By Georges Theodore Dougnon (Dogon, CS Staff)
Across Indigenous communities, young leaders are creating opportunities that connect sustainable livelihoods with the protection of their lands, cultures, and knowledge. With support from Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Youth Fellowship, Louivenzia Komases (Nama) in Namibia and Mommon Makko (Maasai) in Tanzania are putting this vision into practice.
Louivenzia Komases (Nama) from Namibia
By Hai//om Community San Council and Roseline Genade Geises (Hai//om San)
By Dr. Daniel Rogei (Maasai)
By Marius Bloodstaan, Station Manager
Cultural Survival recently visited one of our Keepers of the Earth Fund Grant Partners, The San Youth Network (SYNET) in Botswana.
On January 18, 2016, Namibia’s human rights record was reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council as part of the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. This mechanism emerged from the 2005 UN reform process and periodically examines the human rights performance of all 193 UN Member States. It is intended to complement the work of other human rights mechanisms, including the UN human rights treaty bodies.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
