Indigenous Peoples
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Environment
Environment PeruGlaciers Are Almost Gone in Peru, Now 2 Sisters Save Drought-Hit Community With Rain Water
Peru’s glaciers have shrunk significantly in the past four decades, causing water to become a scarce resource for over 200,000 people in the Ayacucho region. So two Quechua sisters decided to act – building reservoirs to harvest rainwater for their community.
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Technology
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Society
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Environment
Environment ColombiaGuess Who Has the Lowest Carbon Footprint in the Amazon?
Researchers have revealed that areas protected by indigenous peoples and local communities release the least amount of carbon emissions in South America’s Amazon rainforest – accounting for merely 10% of all the emissions in the region!
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Heroes
Heroes PeruGoT Star Goes Deep Into the Endangered Rain Forest, Says: “There Is Hope”
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau recently traveled to Peru with the UN agency on an investigative mission: uncovering the root of the fires in the Amazon, and what can be done to prevent future devastations.
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Society
Society USATask Force Founded to Protect Native American Women and Children from Crimes
In the United States, Native American women and girls have experienced violence in outrageous rates. Calling their situation “heartbreaking”, President Donald Trump has stepped up and launched a task force to help protect indigenous women and children.
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Society
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Society
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Heroes
HeroesThieves Return Stolen Hand from Totem After Realizing What It Symbolizes
When thieves stole the left hand of a totem pole created by the Kwakiutl First Nation Canadian artist Charles Joseph, they did not know what it signified. But as soon as they found out what the artwork means to so many people, they immediately returned the…
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Society
