in the suburbs of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Every year they organize a beautiful festival and they needed some extra financial help this year, to make it happen.
Nuestras Raices (625)
http://www.nuestras-raices.org/
United States - Massachusetts / $1,000
Flow Funder: Malaika Bishop
Year Funded: 2010
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This grass-roots organization promotes economic, human and community development in Holyoke, Massachusetts USA through projects that include: community gardens, youth leadership, economic development, environmental justice organizations, farm plots, and green jobs training.
Viola for Moreno Overa (618)
Brazil / $550
Flow Funder: Maria Amalia Souza
Year Funded: 2010
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Moreno Overa is a professional musician and father of 4, whose viola (a Brazilian 5-string guitar) was lost when his car was stolen. A gift was shared to purchase him a new viola, that was handmade by a local Luthier (maker of stringed instruments).
Raizes de Cunha (Cunha Roots) CD (617)
Brazil / $4,300
Flow Funder: Maria Amalia Souza
Year Funded: 2010
A gift was shared to fund this collaborative musical production in which 16 local musicians got together, wrote and performed their own original music on CD. Each musician then received 100 copies of the CD to sell and with the money, they will be able to record their own CDs.
Instituto Africa Viva (Institute Alive Africa) (608)
Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Burkina Faso / $1,000
Flow Funder: Bettina Turner
Year Funded: 2010
The Brazilian music therapist Luis Kinugawa and Guinean dancer and singer Fanta Konate are the founders of the Institute Alive Africa, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. They are a bridge between Brazil and Africa, facilitating human development and an improved quality of life through art, education and humanitarian work. The "Biomusic work" created by Luis Kinugawa, uses percussion and music therapy for human development. Institute Alive Africa is building facilities in the Republic of Guinea to perform social and humanitarian work, using artistic and cultural elements combining "Biomusic" and Permaculture. We donated $1,000 to their program.
Youth Gig Rowing Program (592)
http://www.gloucestergigrowers.com
United States - Massachusetts / $300
Year Funded: 2010
Five low-income youth were sponsored by a Flow Fund gift to learn how to row on the Gloucester harbor in Massachusetts USA. The Gloucester Gig Rowers program teaches leadership, encourages exercise and gets participants excited about the history of the Gloucester harbor. Their community is about enthusiasm as well as skill, determination as much as strength, and team pursuit rather than individual.
Circulos (577)
United States / $500
Flow Funder: Penny Kelly
Year Funded: 2010
A gift was shared with this American Indian organization, to buy Christmas gifts for Indian children.
Swaraj University (576)
India / $1,800
Flow Funder: Siri Gunnarson
Year Funded: 2010
The vision of Swaraj University resonated deeply with my ideals - a co-creative, supported learning process in areas of sustainable livelihood. 15 or more young learners from diverse areas and backgrounds in India come together for a 3-year learning journey and then return to their communities to put what they have learned to work. Many of the people who want to join the program do not have the means, so I offered a match grant of half their scholarship goal.
Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) (559)
United States - Maryland / $7,500
Year Funded: 2010
The Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) was formed to restore the Anacostia River, so that it is once again a clean and healthy place to live nearby and visit. Since 1989, AWS has worked to protect and clean the Anacostia River and its watershed communities by cleaning the water, recovering the shores, and honoring the area's heritage. What moves me most about the work of AWS is the emphasis they place on both environmental and economic justice. They are restoring not only the natural elements of the river, but also the communities which live near the river. Over the years, AWS has focused on bringing jobs to the area and developing recreational activities on the river, including giving urban youth their first experiences with boating, hiking and healing the planet. By supporting the work of AWS I know I am not only helping to clean the river, but also creating a space where nature will once again flourish, the community will be healthier, and the crucial issues of environmental racism are addressed directly.
A World Institute for a Sustainable Humanity (A.W.I.S.H.): Sierra Leone (558)
http://www.awish.net/projects/115.html
Sierra Leone / $4,000
FFCH: First Peoples Worldwide
Year Funded: 2010
A World Institute for a Sustainable Humanity (A.W.I.S.H.): Sierra Leone works with the Mende People of Sierra Leone to restore their traditional agricultural practices from pre-war times. By helping to facilitate the return of agricultural services and production, A.W.I.S.H. is restoring women's traditional role in agriculture to provide food through subsistence farming. Cultural traditions are also being renewed, ensuring that these gender sensitive roles are maintained. Women are also reviving traditional cloth-weaving activities to create additional income for themselves and their families.
Circle of the Defense of Environment (CEDEN) (557)
Congo The Democratic Republic of The / $2,000
FFCH: First Peoples Worldwide
Year Funded: 2010
The Circle of the Defense of Environment (CEDEN) works toward the reorganization of a healthy society that protects the equity and preservation of natural resources for present and future generations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. To achieve these goals, CEDEN works with communities to monitor illegal logging, map Indigenous lands, promote logging alternatives, and provide ecological education. Through this grant, CEDEN is promoting the traditional ecological practices of the Batwa people with forest resources to increase their revenues for a portion of their non-wood-based forest products, especially beekeeping. CEDEN is providing equipment for beekeepers, installing beehives, and monitoring production. Additionally, CEDEN is working with the Batwa to document their traditional knowledge around beekeeping activities. This grant will allow, for the first time, the formation of a group of Batwa people to draw on human capital to increase profits and capitalize on beekeeping activities. The revenue from these activities supports the children to attend school and other household expenses.
Association Baaka de la Sangha (556)
Congo The Democratic Republic of The / $2,000
FFCH: First Peoples Worldwide
Year Funded: 2010
The Association Baaka de la Sangha empowers Baaka people in the People's Republic of Congo to engage in co-management of their forest areas with both logging companies and wildlife conservation organizations to address the Baaka needs in these new contexts. With a grant from Keepers of the Earth, the Baaka are building a series of small farms at each Baaka education center to support the young attendees by providing a necessary lunchtime meal. Currently only one Baaka has literacy skills and speaks sufficient French to represent his community to outsiders, so these educations centers serve a vital role in the Baaka community as children increase their ability to represent their community among outsiders. As members of a traditional hunter-gatherer society, children at the learning centers are not able to collect food and are often hungry. By building these small farms, the Baaka are actively addressing this situation to provide the children with some food each day. Approximately 50 Baaka men and women will clear plots and grow crops from seedlings and the children will manage the small farms once they are established. An estimated 400 children will benefit from these farms.
