Seeding Change with Rainforest Communities

In August 2024, Health In Harmony was honored to attend Juma Institute’s first Meeting of Indigenous Xipai Women and Riverine at the Kaarimã village in the Xipaya Territory. This joyful event’s focus was to unite and strengthen women's ancestral knowledge, promote cultural practices, and encourage the exchange of knowledge between communities of the Xipaya Indigenous territory and its partners. 

Meeting the expressed healthcare needs of women and girls is not only critical for their well-being but also for fostering sustainable livelihoods, empowering decision-making, and strengthening community resilience to the cascading effects of climate change. In Madagascar, cervical cancer prevention is a pressing health concern; find out more about HIH’s cervical cancer initiatives.

During this holiday season, we are honored to share words from Health In Harmony’s Laura Tesch, offering a Native American perspective on reclaiming Thanksgiving. Read more now.

It’s time to do things differently.

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a major new $500,000 grant to Health In Harmony to catalyze private sector investments toward climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience.

Read more about Health In Harmony's work and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

In the Xingu River Basin, in the Brazilian Amazon, SAMA–Health In Harmony is honored to have been collaborating with the Terra do Meio Network since 2020. A key strand of this work, borne out of Radical Listening sessions with Indigenous communities in the region, focuses on livelihoods and forest economies.

Health In Harmony global team delegates joined the conference, with co-CEO Jonathan Jennings speaking on the occasion of the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s 2024 Report on Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) for Health.

We must acknowledge that Indigenous Peoples have been the stewards of biodiversity since time immemorial. Their tested ways of knowing and science are not only integral to conserving nature but also to restoring ecosystems and addressing the climate and biodiversity crises. 

In honor of exchange and reciprocity, HIH's latest donors trip was a learning and sharing opportunity for supporters to better understand and witness how their contributions amplify the wisdom and solutions that already exist within community-led initiatives. Find out more at our blog.

Ashley Emerson, our CEO of Business and Scale, has been featured by the Rockefeller Foundation in a highlight of talented individuals within its Big Bets Community.

CNN’s has featured our chainsaw buyback program in a piece highlighting its role in protecting the Borneo rainforest. Find out more about the program and read the article now.

The New York Times has recently featured positive results from a study in the Bornean rainforest by researchers from HIH Indonesian affiliate Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI) and Gunung Palung National Park.