Social movements are the backbone of social change.
To bring about a just world, we must build on the strength of vibrant progressive movements.
Haiti’s Peasant Movement of Papaye are building solutions to food and water crises in Haiti’s embattled Central Plateau, and expanding agroecological farming methods.
Since 1983, we have made $44,300,000 in cash grants and material aid support to our global partners.
Mixe Peoples Services is an indigenous organization supporting human rights work for more than 130,000 people in 30 communities in the state of Oaxaca, particularly for organizing against mining and extraction.
Elizabeth Mpofu is a member of the International Coordination Committee (ICC) and serves as the General Coordinator of La Via Campesina (LVC), a Grassroots International global partner. She recently spoke with the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), where she also serves on the executive board.
On June 20th, Flavio Barbosa visited Grassroots International's office in Boston. Flavio is an activist in Brazil's Landless Workers Movement (MST) in the state of Ceará. He discussed past and present struggles in the region, and how the MST has organized an effective movement to defend land, rivers, and people.