Native Solutions to Conservation Refugees (555)
http://www.conservationrefugees.org/
Ethiopia / $2,000
FFCH: First Peoples Worldwide
Year Funded: 2010
Native Solutions to Conservation Refugees responds to Indigenous and local communities' wishes when conservation and environmental factors threaten to displace them and is committed to local communities providing solutions to local problems. Native Solutions has a long-established relationship with the Mursi community and has helped facilitate the development of a Mursi Community Conservancy. This additional funding supports the Mursi to travel from their territory to urge local and regional Ethiopian government officials in Awassa and Addis Ababa to sign documents officially establishing the Mursi Community Conservancy and to discuss with other local Indigenous communities, including the Hamar and Ari tribes, the possibility of joining in community conservation on their own territories.
Cultural Preservation, Ecology/Sustainability, Inter-Cultural
Indigenous Heartland Organization (IHO) (554)
http://www.indigenousheartland.org/
Tanzania, United Republic of / $2,000
FFCH: First Peoples Worldwide
Year Funded: 2010
The Indigenous Heartland Organization (IHO) is a Maasai-led organization in Tanzania, which has been active in advocating for Indigenous Peoples' rights, focused on their relationship with natural resources and crucial elements like access and benefit sharing. In the Ngorongoro district of Tanzania, the organization has been engaged in advocacy for the active and effective participation of the pastoral Indigenous Maasai in management of Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Throughout its existence as a multiple land use area, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area has also been known for its suppressive style of management, which does not provide space for the Indigenous Peoples of Ngorongoro to fully participate in decision-making processes regarding their homeland. IHO thus seeks to empower local Indigenous communities living in or adjacent to protected areas by forging unique partnerships between conservation initiatives and communities. IHO's Ngorongoro Brotherhood Mission seeks Indigenous control over the developments affecting their communities, lands, territories and resources enabling them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, while promoting development in accordance with the community's aspirations and needs. The Maasai of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area currently face the threat of violent eviction from their land and this grant is a step toward preventing this for the 52,000 Indigenous residents in the area.
Cultural Preservation, Ecology/Sustainability, Inter-Cultural
Sengwer Cultural Center (SCC) (553)
Kenya / $2,000
FFCH: First Peoples Worldwide
Flow Funder: Rebecca Adamson
Year Funded: 2010
The Sengwer Cultural Center (SCC) is a Sengwer-led organization which researches, protects, and promotes Sengwer Indigenous Peoples' social, cultural, and economic rights. The SCC is a key player in the conservation of the Cherangany Hills Indigenous Forests and through this grant, the Sengwer community is working toward reducing pressure on the Cherangany Hills Indigenous Forests by curbing deforestation and documenting human rights violations against the Sengwer peoples, evicted from their ancestral homes in the Embobut Forest. In order to achieve these goals, the SCC is holding a training and education workshop on the role of the Sengwer in forest stewardship and will examine traditional indicators, impacts, and adaptation measures relevant to climate change. The Sengwer are continuing to establish tree nurseries to collect Indigenous seeds from the forests and grow seedlings for reforestation and prevent the need for further deforestation for fuel. The forest is a vital asset for the Sengwer community, and through this grant, they are further protecting their livelihoods.
Institute of Culture & Ecology (IFCAE) (552)
Kenya / $2,000
FFCH: First Peoples Worldwide
Year Funded: 2010
The Institute of Culture & Ecology works to revive and promote Indigenous knowledge for environmental rehabilitation and conservation and to enhance local communities' resource-based livelihoods and sustainable development through local knowledge. The goal of this project is to promote the role of Indigenous knowledge and sacred sites in protecting natural ecosystems at Kivaa Hill. Kivaa Hill has an important sacred site at the top, with other smaller sacred sites in surrounding areas. However, the primary sacred site is being threatened by over-grazing, and local elders have raised their concern over imminent desecration of the site and eventual loss of natural biodiversity on the hill. The project is restoring respect for the identified sacred sites on and in the area of Kivaa Hill as a strategy for conservation of local biodiversity and responding to adverse climatic changes. This grant is helping the community at Kivaa Hill protect the assets, including local biodiversity and sacred sites, and maintain their cultural relationship with the Hill, which in turn protects their livelihoods and livestock.
Saru Enkiteng (551)
Kenya / $2,000
FFCH: First Peoples Worldwide
Year Funded: 2010
Saru Enkiteng is establishing itself as an organization working for the promotion, protection, and effective conservation of natural resources through rational and sustainable utilization of the resources on Indigenous lands and territories for present and future generations. While the Maasai community has appointed a board for the organization, it lacks a central office and point of contact for local communities, so Saru Enkiteng is using its very first grant to build their organizational capacity to enable themselves to more effectively serve the Maasai community. First Peoples' grant supports Saru Enkiteng to create an operating infrastructure by establishing a formal office and installing modes of communication such as a telephone and computer.
Koiyaki Guiding School (550)
Kenya / $2,000
FFCH: First Peoples Worldwide
Year Funded: 2010
The Koiyaki Guiding School plays a pivotal role in the Maasai community as it provides the only local curriculum for Maasai students to gain marketable skills in the field of tourism that are based on traditional knowledge and local practices. Funds were used to initiate a forum for Indigenous Maasai landowners to co-manage their land and resources through learning exchanges, and by sharing best practices to enhance biodiversity conservation and livelihood sustainability. A two-day workshop at the Koiyaki Guiding School was held to analyze the capacity of community groups, identify conservation planning tools, identify best practices within existing community conservancies, identify ways to integrate traditional Indigenous knowledge into resource planning, and develop an action plan to establish a regional 4 conservancy and scout network among the Maasai. All of these objectives support the goal of creating a Masai Mara Community Conservancies Network that will allow Maasai communities to work together to leverage resources, share best practices, and network across the region to continue to protect their natural and cultural assets.
Cultural Preservation, Ecology/Sustainability, Micro-enterprise
Kisha Montgomery (542)
http://www.kishamontgomery.com/
United States - California / $500
Flow Funder: Ocean Robbins
Year Funded: 2009
A gift was shared with Kisha Montgomery, to support her leadership development. Kisha is a truth-telling poet, activist, and healer working for love and justice, based in Oakland, CA.
The Slavery & Civil War Museum (528)
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/289804/th
United States - Alabama, United States / $1,000
Flow Funder: Ocean Robbins
Year Funded: 2009
An award of support was shared with Malika Sanders, African-American community organizer and president of 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement, to support her and her family as she launched the Grassroots Democracy Coalition, and the Slavery and Civil War Museum in Selma, AL USA. Malika carries on the next generation of the civil rights movement in the face of rampant racism in the rural south. On the day that the award arrived (as a total surprise), Malika informed me, she had just been telling her husband that morning “somehow we need to pull together $1,000 to make it through this pass, and I don’t have a clue how it’s going to happen.” So when she opened the mail, she burst into tears at the synchronicity and the affirmation that, as she put it, “if I do the Lord’s work, the Lord will provide.”
