| Bangladesh |
| Title |
Adivasi Rights Development Project (ARDP) |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
NGOAB/Adivasi Resource Development Organization (ARDO) |
| Area of project implementation |
Bangladesh, Mymensingh, Dhobaura |
| IP Group |
Garos, Hajong, Banai and Khatriyas |
| Grant amount |
US$39,500 |
| Project description |
The Project is aimed to promote the rights of language, culture, land and women & child of Ethnic Minorities. It will arrange to teach children language, songs, dances, rhymes and history of ethnic minorities. A partnership will be built between the primary schools of Garo Baptist Convention (GBC) and Catholic Parishes of Mymensingh Catholic Diocese (MCD) to run language learning activities with 10 primary schools where at least 3000 pupils study. These learning activities will also include at least 2000 children from 10 villages.
ARDO will provide advocacy, lobby and legal support to the victims of land and women & child rights violations. Necessary awareness training, seminars and day observations, will be organized to benefit 6680 individuals directly and approximately 15000 individuals indirectly. From January 2012 to December 2013, it is expected that a total of 21680 peoples will benefit from this project. |
| India |
| Title |
Reclaiming the Commons with Women’s Power: Eco-village development in Tribal Odisha |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Agragamee/Amasangathan |
| Area of project implementation |
India - Odisha State - (Districts - Rayagada) |
| IP Group |
Kandha Paraja & Jhodia Paraja tribe |
| Grant amount |
US$43,500 |
| Project description |
The objective of the project, is to develop 2 eco-villages combining indigenous peoples’ resources with development of agro-ecological models, based on perma-culture principles, and optimization of local genetic resources. It will train women, and advocate for recognition of land rights. The development of family farms and eco-villages will check the rate of deforestation and degradation, and the plantations on commons will lead to regeneration of forest cover to provide food, livelihood and energy security in the long run. Traditional practices will be strengthened by enabling legislations, including Tribal Forest Rights Act, as well as Provisions of Panchayats, extension of Scheduled Areas Act to ensure institutional and legal sanction to lands brought under ecological use and management. Training and advocacy efforts will be taken up, to extend practice and learning to all Panchayats. |
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| Title |
Promoting Culture, Human Rights & Socio-Economic Opportunities Of The Hmars |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Bible Hill Youth Club & Hill Tribes Mission Aid of India |
| Area of project implementation |
India, Tipaimukh area, Churachandpur district |
| IP Group |
Hmar indigenous hill tribes |
| Grant amount |
US$32,000 |
| Project description |
The scope of the Project is to empower indigenous peoples, specifically women and youth and to protect cultural, political & socio-economic rights, by facilitating alternative livelihood means through broad-based weaving skill training and micro-enterprises formation. A Community Training & Production Centre will be set up to create a Community Revolving Fund for sustainability. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People; Article 2 (Human Rights), Article 11 (Cultural), Article 20 & 23 (Socio-Economic Rights), will be promoted by mobilizing other local stakeholders. |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| Title |
Indigenous Families Life Skills Project |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Community Association for Mobilising Knowledge in Development |
| Area of project implementation |
14 indigenous villages in Houayxay and Phaoudom districts, Bokeo Province, Lao PDR |
| IP Group |
Khmu and Hmong |
| Grant amount |
US$39,500 |
| Project description |
The project goal is to improve the quality of life of indigenous village women and their families in 14 targeted villages of the Bokeo province by increasing their capacity and confidence through advocacy activities for protection of rights and improvement of livelihoods. The project will undertake awareness raising, leadership training, support nursery establishments and management of NFTP, construct a field station and strengthen CAMKID. It includes a Community Life School designed to fit in with the local culture, strongly participatory and particularly focused on women. |
| Nepal |
| Title |
Empowering Tharu by Promoting Cultural Values |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
New Resource Mobilization Center |
| Area of project implementation |
Saundiyar, Dharna, Dhikpur, Duruwa, Laxmpur, Rampur, Narayanpur, Manpur, Urahari, Uakali, Hapur, Bajuri, Halower, Phulbari, Ghorahi |
| IP Group |
Tharu |
| Grant amount |
US$46,000 |
| Project description |
This project aims to support Tharu systems and cultural traditions by highlighting sustainability, peace, and prosperity, both within and outside the community. It aims to:
- strengthen the tribal governmental system (Mathau system);
- building strategic alliances with formal government systems;
- promoting the cultural arts through dance, music and video, and
- empowering women through strategic income generation programmes which support environmental and cultural sustainability.
