Amazon Partnerships Foundation

Academic founded 2008

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Organization Description

Amazon Partnerships Foundation empowers indigenous Kichwa communities that value environmental stewardship through expression of their nature-based culture. We provide small grants and grassroots consulting for projects designed and implemented by communities. Through the exchange of ideas between Kichwa and Western traditions, we envision a new awareness for sustainable living based on equality among people in harmony with the natural world.

Example Project

Amazon Partnerships Foundation collaborated on a project in 2009 to help two communities install 50 household rainwater catchment systems in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Activities that combat poverty

Community Building, Economic Development

Activities that protect the environment

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Eco-tourism, Forests & Forestry, Natural Resource Conservation & Preservation, Soil Quality, Sustainable Agriculture & Farming, Water & Sanitation, Watersheds, Wildlife

Areas of Service

Capacity Building, Education & Training, Technical Assistance, Technology Development

Nations of the World

Americas: Ecuador, Washington State, U.S.