Be Present: Transforming the World, One Voice at a Time (526)
United States, United States - Georgia / $3,000
Flow Funder: Ocean Robbins
Year Funded: 2009
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A gift was shared to support the work of Be Present, an organization that does cutting edge work on gender, power, race and class as doorways towards healing and transformation. Be Present has played a pivotal role in helping thousands of activists and changemakers to do the human and community work to help their social impact to be more clean and effective, and to help our movements to evolve.
A Mule for a Small Business (523)
Brazil / $334
Flow Funder: Edmundo Barbosa
Year Funded: 2003
The first gift was a mule bought to help a family run a small restaurant business at a remote beach. The owners had been carrying all of the food, beverages and ice for four hours across the mountain every day, on their own backs. With the mule, they were able to expand their business and employ more family members. With the spare time that the mule gave her, Elena, the owner of the restaurant, started to work with children in the village teaching them their African roots and traditions that were vanishing from the island. She teaches groups of girls traditional African dance and boys African drumming, giving these children a deep sense of pride in themselves. It also gave them opportunity to present their work for visitors to the island instead of hanging around getting into trouble. The children now travel to the mainland to present performances and they have an annual festival of African traditions on the island.
Documentation of Herbal Medicine (517)
Myanmar / $1,000
Flow Funder: Anonymous
A Gift was given to an activist who has been involved in promoting and preserving traditional culture and literature of the Shan people in Burma. He is a teacher and a Buddhist lay priest, quite well known and respected in many parts of the Shan State of Burma. His long term dream is to establish a farm and ashram where people can come and learn about various aspects of Shan traditional wisdoms, Buddhism, and the interconnectedness between people and the environment/ecology. This project promotes and preserves Shan traditional wisdoms by creating a book containing photos of different herbal medicine plants and descriptions of their usefulness in medical and health purposes.
Ladakh Nunnery Center Building Project (515)
India / $1,250
Flow Funder: Aigul Dyusenova
Tibetan Buddhist nun, Tsering Palm, lives in Ladakh, India. She is also a Tibetan traditional medicine doctor and directs a nunnery school which supports young women from poor families to gain proper education. There are twenty nuns staying at the nunnery center, five of whom are staff, and the rest students. There is big shortage of rooms at the nunnery - currently six nuns have to share one room, and seven nuns are sleep in the office. A Flow Fund Gift supported new rooms to be built for the nuns.
Pgakenyaw Community Forest Fund (514)
Thailand / $2,500
Gifts were given to the Pgakenyaw (Karen) people in the Soblan village of Chiengmai for their ecological conservation and cultural empowerment work. Over the past 15 years, the Pgakenyaw people are one of the biggest indigenous group in Thailand, and they have been struggling to gain land rights to live on their ancestral land and practice their traditional agriculture. The fund given to the village was managed by the village committee and has been used for different activities, such as fighting forest fires, and creating community forest boundaries. The fund is also used for organizing the Dhammayattra Peace Walk from Chiengmai to Bangkok to communicate the intention of protecting the remaining native forests. In addition, traditional Thai massage and herbal workshops were also organized to re-educate villagers to know how to take care of their own health.
Traditional knowledge in Central America (506)
/ $500
The Flow Fund gift was to a woman working with women’s healing using traditional herbs and medicines.
Tibetan Women's Association (487)
India / $10,000
A gift was shared with the Tibetan Women's Association to cover board, lodging and tuition for one Tibetan refugee nun to pursue Buddhist Philosophy study for 11 years at Dolmaling Nunnery and for an additional 2 refugee nuns to study for 9 years at Shungseb Nunnery.
European Tibetan Nuns Project (475)
India / $1,500
A travel scholarship for a project based in Europe that supports Tibetan Buddhist nuns.
Parihaka Marae (472)
New Zealand / $5,000
To support local elders and teachers to instruct Maoritanga (tradition) and provide community rebuilding of ceremonial space at the Parihaka Marae, the spiritual and historical center of the Maori people of New Zealand.
Eyethu Imbali Project (469)
South Africa / $5,000
Flow Funder: Angeles Arrien
Year Funded: 1995
The Consultative Institute for Development Through Community History & Religion developed this community-based, oral history, research project. The project specializes in recording the songs, dances, stories, ceremonial rituals, historical memories and experiences of the people in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The project seeks to develop a consciousness about the importance of preserving the oral history of the South African black community, including the preservation of oral traditions among the Zulu, Xhosa, and Sewtu tribes.
One People in Prayer (467)
United States / $1,160
This annual Prayer Vigil includes 30 hours of continuous prayer and unity, to create a healing Sacred Hoop of the four races, and provide a forum for elders to share their wisdom with the youth of all cultures. A gift was shared to help pay for plane fare for two indigenous elders to attend this annual Prayer Vigil, and participate in the "Honor Indigenous Elders" section of the vigil, in which members of the Oneida, Cherokee, Chippewa, and Sioux tribes come together to pray for three days for the present and all future generations, the health of Mother Nature, and unity as one people.
Wiraqocha Foundation: Ecumenical Community Services (464)
Peru, United States - California / $2,500
A gift was shared through the Wiraqocha Foundation's Ecumenical Community Services to assist three elder Andean Priests from the Q'ero Nation of Peru, including Don Maneul Q'espi, to come to the United States to share their prophecies and wisdom with the Native elders of North America.
Parihaka Marae Preschool (463)
New Zealand / $5,000
Flow Funder: Angeles Arrien
A gift was shared to support the formation of an education fund for the Parihaka Marae Preschool which provides scholarships for inter-cultural educational exchanges.
Eric Vormanns, African Healer (462)
Ghana / $3,000
Flow Funder: Angeles Arrien
A gift was shared to support the work of this African healer and Founder of the World Federation for Spiritual Healing. He has developed a model of health that incorporates ancient, modem and "etheric" methods of healing called "Vormanns Method."
Royal Flush Center for Arts & Music (456)
United States - California / $8,000
This project was chosen because of the young artists and musicians doing their work in San Francisco, who are highly dedicated, talented, and inspired to make arts and music available outside of traditional settings. In particular, I felt it was important to encourage this group of emerging artists to reach out and dedicate some of their time to be of service to the San Francisco youth that are at risk. Through the Royal Flush Center, art and music is made accessible to inspire young adults and teenagers who are looking for new directions. The center is trying to reach troubled homeless teenagers and young adults, offering them a gathering place for music and art as well as teaching on a one-to-one basis. "Lost" teens are especially being helped by being mentored by young adults that they admire due to their success as artists.
Celtic Environmental & Cultural Outreach Project (454)
Ireland, United States / $18,000
A gift was shared to restore native woods in Ireland. This gift helped to facilitate research on best forestry practices as well as available government grants. In addition to the forestry project, educational programs were developed for a basic recycling program. A web presence in both Gaelic and English was also completed.
