Grant Partners: Southeast Asia
- Cambodia Indigenous Youth Association – Cambodia
- Cambodia Indigenous Women Association – Cambodia
- Partner in Myanmar* – Myanmar
- Green Community Volunteers – Laos
(*We continue to support one partner in Myanmar. We are not identifying this organization in an effort to protect them during a time of conflict and violence under the military coup.)
Cambodia Indigenous Youth Association
Cambodia Indigenous Youth Association (CIYA) was established in 2005 and officially recognized by the Ministry of Interior of Cambodia in 2008. CIYA was established by a group of Indigenous students who came to Phnom Penh for their higher education. Their goals were to create a place they could live and study together in the crowded but lonely city, help each other in their studies, and share ideas about the current situation of the country and its Indigenous communities. The group also seeks to encourage other Indigenous youth to pursue their studies, from primary level to the university level, and to share each other’s culture, traditions and Indigenous peoples’ knowledge. CIYA students are also involved with community activities such as advocacy for Indigenous people’s rights to land, natural resources management and self-determination. CIYA works to increase Indigenous peoples’ knowledge and human resources so they have a greater capacity to support the needs of their communities.
Partner Since 2020
2023 Grant Award: $8,000
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Cambodia Indigenous Women Association
Cambodian Indigenous Women Association (CIWA) was founded in 2019 at the initiative of 37 indigenous women and 7 men, as an organization committed to gender equity and the protection of fundamental rights of indigenous women. Their goal is building the capacity of indigenous women to lead and take ownership of development processes in Cambodian indigenous communities and society at large.
Partner Since 2022
2023 Grant Award: $8,500
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Green Community Volunteers
Green Community Volunteers (GCV) is one of our new partners in Southeast Asia. This organization was founded in 2009, and operates in the Xiangkhouang Province, northeast of Laos. GCV is the only local group in Laos that has been founded and run by indigenous women, and it seeks to empower communities on environmental issues such as biodiversity preservation through art and cultural exchanges. Earth Rights International first introduced Pangea to the work of GCV.
Partner Since 2022
2023 Grant Award: $5,800
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