Local partners

Start-up Committee for the Reconstitution of the SORA Nation
Partner |
The Start-up Committee for the Reconstitution of the SORA Nation is a representative organization created to work in a coordinated manner with original peoples' authorities in Choro, Challacollo, Poopó, Saucarí, Peñas, Lajma, and Dalence. Each has maintained ancestral customs and practices, with the most relevant being the muyus (visits to the ayllus and markas), the Jallu pacha leadership system, and the rain ritual.

Suma Satawi Andean Community
Partner |
CASSA proposes working in a geographic area in the heart of the La Paz department, where the families face conditions that make it difficult to conserve their culture, uses and customs, and maintain an organization represented by traditional authorities. CASSA focuses on organization-building to lay the foundation for a productive plan to overcome poverty and marginality.

The Intercommunal Central of Concepción
Partner |

The Mojeño-Ignaciano Indigenous Territory Organization
Partner |
The TIMI Subcentral defends and improves the quality of life of the indigenous people of the TIMI, as well as its land, resources, and cultural identity. They are currently trying to achieve secure access and ownership of TIMI lands, and the organization is suporting communities in the process of regularization, or "saneamiento," which precedes the titling of the TCO. The Subcentral is concerned with the development of sound plans for the sustainable management and administration of the future TCO, which will require a strong organization and a close relationship between leadership and community bases.

The Organization of Chiquitano Indigenous Peoples
Partner |
OICH promotes the unity of the Chiquitano people and of all the indigenous peoples of Bolivia. They strive to strengthen the practices of solidarity within its communities and among all indigenous peoples; defend the ancestral identity and culture of the Chiquitano people; and ensure respect for the autonomy and independence of the organization and the Chiquitano people through the development of the capacities necessary for making sovereign decisions without the tutelage of public, private, religious or political institutions.

Yapuq Proder de Huancavelica
Partner |
Yapuq Proder is an NGO formed by indigenous professionals from agricultural communities. It works to support rural agricultural and livestock development and natural resource conservation, with a strong emphasis on preserving and reviving traditional knowledge as a way to ensure greater food security.

Accion Solidaria para el Desarrollo Cooperacion
Partner |
COOPERACCION works to promote a balance between the exploitation of natural resources and the local and national needs surrounding sustainable development. This NGO provides human rights training to communities and works to strengthen local capacities in areas such as environmentally-appropriate technologies and political participation.

Amerindian Peoples Association
Partner |
The Amerindian Peoples Association of Guyana or the APA is a non-governmental organization formed by Amerindians for Amerindians. It is primarily an advocacy organization which focuses on the rights of the Amerindians Peoples of Guyana. The objectives of the APA are to promote the social, economic, political, and cultural development of the Amerindian communities in solidarity with each other and to promote and defend their rights.

Apoyo para el Campesino-Indigena del Oriente Boliviano
Partner |
APCOB is an NGO based in the lowlands of Bolivia that specializes in community-based natural resource management and technical assistance, especially in forest management, to grassroots indigenous groups in the region. They bring indigenous leaders from different parts of eastern Bolivia together to share experiences and better protect and defend their rights.

Asociación Chuyma de Apoyo Rural
Partner |
Chuyma Aru is an NGO composed of Aymara professionals from three indigenous communities in Puno, Southern Peru. Since 1990 they have assisted nearby Aymara communities in the design and implementation of an alternative development strategy based on reviving Andean agricultural technology and the knowledge of Aymara culture.

Asociación Civil LABOR
Partner |
Founded in 1981 by a group of professionals, LABOR is an NGO that promotes the sustainable development of the Moquegua region in southern Peru in collaboration with the private and public sectors. LABOR recently helped restore a polluted environment caused by copper mining and refining operations. They are also committed to preventing possible future environmental damage caused by unregulated mining activities through an integral advocacy strategy with other NGOs and local communities.

Asociación de Defensa y Educación Ambiental
Partner |
ADEA was formed by local people in Cajamarca, Peru who have experience working on the social and environmental problems in this region.

Asociación Guarango Cine y Video
Partner |
Guarango is a non-profit organization dedicated to the production and distribution of independent films and videos. Guarango has operated on a system of self-support and reciprocal help, joining forces with similar professionals and organizations to make documentaries for global broadcasters and provide audio-visual services for the local market. Guarango also supports Peruvian art, modern dance, and young filmmakers. They have won several prizes in international film festivals for a video they produced with Oxfam's support about a community affected by a mercury spill near a mine.

Asociación Interetnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana
Partner |
AIDESEP is the national organization representing the indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Amazon. Made up of grass-roots community groups and their representative organizations, AIDESEP works to bring forth the demands of Peru's Amazonian indigenous peoples to the government, and to achieve structural changes in the constitutional, legislative, and political context governing development in the region. AIDESEP is the Peruvian representative in COICA, the Coordinating Body of the Amazonian Basin's Indigenous Peoples.

Asociación para el Desarrollo Andino Sostenible Qullana
Partner |
Adeas Qullana is an NGO that works in the rural areas surrounding Cusco, supporting the strengthening of local governments and grassroots participation in development processes.

Asociación para el Desarrollo Económico y Social del Agro: Acción Agraria
Partner |
Acción Agraria is an NGO comprised of a distinguished group of professionals devoted to the ideal of public service. Acción Agraria is dedicated to improving the socioeconomic level of rural communities in Peru by providing marketing advice for agricultural products, increasing the efficiency of agricultural production, and conserving natural resources.

Asociación para la Promoción del Desarrollo
Partner |
PRODES supports rural indigenous communities in the Peruvian highlands in developing alternative economic activities that best support their traditional livelihoods, such as technical assistance in agricultural and livestock raising practices. They are committed to pursuing economic development with cultural integrity, and place a high value on the affirmation of indigenous cultures within their approach to rural development.

Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos
Partner |
APRODEH is a non-profit civil society association committed to the full realization of human rights in Peru. Their work to denounce violations in defense of victims, as well as its role in the area of discussing and promoting alternatives to violence, has allowed APRODEH to gain recognition among diverse sectors of the population and the national and international public opinion.

Asociación Servicio Integral de Cooperacion Rural
Partner |
Founded in 1997, SICRA is a small organization that works in the Province of Angaraes in the Central Peruvian highlands. SICRA contributes to the improvement of the living conditions of indigenous communities by developing sustainable, productive projects and strengthening efforts to preserve Andean cultural identity and local natural resources.

Associacion para la Defense Ambiental de Cajamarca
Partner |
ECOVIDA works with communities in the city of Cajamarca and outlying rural areas of Peru to better understand and respond to the environmental threats posed by natural resource extraction projects in the area. They work to mobilize local people through radio programming, print media, published research, and community training workshops.