Otros Mundos

 

Country

Mexico

Organization

Otros Mundos

Founded in 1996, Otros Mundos coordinates the Water and Energy Forum in Chiapas, one of the most biodiverse yet under-developed regions in Mexico. Otros Mundos works to address the severe poverty, social polarization, and lack of access to electric energy and water suffered by the city's majority indigenous population.

Project

Water and Energy Popular Education School

To support the operation of a grassroots school to train community members in agroecology and food sovereignty and about sustainable use and production of energy and water; and to facilitate the participation of rural peasant families in a network that collectively seeks sustainable local alternatives for livelihoods.

Project Grant Amount $25,000
Total Grants Received $80,500
Years Supported 4
Theme Sustainable Development
Population Served Indigenous People, Workers
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