Indigenous Peoples Organizations

Kenya Forest Service is a state corporation that was created through the Forest Act, 2005 (now repealed). The Service derives her mandate from the Forest Conservation and Management Act (FCMA), 2016. Their mission relies on...

Kenya Voluntary Development Association (KVDA) is an indigenous, non-political and membership organization which is non-sectarian and non-profit making started in 1962 as a work camp organization registered under the...

Non-profit union organization that represents the Lenca People.

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...

MASTA (Moskitia Asla Takanka – “Unity of La Moskitia”) was founded on the 26th June 1976 in the community of Awas, in the territory of BAMIASTA. It aims to strengthen indigenous autonomy and governance in La Moskitia...

The Council of the Ch'orti' Nation was formed in 2016, we are made up of three indigenous organizations representing the Ch'orti' people, the Ch'orti Peasant Indigenous Association "Nuevo Día", located in the Ch'orti region '...

NIA’s main mandate and core business is facilitating community empowerment through capacity strengthening, influencing and brokering useful linkages. NIA has an impressive track record and experience in implementing community...

The Honduran Black Fraternal Organization, OFRANEH, emerged in 1978 as a Federation of the Garífuna people of Honduras, blending into the defense of their cultural and territorial rights, with the purpose of achieving...

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...

With support of various donors, PWHE has over the years established programmes in Health, Education, Governance, and Women Economic Empowerment for livelihoods diversification. Some of the activities under health and...

Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Kenya is the Kenyan country chapter of the PELUM Association and has a membership of 57 Member Organizations. PELUM Kenya network promotes agroecological principles and...

Red Nacional de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos Indígenas Lencas de La Paz (REDHILPAZ) is a group of indigenous leaders that provides support to cases of human rights violations in the department of La Paz, and now they are...