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Indigenous Peoples Organizations

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Association des Femmes Peuls Autochtones du Tchad (AFPAT)'s mission is to improve the living conditions of the Mbororo Fulani of Chad, particularly the indigenous Fulani women of Chad, by working on the defense of fundamental...
Sustainable Development Natural resources & biodiversity Climate change Rights & Advocacy Chad
APAD focuses on the economic, environmental, education, climate change adaptation and social issues impacting the pastoralist communities of Turkana County, West Pokot County, and the cross-border regions of Ethiopia, South...
Economic development Sustainable Development Education Climate change Kenya
AIMPO is a community-centered, grassroots organization in Rwanda that seeks to protect and promote the rights, welfare, and development of the Historically Marginalized People.
Rights & Advocacy Economic development Agriculture Climate change Sustainable Development Rwanda
AYT are an independent, non-partisan, development and advocacy organization. Founded in 2005, AYT is registered under the Trustees (Perpetual Succession) Act. AYT was created specifically to spearhead a Youth Led Development...
Youth Women's empowerment Economic development Climate change Regional Kenya
As a repository of traditional knowledge, our role has never been more important, as our planet faces major threats from environmental degradation and global warming. And to deal with it, we must act at all levels, in...
Culture Climate change Sustainable Development DR Congo
Friends of Lake Turkana (FoLT) is a grassroots indigenous organization that works with and on behalf of communities within the greater Turkana basin to demand collective social, economic, cultural, environmental, and...
Economic development Culture Justice Climate change Kenya
Green Africa Foundation was founded in Kenya in 2000 with a focus of implementing practical hands-on community driven projects aimed at greening the African continent.
Climate change Natural resources & biodiversity Livelihoods Regional Kenya
Mothers and Children Multisectoral Development Organization (MCMDO) is an indigenous, nongovernmental, nonprofit and humanitarian organization founded in 1997. MCMDO works to improve the lives of disadvantaged mothers and...
Women's empowerment Health Education Economic development Livelihoods Climate change Ethiopia
MPIDO envisions a just and equitable society that recognize and upholds human rights and the fundamental freedom of indigenous peoples’. As indigenous people in Africa undergo political, economic and social challenges, MPIDO...
Livelihoods Climate change Natural resources & biodiversity Youth Women's empowerment Kenya
REPALEAC is a sub-regional civil society organization created in 2003 in Kigali, Rwanda. REPALEAC and its active national networks in Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic of the...
Rights & Advocacy Climate change Education Natural resources & biodiversity Leadership Culture
Ngorongo Conservation Area Authority (NCAA)'s vision "The best conservation area in the World”. The authority's mission statement is "To sustainably conserve biodiversity and cultural heritage, enhance livelihood of the...
Natural resources & biodiversity Climate change Tanzania
OPDP’s work is centred on promoting the recognition and identity of Indigenous peoples’ culture, the participation and inclusion of the communities in all sectors of development, championing for land rights, ensuring...
Climate change Sustainable Development Justice Kenya