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To improve the living standards and social services for rural people in Kampong Cham province by providing them with the skills and knowledge to actively and effectively participate in local governance and decision making.

To train journalists and use community radio and media to inform indigenous communities about the negative impact of extractive industry projects.

To support the protection of the rights of tribal populations by advocating for the proper implementation of the Forest Rights Act and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and to form women's groups and hold leadership trainings for female tribal leaders on women's rights and violence against women.

To educate indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico about their land and natural resource rights through the development of community radio programming.

To shift extractive industry practices, government policies and legislation to respect indigenous rights and protect the Amazon rainforest.

To implement workshops, meetings and radio programs supporting Q'eqchí indigenous women to raise awareness and advocate for their rights in communities threatened by the construction of a major hydroelectric dam.

To advance the natural resource rights of Lake Turkana communities through national and international advocacy to prevent construction of the Gibe III dam.

To strengthen UVOC's ability to promote rural integral development processes, especially in facilitating local leadership of indigenous women in improving community access to food sovereignty and land.

To build a national platform for food sovereignty by empowering and mobilizing farmers and peasant organizations through leadership trainings, agro-ecological workshops and exchange visits, and awareness-raising on current agricultural policies and the importance of local food consumption.

To promote sustainable management of Liberia's forests by empowering community members to use the laws governing the forestry sector to engage with the government and logging companies; and to support continued awareness by enabling two CBOs to develop action plans for implementation in two counties and run a radio program.