Strategizing for COVID and Beyond: Virtual Conversations, Ecological Restoration, and Community Empowerment
At TWP, we are committed to supporting tribal communities through the pandemic and are working hard to foster collective engagement across virtual platforms so that knowledge sharing can remain a crucial part of community-led empowerment.
4 Generations of Tree Planting
10,000 Douglas Fir tree seedlings have gone into the ground near the Tent Rocks National Monument on Santo Domingo (Kewa) Pueblo's Tribal Lands; the 3,000 remaining seedlings were taken to the Santa Fe Indian School by Cochiti Tribal members where they will be planted by students and community leaders on nearby public lands.
Vanilla and Turmeric - Job Creation in Nicaragua
Smallholder livelihoods across Central America are threatened by extreme weather, warmer average temperatures, and a longer dry season related to climate change. Many of the smallholder farmers we work with in Central America depend on coffee for a major share of their income, but with prices at 15-year lows, coffee is currently being harvested at a loss and rural incomes have plummeted.
Early Bet, Ongoing Impact
In the community development sector, it often takes years to know how well an idea delivers on its potential. “Clean” cookstoves were a relatively blunt tool at the time – there were few, simple designs, minimal geographic coverage, and a nascent understanding of what made an “improved” cookstove better than tried and true traditional options.
Doña Justa Núñez - A TWP Hero
The story of Trees, Water & People begins with an extraordinary leader, from Suyapa, Honduras: Doña Justa. In the mid-’90s, Doña Justa was already thinking about how to improve her community and women’s everyday lives through improved cookstoves, even before TWP.
Thriving Beyond Expectations
It’s the feeling of being welcomed into a stranger’s house with a fresh, warm cup of coffee while we ask about their newly installed ‘Justa’ Stove or their new organic garden. I’ve heard people talk about this experience since I joined TWP last summer