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| Papua New Guinea |
| Title |
Cultivation and production of edible and medicinal mushrooms |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
The University of Goroka |
| Area of project implementation |
Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands Province. |
| IP Group |
Kiovi Tribe |
| Grant amount |
US$47,000 |
| Project description |
The main objective of this project is to support the tribal community into being self-reliant through sustainable utilization of their bio-resources and conservation of their forests and tribal heritage. The University, through its Centre for Natural Resources and Development (CNRRD), will undertake training and skills transfer on the development of pure culture of indigenous strains of edible and medicinal mushroom species, preparation of inoculums and how to transfer these onto appropriate substrates, how to control humidity and temperature, post-harvest handling, and market research. The anticipated result is that the community participants will be able to grow a sufficient amount of mushrooms for their consumption and for the market. They will be able to send their children to school, access health care services, pay for food and clothes and in general improve the living standard in the village. |
| Philippines |
| Title |
Enhancing the Practice of Indigenous Knowledge in Support of Socio-economic Survival of Indigenous Women in the Urban Setting |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Cordillera Women’s Education Action Research Center, Inc. |
| Area of project implementation |
Sadanga Village, Saclit village and San Luis Extention in Baguio in the Cordillera region, Philippines |
| IP Group |
Igorot women who are originally from the interior villages of Sadanga and Bontoc in the Mountain Province |
| Grant amount |
US$40,000 |
| Project description |
The project intends to enhance the practice of indigenous knowledge among indigenous women in poor urban communities in support of their economic survival in the context of a diminishing practice in the urban setting. Using the indigenous knowledge of ayyew and ubbo/ugfo/innabuyog, indigenous households in poor urban communities, contribute in reducing waste through a cooperative waste management with the aid of vermin-culture. This supports the traditional practice of indigenous households in using every space of the land, even stone walls, productive for vegetables, medicinal herbs and root crops. Further, the project will be used for advocacy on viable self-driven development of indigenous women and their households of a community-based waste management, whilst increasing their food sources with the practice of indigenous knowledge. Ultimately, the project will contribute in strengthening indigenous women in poor urban communities and advance their socio-economic, political and cultural status.
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|
| Title |
Empowerment of the Mangyan Indigenous Peoples for the Defence, Promotion and Advancement of IP Rights and Cultures |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
HAGIBBAT- (Hanunuo, Alangan, Gubatnon, Iraya, Buhid, Bangon, Tadyawan) - MANGYAN MINDORO |
| Area of project implementation |
Mindor Oriental and Mindoro Occidental, Philippines |
| IP Group |
Mangyan Indigenous peoples comprising of seven tribes |
| Grant amount |
US$36,500 |
| Project description |
The Project primarily aims to strengthen the capabilities and capacities of the inter-tribal Indigenous Peoples Rights Watch and the Indigenous Peoples Rights Committees, in each of the seven tribal organizations by building local organizational and community capacities and mechanisms to defend Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples Rights. These are addressed through a series of education-campaign and training development on Indigenous Peoples Rights issues and policies and human rights cases documentation, monitoring and reporting. Advocacy and networking will also be carried out as integral strategies to serve as venues of information and support building for the advancement of IP rights and promote greater understanding on the Mangyan Indigenous Peoples’ plight, customary laws and indigenous worldviews on land, life and rights. |
| Bangladesh |
| Title |
Integrated sustainable hill farming technology project for indigenous women |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Assistance for the Livelihood of the Origin (ALO) |
| IP Group |
Chakma, Tripura and Marma |
| Grant amount |
US$15,000 |
| Project description |
This project aims to promote the socio-economic empowerment of the communities of Khagrachari Hill District, especially women, through the adoption of integrated and sustainable farming technologies to increase agricultural production and improve household food security. The project builds on two components: (a) promoting community-driven development; and (b) technology transfer on sustainable hill farming by means of providing training, establishing seed production centers and market linkages, and providing microcredit support. |
| |
| Title |
Mainstreaming education through mother tongue and culture |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Centre for Indigenous Peoples Research and Development (CIPRAD) |
| IP Group |
Garo |
| Grant amount |
US$16,000 |
| Project description |
The project seeks to revive the language and culture of the Garos through the introduction and development of multilingual education in community schools in the Tangail and Sherpur districts and through documentation and publication of the Garo cultural heritage. A multilingual syllabus will be introduced in 50 primary schools. Traditional songs, story telling, and traditional dances and folklore will also be collected and disseminated. |
| |
| Title |
Livelihood Security of Jumia (swidden people) bringing diversification in cultivation |
| Year |
2007 |
| Organization |
Community Advancement Forum (CAF) |
| Indigenous peoples group |
Communities of the Bandarban Hill District, Bangladesh |
| Grant amount |
US$ 26,900 |
| Project description |
The Bandarban Hill District is covered by hilly ranges. The residents of this area are called Jumia (swidden people). Their primitive Jhum cultivation is no longer profitable to them as the soil fertility has decreased and the virgin forest areas reduced. This project has been designed to improve the socio-economic situation of the Chittagong Hills Tract indigenous peoples by ensuring their livelihood security while raising awareness among people for diversification of Jum (Swidden) cultivation. The project will increase family income while establishing the formation of farmer groups at village level. 200 Jhumias/marginal farmers will benefit from this project, gaining access to new technology for cultivation of year round vegetable/cash crops on the slope lands and being involved in awareness raising in the villages through motivation, workshops and discussion.
