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Explore stories and updates from Pawanka Fund’s work across seven regions of the world: Africa, the Arctic, Asia, Latin America, North America, the Pacific, and Russia. These stories highlight initiatives, experiences, and learning processes shared by partner organizations and communities.
Marshallese Face up to Changing Times
There is a great wave of concern for the future of the indigenous peoples of Marshall Islands in the vast Pacific waters because of their vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and global warming. The inhabitants in the atolls have seen rising sea levels, inundation, severe weather patterns that cause extended drought and threaten
Climate Change
According to the latest report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, switching to renewable energies instead of fossil fuels is the way to limit the most severe effects of climate change in the world, if urgent action is not taken, humanity will fail to limit warming and probably by 2030 will experience numerous
Newsletter: Indigenous Food Systems
We share content of interest about the theme of the month: Community Leadership
THE MISKITUS’ CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND DEATH
The Miskitu ancestral territory in the North Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua is a site of magic and wisdom. Here, Avelino Cox, a native of the Wangky or Coco River, was born. As a boy, he accompanied his grandparents all over the territory where he heard stories and learned about the life and traditions of his
Spirituality and Sacred Sites
Spirituality and sacred sites are different in each Indigenous People and is a fundamental part of their identity since they are knowledge and teachings that were transmitted from generation to generation. It manifests itself above all in people’s daily lives, in their relationships with the land, forests and ecosystems, in all their relationships with nature
Newsletter: Community Leadership
We share content of interest about the theme of the month: Community Leadership
Indigenous Food Systems
Given their high degree of self-sufficiency, it is essential to secure and preserve Indigenous Peoples’ food systems to ensure the food security of 476 million Indigenous people around the world1. The traditional food systems of Indigenous Peoples are sustainable because over the centuries their practices have been oriented towards the rational use of resources, which
Pawanka Podcast – Episodio 3
In this meeting we have Joan Carling as a guest, an indigenous activist from the Cordillera with more than 20 years of work on indigenous issues at the international level. A podcast made by indigenous people for indigenous peoples. Listen on Listen on web:
If the grandparents, the tatas, leave, we will be without knowledge
Latin America is the most urbanized region in the world. In the last decade, already 80% of its population lived in urban areas. By 2021, 35% of the population lived in cities of 1 million or more inhabitants. The high rate of migration to cities also makes it the most unequal region in the world.
Newsletter: Water is everything
We share content of interest about the theme of the month: Water.