GRANTS & TRAINING

Amazon Partnerships collaborates with indigenous Kichwa communities that want to create their own projects to protect the rainforest and promote the conservation values of their culture.

Unlike other organizations, we do not bring projects to communities; communities propose projects to us. We support them with small grants and intensive training in project management so they can learn to sustain their results over the long term.

Projects can range from agro-forestry to production of traditional handicrafts to environmental education to ecological sanitation, among others.

Our Work at a Glance in 2010 Conducted 18 community worskhops on project planning Approved three community proposals for environmentally sustainable rainwater catchment systems and reforestation Approved one community proposal for construction of dry composting toilets and reforestation And coming soon... Tree planting, installation of rainwater systems, and construction of composting toilets in four communities Workshops on project implementation Workshops on project evaluation