Spirit in Education Movement (SEM) (448)
Thailand, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic / $2,000
A Flow Fund Gift was shared for training and travel costs for non-government leaders and community activists from Thailand, Laos, Burma and Cambodia (including two people from Thailand's Forum of the Poor) to attend Spirit in Education Movement (SEM) training programs.
Travel Grant for Native American Activists (443)
Thailand, United States / $500
This grant (along with a grant from the Threshold Foundation) enabled three Native Americans: Victor Masayesva (Hopi), Kiefer Foote (Dakota Sioux), and Chris Tomson (Lakota Sioux) to participate in the three Interfaith Solidarity Walks into the indigenous villages of northern and western Thailand to meet with villagers and to discuss the pros and cons of development and "western-style progress."
Travel Grant for Community Leader (442)
Myanmar / $200
Flow Funder: Anonymous
A gift was shared with a leading Kachin woman for travel through northern Burma to meet with Baptist women's groups about alternative development projects.
Travel Grant Buddhist Activist (441)
Thailand / $1,000
Moo is a colleague and young activist we have known for the past three years: This grant enabled him to travel to Burma and meet with the Christian Kachin leaders we have trained in northern Burma for discussions on the development of an Interfaith Southeast Asian Regional Training Center on Alternative Development.
Travel Grants Thailand (439)
Thailand / $1,000
We made three travel grants to enable 3 full-time activists to attend meetings, trainings and workshops in other parts of the country. 1) Tuentje Deetes (Director ofHADF to attend meeting of leadership of the Forum of the Poor in Bangkok; 2) Sean Kennedy, an American video cameraman to travel to villages in northern Thailand to teach them how to use video to preserve their culture and, 3) Sulak Sivaraksa to join the Yadana gas pipeline protest at its most intense period.
Hill Area Development Foundation (438)
Thailand / $1,500
We used the HADF as a conduit to distribute alternative development microgrants to several villages we were working with. The money will help send village leaders to meet with others in the region to develop a coordinated community forestry response to the government's plan to relocate them from their lands. The grant will also help start education programs to transmit traditional ceremonial knowledge to the young people of the Akha tribe who are being sent away to Thai schools.
The Kalyanamitra Council (437)
Thailand / $5,000
The Kalyanamitra Council consists of more than two dozen Thai non-governmental organizations (NGOs) committed to bringing justice to Thai-Burmese relations. A Flow Fund Gift was shared to support monks, students, villagers and other activists in their direct-action protest (the first of its kind in Thailand) against the Yadana gas pipeline coming through Burma into old growth forest areas of Thailand. PTT (Thailand's petroleum authority) and the Thai Prime Minister both are guilty of lack of disclosure about the environmental impact of this pipeline, and a lawsuit is forming. This is one of the most important environmental legal cases in Southeast Asia, which forces greater transparency in Thai governmental processes.
Totem People's Reindeer Project (432)
Mongolia / $200
This small grant was offered to the Totem People's Reindeer Project to help support their work with the Dukha reindeer people of northern Mongolia, who are struggling to stave off further destruction of their reindeer herd, and of the Dukha culture itself
Cultural Preservation, Ecology/Sustainability, Inter-Cultural
Ekta Parishad (431)
India / $1,200
Ekta Parishad (which means "Forum of Unity") is working on advancing women's rights and power within traditional Indian society, as well as working with indigenous people's rights by protecting tribal land rights and tenure in the face of development pressures.
Bio-Regional Mapping Training for Kachin Leaders (430)
Myanmar / $2,336
Flow Funder: Anonymous
Year Funded: 1998
The Kachin people are an indigenous group located primarily in Kachin State, in northern Burma. Since the civil war cease-fire, Chinese, Burmese, Indonesian and Thai business interests have descended on Kachin State to profit from lumbering, milling, and wildlife "harvesting." We spoke with a leader of the Kachin people who told us: "the destruction of the forested areas has also affected the wild animal habitats in the forest, making the animals very scarce. We need to protect the forests, the rivers and the animals from the exploitation of the business people. The people need to be educated. We need community forest reserves to protect the land and the animals and, to do this we need to survey and map those areas." Upon hearing this, we shared a Flow Fund Gift to sponsor a six-day, bio-regional mapping training. A group of Kachin leaders attended with the intention that they will in turn train others, creating a large group of Kachin bio-map-makers with the focus of creating a bio-regional atlas of the Kachin State. The atlas will include maps describing the condition of the forests, the extent of clear cuts, the condition of wildlife habitats, the presence of pollution sources and mines, along with other maps describing basic geographic features (like topography, geology, soils, hydrology, climate, forest types, and habitat). Other maps will include cultural features and history (including settlement patterns, the effects of British colonization, the effects of the civil war, and economic patterns, etc.).
Travel Grant for Catholic Activist (424)
Thailand, Philippines / $600
"Betty" is a creative and influential Catholic activist who is interested in working with indigenous tribal peoples in her region of the Philippines. A Flow Fund Gift was shared to provide travel costs for "Betty" to attend the Interfaith Solidarity Walk.
The Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian (419)
Syrian Arab Republic / $1,100
Flow Funder: Elizabeth Roberts & Elias Amidon
Year Funded: 2001
During the winter of 2001, we journeyed through North Africa and the Middle East, meeting with Sufis and other remarkable characters. In the desert cliffs of Syria, several hours northeast of Damascus, we found the ancient monastery of Mar Musa or Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, literally The Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian. It has been existence from the middle of the sixth century, and belonged to the Syrian Antiochian Rite. The present monastery church was built in the Islamic year 450 (1058 AD) and was active until the early 19th century when it was abandoned. In 1982 a young Italian Jesuit priest, Father Paulo, found the ruins and determined to revive the monastery. He has devoted the past twenty years to rebuilding it and dedicating it as a place for inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue and harmony. One aspect of Fr. Paulo's vision is to create a protected environmental area in the valley below the monastery. A Flow Fund Gift was shared to establish this area, which received governmental approval while we were there. The monastery also distributed 10% of the gift to the neediest of the poor in the area. When we heard of their generous tithing plan we added another $100 for this purpose.
Ariya Vinaya (416)
Thailand / $500
A Flow Fund Gift was shared to support a series of international meetings, entitled "Ariya Vinaya," to help bring the monastic traditions of Southeast Asia into the 21st century.
Research on After-Life Beliefs (413)
Nigeria / $1,600
At the University of Ibaden African Studies Program, information will be gathered on the Yoruba Medicine Men or healers and their view of the afterdeath. Information will also be gathered from the Ifa Divinations, a historic set of transmitted documents now being translated for the first time into English at the University of Ibaden. Funds were given to support the completion of the cross cultural study on the afterdeath beliefs with a) medicine men and b) as reported in the Ifa Divinations. Funds were also given for the xeroxing of a manuscript on medical healing traditions (xeroxing is prohibitively expensive) and individual monies were given to healers in the community with whom I met.
