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Thriving Futures.
Thriving Planet.

We support indigenous communities to build
healthy communities and landscapes.

We do this by activating the power of legacy.

Learn more
Members of the ​​Mucunha community in Mozambique celebrate their achievement of land tenure. Roshni Lodhia/Lodhia

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Your donations directly help local communities achieve climate justice.
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Indigenous Peoples control 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity

And yet their local perspectives are rarely included in development

It’s time to change that.

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It's Time To

 

Thriving Futures Community

Thriving Futures.
Thriving Planet.

We support indigenous communities to build
healthy communities and landscapes.

We do this by activating the power of legacy.

Learn more
The Carlitos family takes their crops to market on Mount Namuli, Mozambique | Roshni Lodhia/Legado

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Your donations directly go to helping local communities achieve climate justice.
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Legado supports people to create their legacies and build their Thriving Futures.

Our Approach:

Legacy

The Outcome:

Thriving Futures
"I'm proud to help lead my community towards implementing our legacy plan. There are many others like me, including many women, who want to move these plans forward and achieve our vision for our future."
L​​everina Ricardo, Niwiri village, Mucunha, Mozambique
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Leverina Ricardo gathers selected eucalyptus wood to fire community-made bricks during the building of the first regional health post — a community Thriving Future priority | Legado

Our Impact

86,000

lives transformed

87

partner communities

33%

reduction in deforestation rate across Kenya and Mozambique partnership landscapes

225%

increase in community health care worker support at Mt Namuli during onset of COVID-19

100%

Community land titled Community land titled leading to tenure security around Mt Namuli
"I am a leader because I play a role in choosing my leader to represent me and following up with them to make sure that our voices through this [legacy] plan are heard. This is not only for my benefit but for all.”
Sayaro Lenairerei, Ngilai Community, Northern Kenya
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Northern: Sayaro Lenairerei, Nagilai Community, Norther Kenya

We are women-led.
Hear from our other women leaders.

Legacy In Action

Watch Legacy

Legado's 4-minute film, showcasing the true power of legacies and what it takes to build Thriving Futures around the world. Shot in Mozambique and Kenya in 2022 by Roshni Lodhia, Legacy features Mayanae Lemojong and Inácio Josefe Napalacué, two of our key community ambassadors.
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Program Partners

Legado partners with regional and local organizations to work across their team to co-create Thriving Futures in a way that best meets the prioritiesof the communities they serve. These partnerships include:
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Program Funders

Legado and our Thriving Future Programs have been supported by a variety of generous foundations, corporations, and private donors, among them:
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