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Zainab's Struggle to Save the Indus and her People

By Nikhil Aziz | January 28, 2013

“The contractor even determines who our daughters will get married to!” said Zainab bibi. “That is how much we are in bondage to these contractors. Are we not human? Do our children not have dreams of education? Don’t we have hopes for them?

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Adiammal and Mary: Working together for Land and a Life with Dignity

By Nikhil Aziz | January 26, 2013

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Accomplishments from 2012 - A sample of inroads for global justice

By Jonathan Leaning | January 25, 2013

Grassroots International supports hands-on solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges: hunger, violations of human rights, climate change and environmental degradation, and economic disparity. During the last year, Grassroots International and our global partners and allies – including small farmers, indigenous peoples and...

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International Solidarity and Advocacy

By Shannon Duncan | January 24, 2013

In addition to Grassroots International’s role as a grantmaker to social movements across the world, we also understand that financial support alone does not bring about change.

We hear about the dire consequences of misdirected U.S. trade and agriculture policies from our partners around the world – hunger, water and...

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Wind Farm Mega-Project in Oaxaca sparks resistance, repression

By Carol Schachet | January 24, 2013

Local residents from San Dionisio del Mar (Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico) are protesting the construction of a huge wind farm in their community. Their prolonged and energetic resistance has been met with violent repression and even death threats made against several opposition leaders.

To take...

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Hunger Strike Aims to Stop GMO Corn in Mexico

By Saulo Araujo | January 23, 2013

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Vaikuntha's Vision -- Bangsa Mandringa for all Savaaras (and all Adivasis)

By Nikhil Aziz | January 14, 2013

Vaikuntha is a young Savaara (an indigenous tribe from east central India) man I met in Bhimaavaram village in East Godavari district of India's Andhra Pradesh (AP) state on a site visit with Yakshi (a Grassroots grantee).

Thirteen years ago, he finished 10th grade and went back to...

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Protests erupted in Haiti

By Saulo Araujo | January 11, 2013

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Build Back Better Mantra Unfulfilled in Haiti

By Saulo Araujo | January 11, 2013

In the third anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, the “build back better” mantra has vanished from the news, along with promises of funding and support for a new Haiti.

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Bhoodevi's Journey for Manchi Jeevitham

By Nikhil Aziz | January 11, 2013

Bhoodevi (second from left) is a young Savaara woman from Srikakulam district (county) in Andhra Pradesh (AP) state in India. Her name means Earth Goddess or Mother Earth. The Savaaras are an Adivasi (ɑːdɪˈvɑːsi/ literally, earliest inhabitants) indigenous...

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