How we work
Many indigenous communities receive grants and aid from governments and non-governmental organizations, often these funds are limited to specific outcomes or scopes. Anne believed that indigenous peoples were best able to decide how to direct resources to greatly benefit their entire community. So this Foundation seeks to address gaps in services, whereby we fund projects that are outside the ability of larger players.One such example is our work with the Estrella Einalii. This group of Anas Wayuu artists and crafters are entrepreneurs. Each has set up their own small enterprise to make quality goods. Our Foundation provided seed money for each artist to purchase raw supplies to make their goods.Another example is our commitment to enabling indigenous leaders to participate in vital meetings and technical training to represent and serve their communities. Beginning in 2020, the Foundation has sponsored six indigenous individuals to attend the renown Expert Degree in Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, and International Cooperation program at King Carlos III University in Madrid, Spain. The program gives participants valuable curricular training so they can undertake responsibilities and lead the design of local and national public policies, as well as causing an impact on the global processes of indigenous peoples rights' advocacy.
As an anthropologist, Anne fought for all peoples to be allowed to retain their culture, including their lands, their languages, and their customs, as much as possible, even in the face of progress and development.
The foundation will continue to insist on protecting the way of life of indigenous peoples in all our programs and to protect the lands, the rights, and the values of indigenous peoples.
OUR APPROACH
Protect the way of life of indigenous peoples
OUR SOLUTIONS
Fight for indigenous rights
Indigenous peoples’ rights were not a concern when Anne started her work. The foundation will continue Anne’s work to establish indigenous rights over their cultural identity, their lands, their culture, and their independence.
Anne fought for indigenous rights from the Polar Cap to the Southern Cone, from the jungles of the Amazon rainforest to the hills of the Philippines. The Foundation will continue this work by providing scholarships for indigenous peoples to attend critical conferences and technical training, to seed funding to help finance indigenous artisans and craftspeople to develop micro-enterprises, and to provide opportunities to build on existing mechanisms to continue to develop individual self-determination within their communities.
OUR PARTNERS
With the help of our friends
By partnering with existing institutions and organizations, the foundation will raise money to have as significant an impact as we can. We welcome others to donate money to join in our efforts.
Our first partner organization is the Francisco de Vitoria Institute of International and European Studies of the Carlos III University of Madrid and the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC). We provide scholarships for six indigenous leaders to attain the Expert Title in Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, and International Cooperation.
Our second partnership is with the Annas Wayuu indigenous peoples of Colombia and Venezuela. Through its Estrella Einalli artisan cooperative, the Foundation provided funds for 17 artists and craftspeople to set up their own small businesses.
Our first partner organization is the Francisco de Vitoria Institute of International and European Studies of the Carlos III University of Madrid and the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC). We provide scholarships for six indigenous leaders to attain the Expert Title in Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, and International Cooperation.
Our second partnership is with the Annas Wayuu indigenous peoples of Colombia and Venezuela. Through its Estrella Einalli artisan cooperative, the Foundation provided funds for 17 artists and craftspeople to set up their own small businesses.
WHAT WE DO
Give indigenous people a voice
The foundation will ensure that indigenous peoples have access to local, state, and national power structures to ensure that their environment is protected, cared for, and sustained. The foundation will fund indigenous leaders to attend important environmental impact meetings, such as the Paris Accords.
The foundation will interact with major organizations, such as the Organization of American States, the United Nations Development Program, and the Inter-American Development Bank to counter the effects of climate change, to reduce deforestation, and to improve access to potable water.
Incentivize multi-lateral lending institutions
We will incentivize multi-lateral lending institutions to adhere to safe and sustainable development practices, taking into account the wishes and needs of indigenous peoples.
Sponsor internships
We will sponsor internships for indigenous individuals to work at large funding institutions so that indigenous communities can have direct knowledge of how to apply for grants, represent themselves in international and national negotiations, and add to the knowledge base of indigenous communities.
Promote sustainability
Indigenous peoples live in the most sustainable way possible. We will tap their knowledge and provide means for indigenous leaders to attend major climate change conferences and regional environmental meetings to help solve global warming.
Where we're involved
The Anne Marie Deruyttere Indigenous Peoples Foundation is recognized as a public non-profit in both the United States of America and the Kingdom of Belgium. Donors from the United States and the European Union will receive maximum tax relief.
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