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Huni Kuin Sustainable Master Plan
We are deeply grateful for everyone who has supported the Mothers of the Forest and our initiative by donating to this campaign. More than ever with the Covid19 pandemic, having access to clean water has become urgent and crucial as Indegenous communities are at high risk for extinction. We know these are challenging times for everyone and we believe that we will survive this pandemic by helping the ones who are defending nature and our biodiversity with their way of life. Supporting the guardians of the Amazon forest has never been more imperative and relevant than today. The funds raised by this campaign will be used to provide clean water to 11 Huni Kuin villages. It will cost 4000$ to provide access to clean water for 1 village (on average 100 people). So every little bit counts! You can read more about our project below! Haux Haux!
CALL TO ACTION: GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS!
We must respond to the global crisis to protect the future of our children. We are witnessing the rapid mass extinction of over 150 species every day. Over 85% of species lost live in rainforests. Rainforest defense is crucial for the survival of any species including ours. The Amazon is the largest rainforest on the planet accounting for 60% of all rainforest. But, the deforestation and exploitation of the Amazon is rising at extreme rates, rising to new levels with this pandemic. The Huni Kuin are on the frontlines protecting the rainforest from destruction. It is vital for the survival of our future generations that we support, and ensure the safety, of indigenous communities as they defend our natural world. Join us in supporting the guardians of the rainforest in their mission to protect the forest and our biodiversity.
THE HUNI KUIN
The Huni Kuin had relatively late contact with the world. At the end of the 19th century, from 1890 onward, a wave of invasions by rubber extractors began. During this period of violent contact, the local indigenous groups were systematically attacked by invaders and violence was organized. The rubber tappers brought years of disease, genocide, and land encroachment. Despite years of persecution and enslavement, the Huni Kuin’s dedication to their spiritual practices and their connection to the spirit of the forest triumphed and their beautiful traditions and sacred rituals were preserved. To this day they continue to protect a large portion of the Amazon rainforest and their lives, culture, history, and entire existence are intricately dependent on it.
The Huni Kuin “true people” are the largest indigenous population in the Brazilian state of Acre, representing approximately 11,500 people. They live in 108 villages on twelve Indigenous reservations along seven different rivers: Purus, Envira, Murú, Humaitá, Tarauacá, Breu and Jordão. They are also known as "Kaxinawá" (bat-people) and live mostly in the Brazilian Amazon Basin, but their lands extend to the Andes in eastern Peru. The native language is “Hatxa Kuin” (true language), but today the Huni Kuin live in a bilingual reality in which most communicate in Portuguese as well.
MOTHERS OF THE AMAZON
We are a global network of mothers and a few fathers have joined us in protecting the Amazon Rainforest and its communities through restorative community projects and education. Our team, includes strategic planners, architects, reforestation specialists, permaculture practitioners, sustainability practitioners, experts in renewable energy, medical doctors, economists, anthropologists, therapists, event producers, filmmakers, graphic designers, editors, bankers and lawyers that are all concerned with the future of the Amazon Forest and are dedicated to its protection for future generations.
In the Amazon, it is believed that plants have a soul, in the same way humans or animals do. Our mission is to be a voice for the forest and the plant world and support the ones who defend them. Eighty-two percent of our biodiversity is protected by indigenous people, who represent only five percent of the world’s population. To protect nature one has to protect indigenous communities.
OUR PROJECT: HUNI KUIN SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY MASTER PLAN
The Huni Kuin Sustainable Community Master Plan is a holistic vision for the future that honors the traditions and way of life of the Huni Kuin people while responding to the needs and challenges they are facing, with low tech, low cost and Zero waste to low impact solutions. This Master Plan’s main objective is to co-create with the Huni Kuin Federation, a sustainable community model for the future, with design guidelines and protective regulations to be implemented in 11 villages. Providing access to clean water to reduce mortality from preventable diseases and respond to the Covid 19 pandemic, improve population health after years of contamination from mining and agriculture, use permaculture to fight malnutrition, waterborne infections and emerging diseases due to contamination, fund projects that provide sustainable sources of income to support self governance and support basic needs while preserving the Huni Kuin culture and traditions are at the heart of this project.
