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Humankind and Nature

Motion 129 Approved: the First Step in Avoiding the Point of no Return Through Indigenous Governance

Azimuth World Foundation applauds and welcomes the approval of Motion 129 by the IUCN. The motion "Avoid the point of no return in the Amazon by protecting 80% by 2025" was proposed by COICA together ... read more

Humankind and Nature

The IUCN Congress and the Counter-Summit to Decolonize Conservation

While world leaders, scientists and activists gathered in the IUCN Congress in Marseille to discuss strategies to preserve biodiversity and halt climate change, Indigenous Peoples called for a seat at... read more

Humankind and Nature
source: Nile Post*

Uganda’s court finally decides for Batwa compensation

In the words of justice Musoke, "the Batwa have been left disadvantaged, owing to their eviction from the said land (…) This has rendered them landless (...) destroyed their identity, dignity... ... read more

Humankind and Nature
source: Bismarck Tribune*

Restoration: returning bison to the tribal lands of North Dakota

The presence of bison in North Dakota is meaningful to people across the state. However, no other groups have more reverence for these majestic animals than North Dakota's Indigenous tribes. ... read more

Public Health

Challenges and advances in delivering healthcare to the Batwa: hearing from the Bwindi Community Hospital

In 2006, the Ugandan Coalition of Civil Society Organizations made a grave warning about the Batwa, a 60,000-year-old indigenous people: they were in danger of extinction. Dispossession of their ances... read more

Safe Water

Visiting Water Mission's Safe Water Projects in Uganda - Interview with WASH Office Dorothy Nangobi

While we were building our partnership with Water Mission, we visited some projects in Uganda. We saw firsthand the impact these safe water systems have on so many families in so many communities. WAS... read more

Humankind and Nature
source: The New York Times*

Jane Goodall's relentless faith in Humanity

Read the icon's thoughts on climate change denial, religious fundamentalism, the capability for good and evil in humans and chimps, zoos and conservation, factory farms and veganism, an... read more

AWF story

Recognizing the life of trees: beyond what we see and towards empathy

In fiction, many have had the privilege and audacity to say what is often understood by the majority as a preposterous idea. But often, there are realities that some of us are able to perceive intuiti... read more

AWF story

Saving biodiversity is saving humanity

With each passing year, it becomes increasingly more inescapable to hear alarming news about biodiversity loss on our planet. While researchers collect and analyze more and more data, the contours of ... read more

Humankind and Nature

You can make the Scalesia forest thrive again

Heinke Jäger, Chief Scientist at the Charles Darwin Foundation, talks about the importance of partnering with Azimuth World Foundation to save this unique habitat in the Galápagos and explains how eac... read more

Safe Water
AWF story

“Amid COVID-19, access to safe water is more critical than ever”

Benjamin Filskov, country director at Water Mission Tanzania, on the impact of Kasulu Schools Hand Washing Stations installation. Azimuth World Foundation raised the necessary funds to install 30 hand... read more

Safe Water
AWF story

Health center in Malawi receives a new water system and meets the daily needs of 1,000

AWF raised the necessary funds to implement a new, better, and safer water system at the Engucwini Health Centre, located in the Mzimba district, in Malawi's Northern region, ... read more

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