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| Cambodia |
| Title |
District level networking of Kui Communities in northern Cambodia for livelihoods development |
| Year |
2007 |
| Organization |
Organization to Promote Kui Culture (OPKC) |
| Indigenous peoples group |
Kui communities of the Chhep, Chey Sen, Rovieng, Tbeng Meanchey, and Choam Khsan districts, Preah Vihear province and Sandan and Prasath Ballang districts, Kompong Thom province |
| Grant amount |
US$21,800 |
| Project description |
Most Kui communities depend heavily on natural resources, including water, land, forestry, and fisheries. As a result of this project, indigenous communities will benefit from improved management of natural resources through training at district level in all seven districts, as well as, building the capacity of Kui women to become community leaders and leaders within the networks. Training will be on women’s rights, leadership, and relevant laws.
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| India |
| Title |
Building the capacity of indigenous peoples to cope, adapt or mitigate the effects of climate change on their livelihoods and environments |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Centre for Development Action (CDA) |
| IP Group |
Kisans, Kharias and Birhors |
| Grant amount |
US$15,000 |
| Project description |
The proposed project seeks to address indigenous peoples' vulnerability to the effects of climate change and environmental degradation, particularly in the Sundergarh district in Orissa. The project builds on the beneficiaries’ traditional knowledge in coping and mitigating the effects of climate change. Adaptation and mitigation strategies will be developed and disseminated by the communities for purposes of information and lobbying on decision-making processes related to climate change. |
| |
| Title |
Ensuring secured livelihoods for tribal communities through sustainable management of natural resources |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Liberal Association For Movement of People (LAMP) |
| IP Group |
Kolha, Santal community |
| Grant amount |
US$16,000 |
| Project description |
This project seeks to support the tribal communities in the Mayurbanj District of Orissa State to improve their socio-economic situation, in a context where access to resources is steadily diminishing. To alleviate poverty, integrated agricultural development and sustained employment are required. The objective of the project is two-fold: (a) to create alternative livelihoods through development of agricultural and non-agricultural activities; and (b) to strengthen the Federation of Self-Help-Groups and other institutions in preparation for taking over responsibility for continuing programmes at the local level. |
| |
| Title |
Building the capacity of the tribal community to use the Right to Information Act for solving issues related to “The Scheduled Tribes & Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act of 2006 |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
YOJANA |
| IP Group |
Bonda and Didai |
| Grant amount |
US$16,000 |
| Project description |
The project seeks to build capacity and raise awareness among the Bonda and Didai tribes of Orissa on the Forests Rights Act and the Right to Information Act. The project aims to empower tribal people to improve their access to land and tenure security through village-level land titling. |
| |
| Title |
Indigenous Jenukuruba community empowerment and natural farming for sustainable livelihood |
| Year |
2007 |
| Organization |
The Nisarga Foundation |
| Indigenous peoples group |
The Jenukuruba community of the Mysore District in Karnataka |
| Grant amount |
US$22,000 |
| Project description |
This project focuses on capacity-building with the promotion of natural farming in 5 tribal habitats to achieve food security by developing agricultural land, planting fruit and fodder trees and adopting natural methods of cultivations. The project will benefit 300 families while creating critical awareness on tribal issues to plan for rebuilding indigenous cultural identities and forest life. Women will be encouraged to become promoters and advocates of tribal cultural identity. The promotion of tribal traditional skills including herbal medicine will be an emphasis, as will, networking locally, regionally, nationally and at a global level to create indigenous networks for solidarity and social justice. |
| |
| Title |
Participatory learning, institutional design and collective action |
| Year |
2007 |
| Organization |
The Raigarh Ambikapur Health Association (RAHA) |
| Indigenous peoples group |
Oraon tribe of the four districts of northern Chhattisgarh in central India |
| Grant amount |
US$25,000 |
| Project description |
Focusing in the area of capacity –building this project aims to support indigenous peoples’ efforts to come together in participatory learning, institutional design and collective action through the facilitation of Participatory Learning Action (PLA) exercises and analysis at the village level. The community will identify the poor among them, draft a purposeful activity model to solve problems in their communities while determining the requisite resources, the capital, operation, maintenance, infrastructure & coordination costs. Rules to govern their new institution and the mechanisms for feedback will also be looked at, while establishing the communities with a local level institutions network to share experiences, information and new knowledge. The issues that emerge from this experience will influence political decisions in favor of indigenous peoples.
