Projeto da Caixa Cultural traz a Brasília instrumentista luso-angolano Victor Gama

Victor Gama estará em Brasília a 19 de outubro para apresentar um show em que toca instrumentos peculiares criados por ele mesmo. Sua peça mais recente “3 mil Rios: vozes da Floresta “, uma ópera multimídia, vai estrear em Lisboa e Bogotá em maio de 2016, encomendado pela Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. com apoio do Teatro Colon, a Amazon Conservation Team e Flora Arts + Natura.

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From Tepu to Rajasthan: Indigenous Women Begin Training as Solar Providers

On September 12, 2015, Anna Nantawi and Ketoera Aparaka, two indigenous women from Suriname’s remote rainforest interior, departed for India to begin a six-month solar power installation training course to benefit their community.  When the women return, they will be able to install, maintain and repair solar energy systems, and then train others to replicate their work.

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IFIP Connections: Forging New Alliances to Protect Sacred Places in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

“As one of Amazon Conservation Team’s (ACT) founders, I have long observed the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) with a feeling of affinity, as both organizations were born in the last decade of the 20th century—certainly a more idealistic time in the NGO world—with a focus on Indigenous empowerment.” -Liliana Madrigal, Senior Director of Program Operations

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Vrouwen zullen zonne-energiesysteem Tepu beheren

PARAMARIBO – Dorpelingen van het inheemsendorp Pelulu Tepu leven al ruim vijftien jaar zonder energie. De lichtmotor is buiten gebruik door problemen met de aanvoer van brandstof. De 51-jarige Ana Nantawi en de 44-jarige Ketura Aparaka willen de situatie veranderen. Zij vertrekken vrijdag naar India om tot maart 2016 getraind te worden in het opzetten…

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