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To strengthen connections between Kenya’s rural and urban human rights movements, by conducting a series of trainings and exchanges that brings together groups from marginalized communities in both settings.

To empower local communities to fight for their land and resource rights by providing legal training, consultation, and representation for community clients and land rights activists.

To promote the participation of all affected groups, including villagers and local government officials, in the management of the environment and natural resources through alliances between the community and local administration.

To promote human rights and community development through inter-ethnic cooperation, promotion of small-scale sustainable agriculture, youth civic engazgement and increased access to services for ethnic minorities.

To strengthen grassroots organizations' economic and political analysis by publishing articles in the Salvadoran mass media and conducting economic literacy education and organizational development for leaders from 50 grassroots organizations and civil society organizations from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.

To protect the livelihoods and cultural practices of rural indigenous communities by holding advocacy, documentation and planning forums and trainings which promote community participation in government decision making on hydropower and watershed management.

To launch a public awareness-raising campaign, document land rights abuses, initiate two strategic litigation cases on behalf of communities at risk of losing their land, and hold workshops for at-risk communities in the north and east.

To empower indigenous communities in Ratanakiri to be included in decisions involving land, natural resource management, and cultural and livelihood development by building the capacity of indigenous leadership (specifically women) and providing opportunities for indigenous networks to meet and strategize.

To protect the natural resources of indigenous people through the training of local leaders on natural resource management and by building their skills to advocate with local and regional government officials.

To promote food sovereignty and women's participation through the provision of tools, technical assistance and marketing support to traditional rural women's labor organizations.