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Presentation by AWF’s Executive Director Mariana Marques in D. Filipa de Lencastre High School (Lisbon, Portugal)

Here's an excerpt of a presentation and Q&A by Mariana Marques, who shared Azimuth World Foundation's work with students at the D. Filipa de Lencastre High school, in Lisbon, Portugal. "We must le... read more

Sharman Apt Russell talks to AWF about Malawi's agroecologists and how ending hunger can be a step towards mitigating climate change

Just this year, Sharman Apt Russell, science and nature writer whose works have been translated into nine languages, published Within Our Grasp: Childhood Malnutrition Worldwide and the Revolution Tak... read more

Safe Water

Update on the Engucwini project: hearing about the impact from healthworkers and members of the community

Update on our safe water project in Malawi at the Engucwini Health Centre and surrounding communities, with testimonies from Ulemu Sibande, resident of Engucwini, and Dr. Bester Zimba, the clinician i... read more

Humankind and Nature

Supporting Charles Darwin Foundation’s Work to Save the Scalesia Forest in the Galápagos

A few months ago, AWF partnered with the CDF to fund their work in the unique and very species-rich Scalesia Forest endemic to the Galápagos Islands. Read about the outcome of this Project: https... read more

Public Health

Healthcare to the Batwa progress update (good news!)

Last year, AWF awarded a grant to the Bwindi Community Hospital to promote Batwa healthcare by having a nurse work closely with this community who has endured terrible human rights violations. Learn m... read more

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

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

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