Research on After-Life Beliefs of Igbo (412)
Nigeria / $2,300
The Igbo, who consider themselves to be Jewish, are a third major group of Africans along with the Yourba and the Ijar. I met with two Kings, both of whom are steeped in tradition and who too will cooperate in the study. Here funds were given for the research, the community at large, certain individuals and the printing of a calender of the recently retrieved Igbo time concept ( there are four days to the Igbo calendar and children were named special names according to it.)
Research on After-Life Beliefs of Ijar (411)
Nigeria / $1,650
In Nembe research was arranged on the belief system of the Ijar (another major group like the Yoruba). Funds were given to individual members of the community with whom I met, the Chief, the head diviner, the head healer and funds were given as well for the continued development of the Nembe library.
Research on After-Life Beliefs of Yoruba (410)
Nigeria / $1,450
At The University of Ile-Ife African Studies Department, I visited with healer and a diviner and arranged for the University to conduct similar research on afterdeath beliefs. In this case the Hunter Tribe of Yoruba, a highly regarded sub-group who have their own "heaven" will be engaged as well as a group of Diviners.Director of The Center, will supervise the research. Funds were given for use in the community and to support the research.
Research of the After-Death Beliefs of the Fon People (409)
Benin / $2,950
Flow Funder: Sukie Miller
A gift was shared for research on the after-death beliefs of the Fon people, conducted by The Institute for Research of The Republic of Benin. The Fon people are willing to share their understandings of the after-death. Funds will support the creation of audio recordings of oral histories.
Kiyoshi Miyata's "Hopi Prophecy" Video Distribution (402)
United States, Canada / $200
A gift was shared to make copies of the award-winning video "Hopi Prophecy" for distribution among indigenous communities. Video copies were made and send to: Henrietta Mann of Haskell Indian Nations University; Priscilla Settee, a Kuli uranium mining activist in Winnipeg, Canada; and many others.
Kekula Bray-Crawford (400)
United States - Hawaii, French Polynesia / $100
A gift was shared with Kekula Bray-Crawford to help her efforts to connect the human/indigenous rights struggles of indigenous Hawai'ians in Ho'okele, Hawai'i USA with the Maohi people of French-occupied Polynesia. This gift helped her to copy critical historical documents for her legal and treaty research.
Dorothy Purley, Water Information Network (394)
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/apurley.htm
United States - New Mexico / $1,000
Dorothy Purley is a Native American activist from the Paguate Village in the Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico USA. She has been affected by the the uranium mining of her land, but she still manages to travel the globe, despite her poor health, and speak about radiation poisoning of indigenous Americans.
Sokhoeun & The Naga Women's Party (388)
Cambodia, United States - California / $2,500
Flow Funder: Mayumi Oda
Sokhoeun fled Cambodia as a young woman and came to the USA. Since then, she has supported hundreds of Cambodian refugees, artists, and cultural figures. Sokhoeun studied International Studies & Buddhism at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and travels frequently to Cambodia to help women in business and grassroots organizing. Encouraged by many Buddhist teachers, including Maha Goshnanda, she developed the Naga Women's Party.
Memories Come to Us in the Rain and the Wind (383)
Australia / $400
Flow Funder: Mayumi Oda
A gift was shared so that 100 copies of this book could be distributed by The Wilderness Society. The Mirrar people in Gundjemiin Northern Australia, headed by senior traditional elder, Yvonne Marguruda are fighting the opening of the proposed Jabiluka Uranium Mine in the World Heritage Kakadu National Park and this book was created to share histories and photographs of Navajo Uranium Miners and their families.
Norbulingka Institute of Dharamsala, India (372)
India / $1,000
Established to begin to fill the gap of the interrupted and precious tradition of the Tibetan peoples culture in both its literary and artistic forms. The Institute promotes the traditional arts and literary studies of Tibet.
Tibetan Refugees (368)
India / $1,000
gift to H.H. the Dalai Lama to support the Tibetan Refugee project. His Holiness has continued to support as best he can these determined souls who have crossed the great mountains at the roof of the world to gain freedom of their religion.
Native American Heritage (367)
United States - California / $2,500
A gift was shared with David Lincoln, an indigenous Yokaia Porno, raised in the traditional ways of the Native Americans in the Mendocino County area. He is an artist who works in "quiet" ways throughout the county with small groups of young people, instilling self-esteem and respect for their heritage and rich culture through music, storytelling, dance, and drum making.
The Gathering Place (332)
United States - New Mexico / $1,000
Flow Funder: Vijali Hamilton
Diane Osburnsen has tirelessly and graciously opened her home to provide a place where native people from all backgrounds can gather, feel comfortable and find support with intertribal exchange among native peoples, supporting their personal goals and dreams.
Rosebud Sioux Reservation Gardens for Health Project (330)
United States - South Dakota / $2,000
Flow Funder: Vijali Hamilton
A gift was shared to purchase much needed equipment and plants for a spring garden program.
Seneca Wisdom Book Project (327)
United States - New York / $1,000
Flow Funder: Vijali Hamilton
A gift was shared with Twylah Nitsch, an elder of the Seneca nation, to create a book project recording Seneca lore and tradition.
Tibetan Buddhist Nuns Living in Shoto Terdrom, Tibet (319)
China / $1,000
Flow Funder: Vijali Hamilton
I fell in love with the Tibetan Buddhist Nuns living in Shoto Terdrom, Tibet. Their cave hermitage is located at 16,000 feet in one of Tibet's most sacred sites. I carved my "Rainbow Bodhisattva" in one of their local caves. They are extremely poor but courageous and joyous women and I was greatly inspired to share this gift with them.
Peguche Earth Mandala (318)
Ecuador / $9,000
Flow Funder: Vijali Hamilton
Year Funded: 1999
I was happy to be able to start my second Earth Mandala in the community of Peguche in the Andes of Ecuador. They wholeheartedly responded to my vision of the Earth Mandala. Each day, during the six weeks of work on this stone sculpture, members of the community worked along with me, offering their dreams as guidance. The community also enhanced the sacred site with several sparkling natural pools and an outdoor stone amphitheater. The entire environment surrounding the sculpture, Achilli Pachacamac reflects Peguche's commitment to the creation of an Indigenous Andean Cultural Center, a result of the collaborative efforts between myself and the community. The inauguration of the sculpture and park took place at the annual Festival of the Sun & Harvest celebration, Inti Raimi, on June 22, 1999. The sculpture and its natural environment, with shaded green pasture land, dramatic views of snow-dusted volcanoes, flowing streams and pools offer a unique example of the organic relationship between art and nature.