For more information on the Huni Kuin Sustainable Community Master Plan visit: www.mothersoftheamazon.com
Our project is endorsed by the Earthways Foundation
https://www.earthways.org
CALL TO ACTION: GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS!
We must respond to the global crisis to protect the future of our children. We are witnessing the rapid mass extinction of over 150 species every day. Over 85% of species lost live in rainforests. Rainforest defense is crucial for the survival of any species including ours. The Amazon is the largest rainforest on the planet accounting for 60% of all rainforest. But, the deforestation and exploitation of the Amazon is rising at extreme rates, rising to new levels with this pandemic. The Huni Kuin are on the frontlines protecting the rainforest from destruction. It is vital for the survival of our future generations that we support, and ensure the safety, of indigenous communities as they defend our natural world. Join us in supporting the guardians of the rainforest in their mission to protect the forest and our biodiversity.
THE HUNI KUIN
The Huni Kuin had relatively late contact with the world. At the end of the 19th century, from 1890 onward, a wave of invasions by rubber extractors began. During this period of violent contact, the local indigenous groups were systematically attacked by invaders and violence was organized. The rubber tappers brought years of disease, genocide, and land encroachment. Despite years of persecution and enslavement, the Huni Kuin’s dedication to their spiritual practices and their connection to the spirit of the forest triumphed and their beautiful traditions and sacred rituals were preserved. To this day they continue to protect a large portion of the Amazon rainforest and their lives, culture, history, and entire existence are intricately dependent on it.
The Huni Kuin “true people” are the largest indigenous population in the Brazilian state of Acre, representing approximately 11,500 people. They live in 108 villages on twelve Indigenous reservations along seven different rivers: Purus, Envira, Murú, Humaitá, Tarauacá, Breu and Jordão. They are also known as "Kaxinawá" (bat-people) and live mostly in the Brazilian Amazon Basin, but their lands extend to the Andes in eastern Peru. The native language is “Hatxa Kuin” (true language), but today the Huni Kuin live in a bilingual reality in which most communicate in Portuguese as well.
MOTHERS OF THE AMAZON
We are a global network of mothers and a few fathers have joined us in protecting the Amazon Rainforest and its communities through restorative community projects and education. Our team, includes strategic planners, architects, reforestation specialists, permaculture practitioners, sustainability practitioners, experts in renewable energy, medical doctors, economists, anthropologists, therapists, event producers, filmmakers, graphic designers, editors, bankers and lawyers that are all concerned with the future of the Amazon Forest and are dedicated to its protection for future generations.
In the Amazon, it is believed that plants have a soul, in the same way humans or animals do. Our mission is to be a voice for the forest and the plant world and support the ones who defend them. Eighty-two percent of our biodiversity is protected by indigenous people, who represent only five percent of the world’s population. To protect nature one has to protect indigenous communities.
OUR PROJECT: HUNI KUIN SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY MASTER PLAN
The Huni Kuin Sustainable Community Master Plan is a holistic vision for the future that honors the traditions and way of life of the Huni Kuin people while responding to the needs and challenges they are facing, with low tech, low cost and Zero waste to low impact solutions. This Master Plan’s main objective is to co-create with the Huni Kuin Federation, a sustainable community model for the future, with design guidelines and protective regulations to be implemented in 11 villages. Providing access to clean water to reduce mortality from preventable diseases and respond to the Covid 19 pandemic, improve population health after years of contamination from mining and agriculture, use permaculture to fight malnutrition, waterborne infections and emerging diseases due to contamination, fund projects that provide sustainable sources of income to support self governance and support basic needs while preserving the Huni Kuin culture and traditions are at the heart of this project.
For more information on the Huni Kuin Sustainable Community Master Plan visit: www.mothersoftheamazon.com
Our project is endorsed by the Earthways Foundation
https://www.earthways.org
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