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To promote and defend indigenous women's land rights by educating communities about Kenya's new land bill, engaging in dialogue with large landowners and advocating for legal reforms.

To strengthen the safety and security of human rights defenders by providing direct legal assistance, producing analyses of attacks against human rights defenders, conducting community trainings on the rights of human rights defenders, coordinating forums on the status of human rights defenders in El Salvador and conducting a human rights education radio program.

To promote the social and political development of people living in Karen State by conducting a year-long human rights, environment and rule-of-law training for young activists, and by providing follow-up support for environmental campaigns.

To strengthen the organizational capacity of peasant organizations in the Artibonite and West Department of Haiti by facilitating exchange visits, strengthening a local seed program, developing microcredit for women, and conducting leadership training for members of the network.

To ensure corporate and government accountability by providing technical assistance to the national mining union to increase union democracy, ensuring responsible wind energy development, building innovative transnational strategies among labor rights activists, and ensuring safety and security of labor rights organizations.

To support the Ogiek indigenous community to gain control over the natural resources that local people depend upon for their livelihoods by creating a "bio-cultural" community protocol and raising awareness about the human impact of forest conservation.

To strengthen the livelihoods of 187 women and young people who benefitted from a small loan program by organizing two refresher workshops on financial literacy and business development; and to increase organizational effectiveness by supporting three staff members to take classes in accounting, law and management.

To increase the food sovereignty of peasant farmers in Haiti by strengthening local seed banks and goat-breeding centers, and by training farmers on agro-ecology, community organizing and effective advocacy for agrarian reform.

To address poverty and food insecurity by providing low-interest loans and technical assistance to rural farming families, supporting them to run small businesses and diversify their agricultural production.

To increase sustainable agricultural production and economic development in Jacmel and Bene by providing peasant organizations with seeds and tools, goats for breeding, and training on agro-ecology, value-added produce processing and effective organizing.