Mandala House for Bauls of West Bengal (316)
India / $20,000
Mandala House for Bauls of West Bengal This is the village where I built, with the help of the village, the Mandaela Hous for the eighth site of the World Wheel. The Bauls, the minstrel folk musicians, and the whole village are using it for teaching, puja's, and a place where the wandering Bauls can sleep and eat. Once a year at the birthday of the Mandala House (the completion of the house), Bauls come from all over Bengal to sing and dance in a festival where they feed as many as 1,000 people. food to feed 1,000 people at annual Festival in the Mandala House.
White Eagle (313)
United States - California / $100
A gift was shared to support this African American spiritual leader in West Los Angeles, California USA.
Andean Healing Ceremony: Taki Samy (311)
United States - Utah, Ecuador / $1,000
Flow Funder: Vijali Hamilton
A gift was shared with Shairy Quimbo, an indigenous healer and philosopher from the Andes Mountains of Ecuador, to hold a Taki Samy, which is a ceremony that invokes cosmic power for healing, harmonizing energetic music with dance movements and indigenous exercises. In his healing ceremonies, Shairy Quimbo uses the four sacred elements (air, fire, water and earth), combined with instruments, sounds, shamanic breath and crystals. He uses instruments made of condor bones/feathers, ocarinas (pre-Columbian ceramic instruments), and the conk shell, which brings forth the Divine Voice of God, putting order into our lives.
Dhamma Sati Law Office (292)
Thailand / $2,500
The Dhamma Sati Law Office mediates between the hill tribe people, and governmental agencies. Without any legal documents, the hill tribe people are often ill-treated and threatened. A Flow Fund Gift was shared with the Dhamma Sati Law Office to support general legal aid and training for its volunteers.
International Conference on Traditional Technologies (291)
India / $750
Gift to facilitate conference
Water Supply- Sanitation (290)
India / $500
Restoration of traditional water tanks.
Cultural Preservation, Ecology/Sustainability, Health, Water
Folklife Library (289)
India / $750
Gift to Folklife Library to begin collection
Choreography, women and ecology - Cultural Center Chandralekha (287)
India / $2,500
Chandralekha, India's most controversial choreographer broke new ground in the 1980s when she merged traditional Easter and modern Western forms.
Center for Medical Healing with traditional Plants and Herbals (286)
India / $750
A start-up grant
Domari Society of Gypsies in Jerusalem (275)
Israel, Palestinian, Territory Occupied / $4,500
Flow Funder: Lilian Peters
Founded in 2002 by Ms. Amoun Sleemhe, the Domari Society of Gypsies in Jerusalem is the only organization in Palestine dedicated to the empowerment of the Domari (Gypsy) people. By providing literacy classes and after-school educational programs, the Domari Society aims to keep children in school as long as possible and improve their chances for the future. Ms. Sleemhe is running the center from her home, assisted by visiting volunteers. A gift was shared with the Domari Society for literacy classes and educational programs.
Keeping Cultural Tradition Alive (259)
Burkina Faso, Mali / $500
Flow Funder: Sobonfu Some
The Senufo tribe in the village of Toussiana (crossing the borders of both Burkina Faso & Mali in West Africa) have a particular gift with weaving and a Flow Fund Gift was shared to help them revive their ancient weaving techniques and share it with new generations.
Education for All: Indigenous People's Education (256)
Philippines / $4,000
Flow Funder: Yoji Kamata
Education for All: Indigenous People's Education is a six-month, research/advocacy project geared towards strengthening current indigenous knowledge in the formal education system. It's work includes leading education reforms that recognize indigenous people's education, through coordinating efforts among advocates.
Revitalization of Traditional Tibetan Medicine (255)
Nepal / $3,000
Traditional medicine is very important to the people of the remotest Himalayan areas, not only for the health of the people but also for the vitality of the community. It is necessary to revitalize the traditional medical system as a whole, and this project aims to do this through the institutionalization of the traditional medicine educational system.
Mangyan Indigenous Education Program (253)
Philippines / $4,500
Flow Funder: Yoji Kamata
"Mangyan" is the generic name for the eight indigenous groups found in Mindoro island, in the Philippines - each with its own tribal name, language, and customs. The total population may be around 100,000, but no official statistics are available because of the difficulties of counting remote and reclusive tribal groups, many of which have no contact with the outside world. The Mangyan Indigenous Education Program is divided into three main components: Development of Indigenous Curriculum; Development/Production of Instructional Materials; and Actual Implementation of Learning Process. This project is a collaboration between The Mangyan Mission and the Mangyan Heritage Center. The Mangyan Mission, a non-government organization, has been assisting the Mangyans for over 50 years through its integrated programs, and they have started the implementation of a learning process in two pilot schools. The Mangyan Heritage Center is a library, research and education center, which has been gathering and compiling Mangyan stories and poems. It has also documented Mangyan rituals, beliefs and traditions. These materials are being developed to be part of the instructional materials. The educational system that will be developed will be advocated to the Department of Education for recognition and implementation in all Mangyan schools in the province. This project is also working on developing and publishing books and other forms of instructional materials containing Mangyan stories, poems, rituals, beliefs and traditions. All the materials documented will be validated in Mangyan communities to ensure accurateness. Mangyans from each tribe are collaborating on the project, so that they themselves will be involved in the production of instructional materials. Five selected Mangyans with artistic abilities in drawing will undergo a training to harness their skills.
Children/Teens, Cultural Preservation, Education, Spirituality
Strategic Planning for Nothern Ethinic Leaders (249)
Thailand / $3,700
Most northern ethnic leaders are from forest-dwelling communities whose lifestyle has been ecological and very close to nature. For two decades these communities have been threatened by relocation by the local government. The leaders have been working hard to negotiate with the authorities as well as raise awareness among their people and solicit support from the Thai public. The leaders need more skills in social analysis and strategic planning. An intensive training has been organized for 30 participants selected from the activists and leaders in North Peasant Ethnic Groups. The proposed training includes environmental conservation, democracy, the role of civil society and strategy in social movement and leadership skills. A Gift was shared to set up an Information Center in order to improve contact with professional academics and produce some development media.
Dr. Saviana Parodi (237)
Argentina, Italy / $709
Flow Funder: Jude & Michel Fanton
Year Funded: 2005
Dr. Saviana Parodi travels with a seed-saving purpose. She was a Seed Savers Exchange intern in 2001 and is now an Orchardist in Umbria, Italy. Saviana travels each European winter when there is little work to do on her farm, to help out sustainable projects in South America, and this gift helped with her travel expenses.
Parbhani Seed Savers, (236)
India / $496
The project promotes growing of native vegetable varieties in home gardens by women in efforts to improve the nutritional security of women and children. Apart from conservation of traditional vegetable varieties, the project helps revive the tradition of backyard home gardens and also make a significant contribution to the food and nutritional security of poor families.
