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Ashden Awards ASRI Grant to Expand Forest Protection and Community Well-being Programs in Indonesia

ASRI, the Indonesian affiliate of Health In Harmony, is pleased to announce it has received more than $30,000 in funding through Ashden’s Thriving Forests program. This initiative, supported by the Nature Recovery Project, aims to protect or restore one million hectares of forest across Africa, Asia, and South America, creating a critical defense against climate change. Find out more now.

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Strengthening Traditional Medicine at the Xipai Women’s Meeting

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. 

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Protecting Women’s Health and Forests: The Link Between Cervical Cancer Prevention and Climate Justice

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.

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Supporting Brazil’s Indigenous artisans

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.

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WHO-IUCN Report features HIH

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.

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Supporting dental care for children in Borneo

In Matan in Indonesian Borneo, Dr Norma Sari, a Health In Harmony affiliated dentist, has been treating children of five to seven years old. Often, she is finding that their baby teeth have rotted, leaving them with no teeth until adult teeth develop. See how HIH is approaching child health care in Indonesia.

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