Training and Support for Grassroots Organizations

Mission Statement
Village Earth helps reconnect communities to the resources that promote human well-being by enhancing social and political empowerment, community self-reliance and self-determination. We do this by strengthening intermediate and grassroots organizations through fiscal sponsorship, networking, training, research and advocacy.

Background
Village Earth Global Affiliate Program serves as a support structure for innovative and impactful grassroots organizations around the world. We are currently partnered with 17 different organizations in 10 different countries. 

Impact Statement
In the past quarter, Village Earth has provided the following support services to our Global Affiliates. 

• Provided US Fiscal Sponsorship, access to online fundraising tools, technical suppport on designing their campaigns helping them to raise over $83,000. 
• Provide legal support to our Affiliates on the Pine Ridge Reservation to develop a liability waiver that could be used when implementing projects on the Reservation. 
• Provided techncial support for Mental Health Conferences hosted by our Affiliate Tasunke Wakan.
• Accepted two new affiliate applications for grassroots organizations in Liberia and Gambia
• Provided video-editing services to a project on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
• Finally received a response to a Freedom of Information Act Request from the USDA to support advocacy efforts related to Native American land-use on Reservations. 

Conclusion
Thanks to your support, this has been the most successful fundraising year in Village Earth's history. We are also making great progress in expanding the scope of services needed by grassroots organizations around the globe. In the coming months, we plan to focus on refining those services further and expanding our support to even more organizations. 

Links:

• Village Earth's Facebook Fan Page