COVID-19 Relief Fund for Communities in Suriname
Partners
A network of organizations was activated to coordinate the support that all the organizations that work in the interior of Suriname give or plan to give. Conservation International Suriname (CIS), Amazon Conservation Team -Suriname (ACT-S) and The Organization of Indigenous peoples in Suriname (OIS) took the initiative to set up this platform and support the communities in the interior of Suriname.
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O.I.S. Ensures sustainability of projects sponsored by donors that support the covid-19 relief as well as OIS’ mission to:
Promote the rights, integrity and livelihoods of the indigenous people in Suriname and internationally, by fostering the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, furthering through advocacy work and training awareness on the legal and territorial rights of the indigenous peoples in Suriname.
ACT-S will assist with logistics to the villages in the South of Suriname and with awareness building in the Trio villages in the South of Suriname, mainly Trio communities.
Conservation International Suriname is one of the partners of the South Suriname program (TWTIS) and has been working with the communities in South Suriname for many years. During these years a strong working relationship with the communities and friendships with community members were built. For this, Conservation International feels obliged to support it's friends and the most important protectors of the forest. CI staff supports the coordination of the logistics and communication with the communities and works with the other partners to get the right support where it needs to be.
Green Growth Suriname Foundation’s (GGS) mission is to further advance the people of Suriname’s wellbeing and welfare by conserving the biological and cultural richness of the country. GGS envisions Suriname as a country that recognizes and maintains its ecological and cultural balance, populated by its citizens that are enabled and recognized as cornerstones of a sustainable society. GGS envisions to achieve its goals by:
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Developing and implementing models to include nature in national developing processes.
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Designing and executing socio-economic projects that contribute to GGS’s mission
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Building capacity for nationals interested in conservation by organizing training sessions, workshops, seminars and socio-cultural excursions.