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| |
| Title |
Revival and revitalization of the historical heritage and cultural identity of the Santals in Jharkhand and adjacent state of West Bengal |
| Year |
2007 |
| Organisation |
All India Santal Welfare and Cultural Society (AISWACS) |
| Indigenous peoples group |
Santal Tribal communities of the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal |
| Grant amount |
US$25,500 |
| Project design |
Adivasi communities have a rich history, culture and mythology, which transmits and transcends from generation to generation. This project is based on the revitalization of cultural heritage. It aims to create critical awareness on Adivasi culture and history among Adivasi and non-Adivasi communities and to capacitate the villagers in development of the ability to critically analyze and identify their own historical and cultural heritage, unmask myth-based superstition and politically motivated distortion of history and assert own historical and cultural identity. It looks to reorganize, revitalize and strengthen the cultural and historical roots of Adivasi communities of Jharkhand by conducting research on Adivasi historical and cultural heritage, with the development of print media and audio-visual/electronic media, a 10 day workshop for and a campaign on cultural and historical heritage will also be organized. |
| Mongolia |
| Title |
Improved livelihood of Tsaatan through biotechnological method |
| Year |
2007 |
| Organization |
Thenkhleg Khugjil Organization |
| Indigenous peoples group |
Tsaatan community Tsagaannnuur soum of Khuvsgul aimag |
| Grant amount |
US$17,900 |
| Project description |
The Tsaatan community is the smallest ethnic group in Mongolia. This proposal aims at improving the livelihood of its 44 families, thus representing the southernmost pure nomadic reindeer culture in the world. Their life is culturally and economically tied to the health of their some 859 reindeers. This project aims at increasing the breeding quality and number of reindeers by undertaking, a pre-project socio-economic study of the pure nomadic Tsaatan, Tender announcement, Training package and handouts development, monitoring and evaluation system development. The main activities of this project include: Selection target households and animals, herder group formation, kick-off meeting, trainings, procurement delivery, artificial insemination, periodic medical check ups and group self-monitoring. |
| Nepal |
| Title |
Chepang community incentives for sustainable livelihoods |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Centre for Rural Resource Promotion, CRP Nepal |
| IP Group |
Chepang |
| Grant amount |
US$15,500 |
| Project description |
This project aims to achieve socio-economic empowerment for the Chepang indigenous community in Nepal, especially women and deprived members, whose access to productive resources is low and who rely heavily on natural resources to sustain their livelihoods. This will be achieved through institutional development, education and training on sustainable livelihoods, health issues and sustainable resource management, and the provision of seed funding and microcredit. Project activities also include toilet construction, fruit and vegetable farming and goat raising. |
| |
| Title |
Promotion of indigenous peoples’ rights in the Constitution-making process |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Kirat Yakthung Chumlung |
| IP Group |
Limbu |
| Grant amount |
US$16,000 |
| Project description |
This project is intended to empower the Limbu indigenous people through awareness-raising and capacity-building to establish Limbuwan autonomy and incorporate indigenous peoples' rights in the new constitution of Nepal. Training will be provided on international instruments such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and International Labour Organization Convention 169, which will be used as a base. Activities such as organizing a consultation workshop, network formation and an interactive programme with political leaders are included among the advocacy and lobbying activities. |
| Pakistan |
| Title |
Sustainable livelihoods and indigenous cultural preservation project for Brahui tribes |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Participatory Development Initiatives [PDI] |
| IP Group |
Brahui |
| Grant amount |
US$15,000 |
| Project description |
This project in Balochistan has a two-fold objective: (a) to empower indigenous women through training and marketing of Brahui embroidery; and (b). to promote the threatened indigenous Brahui language and preserve Brahui traditional cultural heritage and folklore. The project seeks to address key issues of Brahui tribes’ livelihoods by enhancing opportunities for sustainable alternative livelihoods, especially for women. As part of the second objective, folk stories and poetry will be collected and published, audio material with traditional music will be produced, and an alphabet book will be published. |
| |
| Title |
Indigenous people on-farm livelihoods. through entrepreneurial development of honey beekeeping for household structures in Kalash |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Hashoo Foundation |
| IP Group |
Kalash |
