Today, we published our 2023 Impact Report, highlighting the programs from across Brazil, Indonesia, and Madagascar, where climate and health solutions devised by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities are making a tangible impact on the planet!

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Happy International Women’s Day – a day to celebrate and uplift women everywhere. But we can’t stop at March 8: building better futures for women is a task for all year round.

Learn more about our work with women in the link below!

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Approaching International Women’s Day, we shine a light on HIH’s empowering work with women. In rural Borneo, Goats for Widows emerged from Radical Listening, providing economic independence to widows through goat rearing! #IWD #EmpowerWomen

HIH’s Indonesian partner, Yayasan Alam Sehat Lestari, is collaborating with the Indonesian Ministry of Health!

Read more about this development on our blog linked below.

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Exciting news from Madagascar's Farafangana district! 🇲🇬 With support from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Universität Saarland, HIH has recently introduced microscopes and accompanying training to primary care clinics across the district to allow the detection of neglected tropical diseases!
#planetaryhealth

In West Kalimantan, Indonesia, bamboo & rattan are used in wickerwork crafts. Bu Lina, a skilled craftswoman, has woven wonders since childhood. 🌳

Her message: 'If the forest is destroyed, so is our source of life.”

#SustainableCrafts #RainforestConservation

The red leaf monkey, or maroon leaf monkey, thrives in the jungles of Borneo. While their numbers are steady, their habitat is at risk due to deforestation, preserving rainforests is vital! 🌿🐒 #Conservation #Borneo

Meet Sunardi, who shares his story from Indonesia.

In 2023, Sunardi became a member of the Chainsaw Buyback program. With capital investment and business assistance from ASRI and HIH, Sunardi has now made a just transition from logging to become an organic farmer!

Indigenous expert Lúcia Xipaya harnesses forest elements to craft anti-inflammatory ointments, soaps, and aromatic candles. For Lúcia, “healing comes through the forest, and each plant has healing power”. 🌿 #IndigenousMedicine #ForestHealing

‘Healthy humans without a healthy planet is a logical fallacy’ argues Dr. Sakib Burza from Health In Harmony

Sonam Lama interviews him for Mongabay Mongabay
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Much of life on Earth remains a mystery, yet to be identified and understood. Only by protecting ecosystems like our oceans and forests can we preserve biodiversity loss, and the future of life on Earth.

#biodiversity #lifeonearth #biodiversity loss #ecosystems

Lúcia, in Amazon's Xipaya territory, catalogs medicinal species and techniques, protecting biodiversity for traditional medicine in Kaarimã Village with Juma Institute and SAMA Health In Harmony. 🌿💚 #AmazonConservation

Meet forest guardian Lúcia Xipaya!🌳

Lúcia’s belief and work centers around protecting Indigenous traditions to pass down to future generations, as well as protecting the forest that makes these traditions possible.

Over the next few days, we will be spotlighting Lúcia’s craft!

🌿🐍 Meet the Leptophis ahaetulla, aka the 'parrot snake'! Native to Central & South America, these serpents flaunt vibrant green & gold hues across their 68-inch-long bodies. Found in diverse habitats, let's join hands to preserve their homes ! 🌳 #ParrotSnake #Conservation

Meet Justine from Sahamahitsy - she is a wife, mother, and a dedicated HIH community agent 🌱 Balancing life as a farmer alongside her HIH journey since 2021, she's now a passionate health promoter 💚✨

#CommunityAgent #HIHcommunity #SustainableLiving #AccessibleHealthcare

🌿Discover the red ruffed lemur in Madagascar! 🇲🇬 Facing habitat decline due to illegal logging, Let's find alternatives to secure a future for our furry friend! 🌳💚 #LemurLove #ConservationEfforts

🌳 Exciting news! Over 70 villages in Eastern Madagascar will take part in Radical Listening sessions run by Health In Harmony and MSF International in partnership. This will amplify local expertise, shaping solutions for forest health and community well-being. 🤝🌍 #Partnership2024

Images from Marodia, Madagascar, taken last week. Communities working alongside Health In Harmony share the good news of a successful rice harvest. Thanks in part to new planting techniques taught at the HIH partnered agricultural field school!

#positivenews #agriculture

Health In Harmony not only works alongside Indigenous Peoples and local communities in Indonesia, but technically alongside orangutans, too. These intelligent great apes dwell in the forests that we work to protect and replant!

#localcommunities #orangutans #indonesia

Entering 2024 with appreciation and ambition! Your donations to our Invest In Hope campaign will impact the scale of our work alongside rainforest communities in Madagascar, Brazil, and Indonesia. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Thank you to all of those who donated!