The Guardian recently reported that international investors plan to pull $44 million in funding from the Agua Zarca dam megaproject in Honduras—a project opposed by Indigenous and social movements for years. COPINH, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations...
Our hearts go out to those impacted by the devastating flooding in Brazil’s northeastern states of Pernambuco and Alagoas right now. The Brazilian political crisis and ensuing violence have intensified rapidly since the institutional coup of August 31, 2016. At...
On May 10, hundreds of community members, climate justice supporters, and grassroots organizations gathered with Grassroots International and the Boston Public Library to share stories and hear words of wisdom from international Climate Justice leaders: Naomi Klein, award-winning journalist, author...
On May 10, Friends of the Earth published their report on TIAA’s links to deforestation and land grabbing in partnership with ActionAidUSA, Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos de Brasil (Brazilian Social Network for Justice and Human Rights, a...
What are the environmental impacts of the Israeli occupation of Palestine? As one example, former Grassroots International grantee MA’AN Development Center details in their latest video (below) how an Israeli company is dumping toxic waste from Israeli settlements into Jordan...
This article originally appeared on the Movimiento dos Atingidos por Barragnes (MAB) website on April 28, 2017. In Brazil, the workers affected by dams sums to the struggles against the Temer government’s austerity measures. Today the day began knowing that it...
Thanks to the commitment of our generous supporters and the courage of our global partners, Grassroots International is stepping up for climate change solutions. Through the Climate Justice Initiative campaign (CJI), Grassroots International is raising money to invest in community-led programs...
A peasant organizer said the words slowly, as if each carried a sour taste: “A peasant without land is someone without a country, without a mother.” It was the first day of Grassroots International’s recent delegation to Honduras, and we...
Research has shown that our planet has the ability to produce enough food to feed all those that inhabit it. So why then are there millions of people suffering and even dying from starvation and thirst? The answer comes down...
Women’s liberation is necessary because no woman should be subjugated, abused or exploited. As women, we have the inherent right to live full lives, choose what we do with our bodies, choose who we spend our lives with and how...
Following the brazen murder of activist Berta Cáceres, Grassroots International created an emergency fund and was able to raise over $50,000 for activist movements in Honduras.
Food sovereignty is the major challenge in Palestine. The movement and export restrictions, the long waits while tomatoes and strawberries sour in the hot sun, is 70% better in the West Bank [than in Gaza].
The following pictures were taken in July 2016 in the Guinée forestière region of Guinea in and and around Kankan and Kissidougou. They show what the area is like during the rainy season - healthy, vibrant greenery for miles, and when there’s nothing but green fields on both sides of the road for miles on end.