Seeking Support to Attend Seed Saver Gathering
Volunteer Michelle Akane Storey, who works with our partner Compitch, is soliciting funds to help unite indigenous seed savers in Chiapas with those in India. Women Seed Saver Gathering in India
Compitch has been invited to attend a gathering of women seed savers who are part of the Navdanya movement. The gathering is in Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India this March 1st & 2nd, 2006.
Intercultural collaboration between two cultures which have preserved indigenous cultures, traditional knowledge, and biological diversity is vital to the future of our food sources and global societal health.
Compitch is beginning an extensive Agroecology program, to be implemented primarily by Compitch women. It will focus upon food security, self-sufficiency, sovereignty and the defense of biodiversity. We've been invited by Vandana Shiva to see how Navdanya constructed its movement, particularly in regards to the seed bank network. Both Compitch and Navdanya intend to build a strong partnership. Because of the value we see in this intercultural collaboration, we're seeking your support.
Compitch's intent is to send:
If you, groups you are affiliated with or have worked with in the past are in a position to help fund this sort of an opportunity, please contact me. We'd be happy to send information about our Agroecology program, Compitch, and build solidarity with groups with similar focus.
Thank you for your interest in supporting us.
For the past year now I have been affiliated with the Chiapas Peace House Project (CPHP) collective as well. I have had very exceptional experiences focusing my CPHP volunteer efforts with a particular group, the Council of Organizations of Traditional Indigenous Doctors and Midwives of Chiapas, Compitch, A.C. I write to you because this organization has been offered a unique and wonderful opportunity, and we're now urgently seeking support to make it happen.
Compitch is a network composed of 17 traditional medicine organizations all throughout the state of Chiapas. Compitch doctors and midwives practice and preserve traditional cultural forms of medicine and healing in their communities, and carry out a valiant campaign to keep the riches of their lands – biodiversity – in their own hands. Their success as a grassroots movement in maintaining traditional practices and resisting globalizing factors from patenting or privatizing their resources and homogenizing their cultures has been recognized by world famous leaders on these issues, such as Vandana Shiva and Winona LaDuke. Compitch has been invited to participate in and speak at many international forums and events, yet the financial crunch of this organization makes even carrying out daily organizational operations difficult, and participation in these events impossible if the inviting group cannot sponsor Compitch attendance.
Akane's been working in Southern Mexico and Central America as a Brethren Volunteer Services/Global Mission Partnerships overseas volunteer for two years now. She's worked with:
Women Seed Saver Gathering in India
Compitch has been invited to attend a gathering of women seed savers who are part of the Navdanya movement. The gathering is in Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India this March 1st & 2nd, 2006.
Intercultural collaboration between two cultures which have preserved indigenous cultures, traditional knowledge, and biological diversity is vital to the future of our food sources and global societal health.
Compitch is beginning an extensive Agroecology program, to be implemented primarily by Compitch women. It will focus upon food security, self-sufficiency, sovereignty and the defense of biodiversity. We've been invited by Vandana Shiva to see how Navdanya constructed its movement, particularly in regards to the seed bank network. Both Compitch and Navdanya intend to build a strong partnership. Because of the value we see in this intercultural collaboration, we're seeking your support.
Compitch's intent is to send:
- three Compitch midwives from different Chiapan regions
- the Coordinator of our "Food Security, Self-Sufficiency, and Sovereignty & the Defense of Biodiversity Program"
- an English-Spanish translator
If you, groups you are affiliated with or have worked with in the past are in a position to help fund this sort of an opportunity, please contact me. We'd be happy to send information about our Agroecology program, Compitch, and build solidarity with groups with similar focus.
Thank you for your interest in supporting us.
About Compitch
For the past year now I have been affiliated with the Chiapas Peace House Project (CPHP) collective as well. I have had very exceptional experiences focusing my CPHP volunteer efforts with a particular group, the Council of Organizations of Traditional Indigenous Doctors and Midwives of Chiapas, Compitch, A.C. I write to you because this organization has been offered a unique and wonderful opportunity, and we're now urgently seeking support to make it happen.
Compitch is a network composed of 17 traditional medicine organizations all throughout the state of Chiapas. Compitch doctors and midwives practice and preserve traditional cultural forms of medicine and healing in their communities, and carry out a valiant campaign to keep the riches of their lands – biodiversity – in their own hands. Their success as a grassroots movement in maintaining traditional practices and resisting globalizing factors from patenting or privatizing their resources and homogenizing their cultures has been recognized by world famous leaders on these issues, such as Vandana Shiva and Winona LaDuke. Compitch has been invited to participate in and speak at many international forums and events, yet the financial crunch of this organization makes even carrying out daily organizational operations difficult, and participation in these events impossible if the inviting group cannot sponsor Compitch attendance.
Akane's Background
Akane's been working in Southern Mexico and Central America as a Brethren Volunteer Services/Global Mission Partnerships overseas volunteer for two years now. She's worked with:
- organizations and groups working to strengthen community involvement and the democratic process,
- a displaced community of Mayan Indians healing from decades of terror and civil war,
- many indigenous communities who've been disregarded by their state and live with constant fear from conditions of low intensity warfare,
- with countless dedicated Mexicans, Central Americans, and persons of other nationalities who share a dream that a more just and peaceful world is possible.
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