Help the Shipibo Regenerate from the Pandemic This is our Permaculture Center and plant nursery A sample of 'Chacra Integral' in its first stage Akinananti is a Shipibo word based in reciprocity

Instituto Chaikuni

Org #15725
Vetted since 2017 Top Ranked Staff Favorite Project of the Month Site Visit Verified
2013
year founded
$466,893
raised on GlobalGiving
6
years fundraising
1
projects funded
* Amounts in US Dollars

Mission

Regeneration of degraded landscapes and revitalization of traditional knowledge through permaculture design training and the creation of eco-social entrepreneurship opportunities for indigenous and mestizo communities of the Peruvian Amazon. We seek to challenge current models of development, which value life only for its contribution to economic growth and not social and environmental well-being. These models have historically excluded the traditions of local communities as well as ignored the biophysical limits and environmental sustainability of development. Thus, we promote community development that supports and is in alignment with the protection and regeneration of natural ecosystems... read more

Projects (4)

Project Leaders
Stefan Kistler
Stefan Kistler
Matthew Watherston
Matthew Watherston
Karina Ormeno
Karina Ormeno
Team
Stefan Kistler, Silvia Del Aguila Reyna, Daniel Lopez Perez, Karina Ormeno Gutierrez
Organization Information
Putumayo 993
Iquitos, Loreto 16000
Peru
+51938148441
Organization Information
Putumayo 993
Iquitos, Loreto 16000
Peru
+51938148441

Project Reports

Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:

Oct 2, 2023
Continuing the Amazonian agroforestry journey
Dear friends and supporters, We hope this report from the field finds you well. Since we last wrote to you, we have continued our agroforestry outreach work with Amazonian families and...
Sep 8, 2023
Promoters of Good Living
Dear Friends and Supporters, We hope that this update from our work with the indigenous students in Iquitos finds you well. Our Intercultural Education program continues to support the young students...
Jun 8, 2023
Continuation of the Intercultural Health Brigades
Dear friends and supporters, Since we last wrote to you, the ancestral Shipibo healers of Asomashk and their “Onanyabo in Action” initiative continued to reach faraway Shipibo communities...
 
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