About
The future of climate justice is here
Health In Harmony is driving world-changing action as an audacious yet proven model for reversing global deforestation.
Mission
Health In Harmony works with rainforest communities to reverse rainforest deforestation for planetary health.
Currently, HIH supports 135,000 community members to protect over 2 million hectares of tropical rainforests in Madagascar, Brazil, and Indonesia. Health In Harmony is expanding globally to work alongside tropical rainforest communities to contribute to safeguard half of the world’s remaining rainforests.
Approach
Currently, less than 1% of all climate finance goes to rainforest communities, despite the fact that these communities are among those most affected by climate change.
By directing funding to rainforest communities, Health In Harmony is shifting how global resources are allocated – to support those safeguarding nature.
Radical Listening
Listening to rainforest communities’ expertise and implementing their solutions.
A Planetary Health Model
Understanding that the health of humans and the planet are interconnected.
Bridging Global Resources
Directing funds to rainforest communities.
An Anticolonial Mindset
Recognizing and challenging the structural oppression created and sustained by colonialism.
Data-driven scale
Learning from Indigenous and non-Indigenous climate data and science to measure impact at scale.
Holistic and Interdependent Solutions
Community-led solutions for carbon sequestration, biodiversity enrichment and planetary thriving.
The Health In Harmony Story
Health In Harmony has 17 years of experience in Radically Listening to rainforest communities — the true experts at stewarding rainforest ecosystems — and transferring resources to support their holistic, planetary health solutions.
From the Amazon Basin to Indonesia, and across Africa, Indigenous and Traditional knowledge teaches us about the interconnection between health, livelihoods, education, and the importance of traditional practices and self-determination.
In 2023, Health In Harmony launched a global coalition with Indigenous-led NGO Pawanka Fund and Woodwell Climate Research Center to unite community-designed solutions with data at scale. We have initiated strategic partnerships with the Ministry of Health in Indonesia, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), and the NGO Ny Tanansitka in Madagascar to increase collaboration and achieve our audacious vision.
To expand our planetary health impact we are improving and nourishing existing innovation sites in Indonesia, Madagascar, and Brazil. Simultaneously, we are growing Health In Harmony’s impact by working with dozens of new rainforest communities to support their context-based climate solutions.
In 2024, through programs in Brazil, Panama, Madagascar, and Indonesia, we are testing the performance of partnerships, technology, and advocacy/influence strategies to help refine how we build collaborations and galvanize investment in community-designed solutions.
Partners
Health In Harmony works with partners such as Indigenous-led NGO Pawanka Fund, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Indonesia’s Ministry Of Health, If Not Us Then Who, Savimbo, Earth Finance, and WildMon to invest in rainforest community solutions and employ cutting edge science and data for rainforest protection. We welcome new and relevant partnerships.
Recognition of Health In Harmony model and proof-of-concept has been reflected in the support we have garnered from big climate funders, international foundations, higher education institutions, governments, and individual donors who support our work. We are in the process of securing long-term corporate and blended finance opportunities to scale and grow our climate-critical work.
Funders
Team
Health In Harmony is a growing team of passionate and motivated people dedicated to planetary health and climate solutions in action.