My Nonprofit Reviews

My boyfriend and I have travelled in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and have experienced the rich, irreplaceable indigenous cultures and communities living across those lands - so many of whom are threatened by international corporations who seek to extract resources from their land, and throw them aside. Living in the U.S., we have a deep responsibility to the Indigenous communities, cultures and ecosystems across the world that we impact through the products and resources we consume, and the global economy that ties us together, often by unknowingly funding dark corporate destruction for profit. Even though I can't give much, I just became an Amazon Watch monthly donor because after examining their annual report and reading the continual actions they are supporting, I feel they are the best conduit for an American to directly support Indigenous communities fighting to preserve their rights to land, culture and sustainable economies, and pushing back against violent, mercenary corporations.
They have staff in multiple countries supporting Indigenous communities. It is an uphill battle but it is powerful coalition work and we must support this positive work for the world we want to see.
Also, they educate me on how my personal choices are linked to these values. I can make better actions and choices to support these values. Example: I was shocked to learn that as a Californian, our state receives 50% of the crude oil extracted from the Amazon each year - so we are deeply responsible for stopping that extraction and shifting to environmentally sustainable energy sources.