MAPLE HUB AND INDIGENOUS YOUTH

We work with the community youth leaders from Malalwe-Chanko Community (who retains one of the few old-growth forest remnants in the area) through hands on mutual learning, decision-making through community documentary, dialogues and participatory mapping for sustainable forest livelihoods and environmental education. 

From our local headquarters office, now based in the beautiful lake city of Villarrica in the heart of Mapuche ancestral territory, we connect communities of Budi and First Nations elsewhere to key specialists, organizations and like-minded individuals through collaborative initiatives and projects that link activities such as science, education, culture, environment and fair exchange.

Sustainable Youth Livelihoods through Biocultural Conservation

Start Date: 2018

Community Partners: The Community of Malalhue-Chanko, Lake Budi, Chile.

Donors and Allies: Cultural Survival- Keepers of the Earth Fund; Budi Anumka Environmental Association.

MAPLE Chile Hub

Start Date: 2019

Locations: Villarrica, Chile

Partners, Donors and Allies: The Mapuche Community of Llaguepulli, The Mapuche Community of Malalhue-Chanko, The Mapuche Community of Allipen, The Bay and Paul Foundations,  Indigenous Peoples Program at the U. of Chile School of Math and Physical Sciences, A2Delante (Montreal), Chief Gordon Planes from the T’souke Nation (B.C., Canada), EPA Espacio Cowork Villarrica, Friends of MAPLE.

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