| Grant amount |
US$15,000 |
| Project description |
The project aims to enhance the economic situation of the Kalash in Chitral through training and capacity-building in honey beekeeping and marketing. It will provide opportunities for households to generate income locally that will help them sustain their families’ livelihoods. Eighty people will be trained in honeybee farming, modern management practices for improved beekeeping, more efficient honey extraction methods, and improved marketing systems to increase revenues. |
| Philippines |
| Title |
Training indigenous peoples’ organizations in the promotion and implementation of indigenous peoples’ rights and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
SILDAP - Southeastern Mindanao |
| IP Group |
Mandaya, Mansaka, Dibabawon, Mangguangan and Ata –Manobo |
| Grant amount |
US$23,000 |
| Project description |
The project seeks to empower indigenous peoples to find solutions to challenges they are facing as a result of resource alienation induced by the entry of extractive industries, banana plantations and hydropower corporations without their free and prior informed consent. In addition to individuals, the project also targets 15 indigenous peoples’ organizations for capacity-building. |
| |
| Title |
A capacity-building programme to advance indigenous people’s human rights |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
TUMANDUK, (Indigenous Farmers in Defense af Land and Life) |
| IP Group |
TUMANDUK |
| Grant amount |
US$20,000 |
| Project description |
This project will utilize community-based education and training programmes to improve the capacity of TUMANDUK to effectively address human rights violations in Central Panay. Two people from each local community will be selected to become human rights workers. They will be trained to become leaders and facilitators for conducting human rights training, human rights monitors and human rights educators at the community level. |
| |
| Title |
Live and let live: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A mobile theatre-forum |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Dap-ayan ti Kultura iti Kordilyera (DKK) |
| IP Group |
Kankana-ey, Ibaloi, Bontoc, Kalinga and more |
| Grant amount |
US$17,652 |
| Project description |
This mobile theater will promote the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples among various indigenous communities and universities in the Cordillera region. It is intended to mobilize and empower at least 1,000 audience participants. The theater unfolds the dramatic events in the life of indigenous peoples and presents their rights. The United Nations Declaration will be made relevant to their issues on land rights and the protection of natural ecosystems and their culture. The presentation utilizes indigenous cultural expressions in the vernacular, in music, dance and realistic drama. |
| |
| Title |
A Study on the Giant Earthworm and its Impact to the Survival of the Cordillera Rice Terraces |
| Year |
2007 |
| Organization |
Montanosa Research and Development Center, Inc. (MRDC) |
| Indigenous peoples group |
The Indigenous Peasants of the Cordillera Region |
| Grant amount |
US$ 22,800 |
| Project description |
The Banaue rice terraces are one of the world's finest examples of their kind. A Unesco world heritage site, the rice terraces, which serve as living monuments of this rich cultural heritage, are inherent to the indigenous people’s way of life. Losing them would also mean losing their identity as a group. But the survival of the Cordillera rice terraces hangs in the balance due to a new species of earthworm that burrows deep into the earth and causes rice terraces to collapse with heavy rain. This project aims to study indigenous and alternative pest management systems to control the giant earthworm infestation, save the rice terraces from destruction, increase rice production and strengthen cultural bondage of the people to their ancestral domains. The project will achieve this by undertaking research and documentation, laboratory analysis chemical analysis of botanical resources, regional workshops for the production of an earthworm management resource kit. |
| |
| Title |
Capacity building for indigenous communities through alternative health care delivery systems |
| Year |
2007 |
| Organization |
Dapon Indigenous Peoples Centre, Incorporated |
| Indigenous peoples group |
Indigenous communities in the municipality of Kasibu covering Didipio, Muta, and Malabing Valleys. Nueva Vizcaya |
| Grant amount |
US$25,000 |
| Project description |
Nueva Vizcaya is a province located in the North of the Philippines, a region known for its large and diverse indigenous population. This project aims to help empower indigenous communities in the municipality of Kasibu covering Didipio, Muta, and Malabing Valleys by providing basic health services and health skills development trainings to local residents who will eventually become the health providers of the community. Using appropriate indigenous knowledge as a starting point, this project aims to integrate traditional knowledge with western practices of medicine, as well as, oriental healing modalities, to establish a health care system complete with infrastructures and facilities. |