Training community seed bank worker, Green Foundation, India (235)
India / $709
This grant was for the training of a community seed bank worker to attend the International Seed Saving course, the Local Seed Network Coordinators' Course and the annual conference He is in charge of fourteen seed banks in the community.
Julia Desbrosses & Seed Networks (233)
Brazil, India, New Zealand / $1,419
Year Funded: 2005
A gift was shared with Julia Desbrosses, a biochemistry graduate, who went on to work and volunteer as a Seed Saving Trainer in Brazil, New Zealand and India. She has returned to Brazil to run intensive Seed Saving Training and aid the establishment and expansion of a Seed Network there. Here is what she says about her work: "I established Seeds for Life in the Maquine area which is subtropical with steep mountains and both flat and narrow valleys. I have personally collected traditional seeds of food plants in the valleys both from farmers and even from plants growing wild. So fertile is the soil that maize can be found growing wild. I have grown out the seeds with community groups in our large seed garden. Seeds for Life has liaised with local peasant groups and activists against globalization and has so far involved dozens people from many walks of life. We use participatory methods when giving training. Local knowledge about food growing, and the traditional varieties that are at its core, is very rich in this area but there are temptations to forgo a garden plot in favor of working on plantations. We have provided training to several hundred farmers in why they should look after their traditional varieties, swapped techniques and enthusiasm for producing one's own food and seeds and recorded traditional ways of exchanging seeds. With our continuing promotion, meetings, discussions and practical work, we have inspired many people to recommence saving seeds of traditional varieties".
Seed Savers di Civilta Contadina (231)
Italy / $1,418
The purpose of this grant is to establish a historic orchard in Cesena. Alberto Olivucci describes the project: "This first historical orchard will be created near our headquarters in Cesena on just 1500 square metres. This year we are going to start by planting a few dozen fruit trees with more trees each year. After this centre we intend to continue by creating similar orchards in different sites. This one in Cesena will be the prototype. These are our several objectives: 1. Educational: to be visited by schools and have pomological exhibits. 2. Productive: produce will be sold to a buying group; it is important that the orchard is financially viable and demonstrates that old fruit varieties and biodiversity are marketable and not a question of nostalgia or archaeology but the future of small agricultural enterprises. 3.Tasting days: when the orchards are productive it will be the occasion to run tasting days for Civilta Contadina's associates. 4. Adoption: our associates will be able to adopt a tree for a price giving them the right to the fruits, to tasting them and to receiving propagating material for reproduction".
Agriculture, Cultural Preservation, Ecology/Sustainability, Education
Nganga and Village Health Project (229)
Zimbabwe / $2,000
The Nganga Project, a non-profit organization, recognizes that collaboration with traditional healers is essential in confronting AIDS in Africa, and so is working in alliance with the native ways of traditional African people to address AIDS, hunger and other community issues. The project seeks to establish alliances between practitioners of different healing modalities – traditional, Western, Chinese, Native American, etc. Starvation continues to be a major cause of death in Zimbabwe. In addition, Zimbabwe suffers from the highest infection rate of AIDS in the world: 25% of the population is HIV positive. Traditional rites of initiation for young men and women have been largely lost in the past two generations, which the elders see as directly connected to widespread alienation among youth and the exacerbation of the local AIDS crisis. The Nganga Project is collaborating to revive the old rites and make them relevant for those coming of age in contemporary Zimbabwe. The Village Health Project seeks to help alleviate the suffering of those with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe by starting a free Chinese Medicine clinic there.
Preservation of Cultural Traditions for Young Girls (202)
Brazil / $1,155
A gift was shared to support a women's dance program, in which women are taught, through dance, movement and story telling, the Afro-Brazilian traditions, so that they may become tradition-bearers in the future. Located on an island off the coast of Bahia, Brazil, this gift enabled the group to extend itself to include girls of all different ages.
Capoeira for Street Youth (201)
Brazil / $1,925
A gift was shared to support a program on an island off the coast of Bahia, Brazil that works with the male youth of the community. This program takes the boys off the street and rather than having a future of begging, they learn the Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira. This experience raises their self esteem and cultural-consciousness as native Afro-Brazilians.
Dia Nacional da Consciencia Negro (200)
Brazil / $1,155
Flow Funder: Edmundo Barbosa
A gift was shared with a group of women dancers on an island off the coast of Bahia, Brazil who preserve their Afro-Brazilian traditions through dance and movement. Funded last year as well, this year's funding supported them in their ongoing work of bringing Afro-Brazilian traditions to other islands, as well as the creation of the 1st Annual Dia Nacional da Consciencia Negro (A National Day of Black Consciousness).
Support for the Wounaan (192)
Panama, Colombia / $3,600
Flow Funder: Wayne Muller
The Wounaan (or Waounan) is an indigenous group that inhabit eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia. They make exquisite baskets that are intricately woven out of native grasses and plants. The themes of these colorful baskets are the plants and animals that inhabit the forests where they live. A Flow Fund Gift was shared to pay for expenses to create an office space necessary for the continued success of the Wounaan's valiant efforts to work for their land rights. The gift was used to pay rent, purchase some basic office equipment, and provide small stipends for Wounaan leaders. Funds were also used to purchase food for visitors, as this office has now become a central meeting point for leaders traveling from their jungle homes to Panama City.
Youth Sewing Project (187)
Kazakhstan / $700
Flow Funder: Tamara Sabitova
A gift was shared to purchase sewing supplies like fabric and lace, so youth could make traditional costumes for a local dance group.
Quilting for Children (166)
Kazakhstan / $550
Flow Funder: Sakan Aubakirova
A gift was shared to purchase fabric for children to sew quilts.
Chickens for a Folk Festival (163)
Kazakhstan / $1,450
Flow Funder: Sakan Aubakirova
A center for single mothers is preparing for a folk festival and they needed chickens to prepare and serve.
Entertainment Center for Recreation Center (143)
Kazakhstan / $1,300
Flow Funder: Natalya Levkina
This recreation center provides prevention of childhood crime, drug abuse and alcoholism. A gift was shared to purchase a small entertainment center (TV and VCR), and a karaoke machine.
Museum Tickets for Children (135)
Kazakhstan / $40
Flow Funder: Mira Bocharnikova
A gift was shared to purchase museum tickets for children from low-income families who have never been to a museum. This gift helps them be exposed to the roots of Kazakhstan historical heritage.
Sewing Machine for the Kazakh National Cultural Center (110)
Kazakhstan / $300
Flow Funder: Gulmira Beketova
Funds were shared with the Kazakh National Cultural Center to purchase a sewing machine in order to teach young adults Kazakh art. The hope is that others will donate so that more machines can be bought and a sewing business can be opened, where elderly women teach young girls how to make folk art items from fabric.
