Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partner Spotlight
“Es muy importante seguir contando con personas como ustedes [Cultural Survival], que aunque no nos conocemos y no saben cómo es el Amazonas, pero desde esa lejanía nos apoyan incondicionalmente.” --Carlos Méndez, ex curaca de la Comunidad Indígena Ziora Amena / Colombia.
Resguardo Indígena Inga San Miguel de la Castellana aims to strengthen the Inga language among youth in the Villagarzón municipality of Colombia. They have seen much success since benefitting from a grant from Cultural Survival’s Keepers of the Earth Fund.
Beginning on November 21, 2019, at least 250,000 Colombians have flooded the streets in three separate general strikes, sparked by rumors of cuts to minimum wage for young people.
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Cultural Survival strongly condemns the ongoing violence against Indigenous Colombians. According to Colombia’s human rights ombudsman, 486 activists and human rights defenders have been murdered since January 2016. A majority of those killed have been Indigenous.
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) reports that 121 Indigenous people have been murdered since President Duque took office in August 2018.
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