Amazon Conservation Team

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Aug 20, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$3,933,935

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Culture: at the act-supported yachaicuri ethno-education school of the colombian department of caqueta, the students learn first-hand the sustainable farming techniques that allow them to grow their own food, contribute to the food resources of the surrounding communities, and provide an economic base for their institution. Act provided support and technical assistance leading to the approval of public financial resources for the inga community to continue providing intercultural education in 2011. In colombia, for the inga and coreguaje indigenous communities of the department of caqueta, act continued to fully fund the operations of two indigenous-run radio stations that broadcast 40 hours of community programming weekly. Act provided ongoing technical assistance, onsite oversight and training in sustainable agriculture for indigenous (siona, inga, kametza, kofan, coreguaje) and peasant communities located in and around the borderlands of colombia's alto fragua indi wasi national park, with a focus on the installation and maintenance of cacao agroforestry plots, organic family gardens and plant nurseries and the creation of seed banks. Act now is assisting the cacao farmers to enter discussions with brokers for the european chocolate market. 72 land management plans were developed for campesino farms.in suriname, act continued to fund the operations of the traditional schools it established in the remote indigenous villages of kwamalasamutu, tepu and sipaliwini and paid teacher stipends. Act helped organize a first pan-stakeholder conference on land rights and demarcation in suriname's capital city. This conference's objective was to provide the nation's indigenous and maroon communities with information about demarcation processes in south america in a transparent setting with sufficient opportunity for all to speak and discuss the land rights issues. Representation of all ten tribes in suriname and government agencies as well as the participation of international experts from brazil and colombia was achieved. An action plan timeline toward demarcation was produced for the short, medium and long term.

Activity 3

Health: act continued to provide direct support for six indigenous healers and three healers' apprentices of five tribes of the eastern colombian andes, allowing them to focus their energies on the restoration of traditional medicinal practices in their communities rather than on personal income-generating activities. Act also continued to provide indirect support to 40 additional shamans and apprentices and 40 women healers of these tribes. Act continued to assist a union of more than 60 women healers and their apprentices of four tribes of the colombian eastern andean amazon to meet annually to review progress made in preserving aspects of their medical and cultural knowledge, in advancing their handicraft production and sustainable agricultural projects, and in providing support to those of their membership in great poverty. Additionally, act continues to fund the maintenance of the women's meeting center and its adjoining sustainable aquaculture and poultry farms and traditional, organic gardens while providing technical advice training. This support strengthens the health and traditional cultural basis of at least 350 indigenous families. In colombia, act held meetings with the national parks service, the ministry of interior, and members of colombia's rio pure national park administrative unit to begin defining a policy for the protection of indigenous groups in voluntary isolation in the park area. Of note is that in the national development plan, thanks in part to act's work, a paragraph was included in reference to the need to develop a public policy for the protection of such groups. In suriname, with sponsorship from the iucn, act continued assisting the remote rainforest community of kwamalasamutu in the development of an immunity-boosting tea product for sustainable income generation. Act continued to provide training to the community team in plant propagation and cultivation, packaging, food safety, marketing, business planning, bookkeeping, and project administration. In suriname, act continued to provide all necessary operational supplies for act-constructed traditional medicine clinics in the remote indigenous villages of kwamalasamutu, tepu, and apetina and the aucaner maroon village of gonini mofo as well as a hospital facility in kwamalasamutu for longer stays and intergenerational teaching opportunities.

Filer

EIN

54-1915987