Equipment for Sewing Workshop (99)
Kazakhstan / $2,000
Flow Funder: Kalieva Balzhan
Funding was shared for two sewing and one knitting machine, for a sewing workshop teaching women sewing skills so they can earn money. Young people keep their national traditions alive by making national costumes and make an income by selling them.
Associacao Cultural Canarinho (70)
Brazil / $2
Flow Funder: Sonia Cafe
This cultural association works with children and teens of different social backgrounds, including native peoples, in the state of Roraima, in the Amazon area of Brazil. It promotes musical education as an integral part of growth and integration in a balanced psycho/social/cultural environment.
Ile Axe Opo Afonja (67)
http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article385.html
Brazil / $2,382
Flow Funder: Sonia Cafe
This organization is dedicated to restoring the self-esteem of young people in poor areas of Salvador, the largest Afro-descendent population in Brazil. They do this in part, by restoring the history, mythology, music, dance and rituals of their African cultural and religious traditions.
Concow Cermonial Dances (60)
United States - California / $300
A gift was shared with Bernadette Pino to organize traditional Con-Cow dances for the 100th birthday of a Con-Cow elder.
California Indian Basketweavers Association (CIBA) Retreat (59)
United States - California / $1,000
A gift was shared with the California Indian Basketweavers Association (CIBA) to convene a gathering of California Indian basket weavers to exchange knowledge.
Tibetan Dance Project (58)
United States - Washington / $1,000
A gift was shared to support Tsering Wangmo to teach traditional dancing to Urgan Tibetan girls in Seattle, Washington USA.
Jolom Mayaetik (Mayan Weavers) (56)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8031388018
Mexico / $5,000
Flow Funder: Margo Segura and Marine Dominguez
Jolom Mayaetik, meaning "Mayan Weavers," is a collective founded in 1996, with over 800 indigenous women members who are weavers and represent several different areas in San Cristobal de Las Casa, Chiapas, Mexico. It is an advocacy cooperative program which focuses on many areas of business, fair trade, marketing, women's rights and the development of financial means to help support their families in food, housing, medicine and education.
Echoes of the Ancestors (54)
United States, Ghana, Senegal / $33,216
Flow Funder: Sobonfu Some
A gift was shared to support the work of Echoes of the Ancestors, an organization that is bringing indigenous wisdom to the West. They also work to provide drinking water to indigenous people in West Africa.
Multi-Cultural Bridging (46)
United States / $2,000
A gift was shared to support multi-cultural bridging and collaborative efforts.
Mything Links (45)
United States / $250
A gift was shared to support a web site of annotated and illustrated collections of worldwide links to mythologies, fairy tales, folklore, sacred arts and traditions.
Hispanic Education & Media (29)
United States - California / $1,200
A gift was shared to develop a Latino curriculum for the Foundry School.
Elder Pow Wow (28)
United States - California / $2,500
A gift was shared to support a traditional cultural exchange between inter-tribal American Indians and honor their elders.
Day of the Dead (El Dia de Muertos) Ceremony (26)
United States - California / $400
A gift was shared to create a Day of the Dead (El Dia de Muertos) ceremony, which includes didgeridoo sound healing, and honoring the ancestors. From pre Columbian times, El Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, has been celebrated on November 1st/2nd in Mexico, and other Latin countries. This is a very special ritual in which the living remember their departed relatives.
Coro Hispano Community Chorus (23)
http://www.corohispano.org/music_buy.html
United States - California / $100
A gift was shared to support the community chorus, Coro Hispano do San Francisco, in the Mission district of San Francisco, California. The Chorus is dedicated to researching, promoting and performing the folk-art music of the world's Hispanic people.
Ecuadorian Musicians (22)
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ediehartshorne3
United States - California, Ecuador / $400
A gift was shared to support the Atahualpa Manta, who are Ecuadorian musicians traveling and performing to preserve indigenous culture, language and art.
Tipis for Ceremonial Camps (21)
http://www.ca500milespiritrun.org/index.html
United States - California / $1,819
Flow Funder: John Malloy
A gift was shared to purchase tipis to be used every year as ceremonial camps for the California 500 Mile American Indian Spiritual Marathon, which crosses California. The tipis are also used for the 24-hour Spiritual Run held each Easter in preparation for the 500-mile run.
American Indian Spiritual Marathon Runners Team (20)
http://www.ca500milespiritrun.org/
United States - California / $500
Flow Funder: John Malloy
A gift was shared to create T-shirts to honor Sun Dance spiritual leaders and commemorate the California 500-Mile American Indian Spiritual Marathon, which begins in Keen and ends in Ripon, CA
American Indian Sunrise Service on Alcatraz (19)
United States - California / $238
A gift was shared to sponsor drummers, dancers and runners to attend the Sunrise Service ceremony on Alcatraz Island, reminding all of the plight of indigenous people.
Association of Transpersonal Psychology's Woodfish Prize (16)
http://www.woodfish.org/prize.html
United States - California / $1,000
Flow Funder: Leslie Gray
A gift was shared with the Association of Transpersonal Psychology to award an applicant for a project based on principles of reciprocity, involving Euroamericans and indigenous participants.
Digital Storytelling (15)
United States - California / $2,500
A gift was shared to support the training of teachers to instruct indigenous children in the creation of digital stories inspired from traditional stories.
Native American Radio Drama Project (14)
United States - California, Mexico / $2,000
A gift was shared to support a cultural-exchange radio program between the indigenous cultures of the United States and Mexico.
Oral History Project (13)
United States - California / $500
A gift was shared to support the "Circle of Voices" project, specifically for videotaping and documenting the last natural speakers of indigenous California Native American languages.
Travel Scholarship for Ainu Shaman (11)
Japan / $650
Flow Funder: Leslie Gray
A Flow Fund gift was shared to pay for the travel expenses of an Ainu shaman to attend the Japan Institute of Psychotherapy.
Women's Bush Medicine (10)
Australia / $1,075
A gift was shared to support this program that transmits traditional medicine from older women to young girls in a remote aboriginal Australian setting.
Conference on Indian Health & Healing (9)
http://www.nativeland.org/ilrp.html
United States - California / $2,500
A gift was shared with the Cultural Conservancy to organize a "think tank" of Native scholars on the future of indigenous health and healing.
Cherokee Traditional Weaving (8)
United States - California / $1,250
A gift was shared to support a program that teaches traditional weaving to urban Native-American students.
The Foundry (4)
United States - California / $2,800
A gift was shared to enhance The Foundry's work with youth-at-risk, including a culturally enriched Latino curriculum and training.
California Latino Women's Book Project (1)
United States - California / $5,000
A gift was shared to assist in the production of a black-and-white photography book by Victoria G. Alvarado, which highlights California Latinas who are successfully impacting the well-being of the California Latino community.