Donations

Our nonprofit arm does land rights, literacy, and living conditions.

Our charitable partners

  • 1% For The Planet

We work in areas of the world that often lack bridging capital — outside connections to solve problems. Sometimes our communities come to us with important needs that are unrelated to Savimbo, and as a social enterprise it is within our mandate to advocate for them. See our current focus areas and past projects below.

Savimbo is a social enterprise. We only assist on short-term charitable projects that local leaders initiate as both high-priority and high-impact.

Our current projects are below.

Please note:

  • Charitable projects are an independent arm of Savimbo. Projects are initiated and prioritized by the community itself based on need, unrelated to Savimbo’s core operations.

  • These are charitable projects for the general public in the regions we work in, not just for Savimbo affiliates.

  • Donations are processed through an independent charity, our US 501(c)3 nonprofit Empulsive Ink (legal name Empulsive Inc., ein 88-1869344) with separate accounting, oversight, and accountability.

  • 100% of charitable donations are deployed in the target area specified — charitable operations are subsidized, but not directed by, Savimbo.

Indigenous leaders

  • Indigenous leaders guard an estimated 80% of the biodiversity on the planet. They are urgently being asked to attend events on the world stage to determine the fate of this market: United Nations, World Economic Forum, Taskforce for Nature Related Disclosures, International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits. These are very difficult meetings for leaders from the deep jungle to attend. They have to get internet access, travel long distances, write and email letters and get consensus from their communities. It is practically a full-time job. And if they DON’T attend the market will decide for them. It’s critical we get them independent sponsorship to speak for their sovereign nations.

  • We pay leaders a living wage to take the time to go to meetings, and expenses related to meetings. Any money paid to a leader for their time is mirrored in a donation to their community fund so the community can do grassroots climate action, educate youth on leadership, research their biodiversity, and create communications material.

Land buybacks

  • We work with a number of displaced Indigenous groups that lost the game of musical chairs for land rights in their zone. Because our for-profit projects rely on land access, the charity has made it a high priority to help displaced groups with short-term economic empowerment, legal advocacy for land restoration, and Rights-of-Nature land buybacks this is independent of their participation in other projects, the Indigenous leaders panel evaluate on a case-by-case basis.

  • We plan to buy a plot of land for $180k US dollars that is deep enough to be self-sustaining from carbon and biodiversity credit revenue, and also has a small house and subsistence farm for the 50 tribal members from the Embera Chami tribal group. Here are two public information sites about this plan. TiME fundraising campaign, and our early Indigogo campaign.

Rights for Nature

  • Indigenous leaders who are friends with Savimbo have become increasingly convinced that climate markets cannot operate ethically without consideration of, and regulation by, for Rights for Nature.

  • We’ve done significant work on an independent website for Rights for Nature, a social media campaign, a draft declaration, and Rights of Nature design workshops that can be used around the world.

Cofan indigenous artisan traditional jewelry.

Community art

  • There is very little art economy in the deep jungle, but it’s culturally important to the community, a strong local signal of cultural health, and directly related to the status of, and resources for women in many of the indigenous groups we work with.

  • We have a nonprofit art gallery that buys art at local rates, sells art to visiting ecotourists for an increased price, and cycles 50% of revenue gained back to the artist, and 50% into buying more art. Artisan list coming soon!

Women’s health

  • We were originally asked by matriarchs to create a women’s shelter. But it became apparent that it was better to prevent domestic violence by economically empowering women in vulnerable circumstances.

  • Based on a successful project run by Indigenous women, we created La Projecto de Pollo Gigante, which drops incubators and eggs with one woman, then buys the chicks and gives them to the next to raise and sell. The charity pays supplies, feed, and eggs until they get their new business running and producing independent income.

Veterinary care

  • Smallfarmers often bring us injured or captive animals from the jungle. And many of the ecotourists visiting this area have been disappointed at the pet care available. But after talking with the local leaders it has become apparent that services for people are very limited, and people need help to provide better services.

  • Savimbo was lucky to enroll a local smallfarmer who is a retired veterinarian. He assisted us to come up with clear and transparent pricing for spaying, neutering, and deworming for pets. We can also get advice from him about injured jungle animals and their rehabilitation. We will provide services for as many pets as we can obtain donations for.