Rutu Foundation

October 5th, is World Teachers Day! 🌎 Teachers are crucial for fostering intercultural, multilingual understanding. Through the sharing of indigenous wisdom and language inclusive practices, teachers empower their students. They enable students to connect with others but also with their own culture in ways that benefit both the individual student and their communities. On 5 October 2024, #InternationalTeachersDay, we conclude the #IndigenousWomenEducators campaign by reflecting on the stories and wisdom shared by six remarkable Indigenous women. 🌟 Their work as educators, leaders, and guardians of knowledge offers us lessons rooted in their lived experiences. 💧 Through their stories, these women have taught us that knowledge rooted in culture, land, and community is essential for building a more sustainable and just world. As we honor them today, may their lessons continue to guide us all in our roles as educators and caretakers of the Earth. 🌱 Find out more about the Indigenous Women Educators award and the 6 winners: https://lnkd.in/ek8wmF_P Follow the Indigenous-Led Education (ILED) Network on instagram for more stories: https://lnkd.in/eDWFZ8iR #WorldTeachersDay #InternationalTeachersDay #TeachersInspire #ThankATeacher #CelebratingTeachers #EducatorsOfChange #SeedResilience #IndigenousWisdom #SustainableFuture #ILEDNetwork#indigenouseducationmatters#indigenousyouth#ILEDnetwork#indigenous#indigenousresilience#genderindigenouscommunities#RedILED#LanzamientoDelPodcast#MujeresIndígenas #importanciaeducacionindigena#juventudindigena#RedILED#indígena#resilienciaindígena#géneroencomunidadesindígenas #smallgrants #indigenouseducationmatters#indigenousyouthfellows#indigenousyouth #MujeresIndígenas #AprendizajeMutuo #patrimonioinmaterial #patrimoniovivo UNESCO Keystone Foundation Both ENDS Forest Peoples Programme Language Friendly School Emmanuelle Le Pichon- Vorstman Dr Ellen-Rose Kambel Nigel Crawhall Andriamiseza Noro Norma Zamora

Presenting: the Janaki Ammu Award for Indigenous Women Educators To highlight the invaluable work of indigenous women in passing on the knowledges, languages and histories of their communities, we - the Indigenous-led Education Network (ILED) - have instituted the Indigenous Women Educator Award. One of the selected winners was Janaki Ammu from India who was a revered traditional healer and knowledge bearer. She sadly passed away recently. To honor her work and legacy, we have decided to rename the award as the Janaki Ammu Award. Find out more about Janaki Ammu and the other award winners: 🌐 https://lnkd.in/ek8wmF_P ❤️https://lnkd.in/eKcHkJG9 Want to help indigenous peoples to pass on their knowledge to the next generation? Share this message and/or follow the ILED Network on Instagram: https://lnkd.in/eB3w79RF Keystone Foundation

Congrats to Senegal! #mothertongue #multilingual #learning #languagefriendly #education

SPOTLIGHT 6 new Language Friendly Schools in the spotlight today! Six schools from Canada, the Netherlands, Curaçao and the UK. Five of them are public primary schools and one is an international school offering primary and secondary. We welcome De Bijlmerhorst in Amsterdam. This public primary school has already worked on developing inclusive, multilingual strategies based in evidence but is now very happy to access Language Friendly strategies from other schools and their experiences. Annunciation of Our Lord is a Catholic primary school in Hamilton got off to a flying start as a Language Friendly School. Read more about what they've been doing since becoming a Language Friendly School in April: https://lnkd.in/eN6RG5uG The International School Utrecht has been working on incorporating translanguaging in their lessons. To make this more systematic across subjects and grades, being part of the Language Friendly School will provide them with "a roadmap to success". They say: "We believe strongly in the power of multilingualism for equity, equal access to the curriculum and wellbeing of students." On Curaçao, the primary Albert Schweitzerschool joins the secondary Marnix College as a Language Friendly School. They have big plans for this new school year. They will be working on the professional development of their team in an Erasmus+ project which includes visiting GO! Pacheco, the Language Friendly School in Brussels. OBS Multatuli is the second school in Amsterdam of this spotlight. In their group of newcomers, Language Friendly is the norm and this practice is now spreading to the rest of the school as well. Being a Language Friendly School helps to make this a school-wide approach! Also a warm welcome to Janvrin Primary School on Jersey. This school has already done a lot of work on including home languages within the everyday practice of teachers. They want to grow in developing this further and growing their multilingual library. About becoming a Language Friendly School they say: "It's a no-brainer for us. This has been the best meeting all day!" #LanguageFriendlySchool #TaalvriendelijkeSchool #taalvriendelijk #languagefriendly #multilingual #inclusiveeducation

On International indigenous women's day we celebrate Indigenous Women Educators! 🎉🌱🌸 Over the coming months we will highlight the stories of six extraordinary indigenous women educators from our network. The indigenous-led education (ILED) network supports grassroots indigenous communities to pass on their knowledge, languages and cultures to the next generation. 👉🏾Join our campaign to celebrate the indigenous women educators who are leading this effort! Please like, share and read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ek8wmF_P ⭐Use the hashtag #indigenouswomeneducators Follow the campaign on Instagram: https://lnkd.in/e3Bz-hcb #internationalindigenoiswomensday Both ENDS Keystone Foundation Forest Peoples Programme

On this year's international day of the world's indigenous peoples, we celebrate the work of one of our partners of the ILED Network Keystone Foundation in Nilambur, India who are working on community knowledge sharing activities. For more information about the Indigenous-led education network: https://lnkd.in/e7CNGvre Forest Peoples Programme Both ENDS Language Friendly School #indigenouspeoplesday #indigenousresilience #educationforall #indigenouslededucation

Tomorrow, Friday 9 August 2024, marks the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. The right of Indigenous Peoples to educate their children in their own way through their own languages, is what originally inspired - and continues to inspire - the work of the Rutu Foundation. In the run-up to the 9th of August, we are highlighting some of the work that we do to support Indigenous Peoples. ✨ We were thrilled when almost a year ago, we received notification that one of our programmes, the Indigenous-Led Education Network (https://lnkd.in/e7CNGvre) was a winner of the Inclusive GEF Assembly Challenge Programme. Of the over 600 applicants, ILED was selected to be the recipient of a $92.000 US dollars award. The award will be used among others to strenghten our Small Grants programme, enabling initiatives such as the Feconau in Peru, who bring together the whole community to rescue medical plants and the ancestral knowledge how to use them. Watch a video about their project here: https://lnkd.in/edB2qJWf **About ILED** ILED is a network of organisations that support education initiatives that are led and/or managed by indigenous grassroots organisations and communities in tropical rainforest regions. There are currently more than 15 member organisations in over 12 different countries involved in the network. While Rutu manages the secretariat for ILED, our Regional Facilitators are our eyes and ears who scout and bring together initiatives in Latin-America and the Caribbean, India, South East Asia and Africa. ILED is supported among others by Both ENDS, Forest Peoples Programme, the Global Alliance For Green And Gender Action (GAGGA) and Arcadia. **About GEF** The Global Environment Facility is a family of funds that serve as a financial mechanism for several environmental conventions, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity. The 2023 Inclusive GEF Assembly Challenge Programme is "a novel initiative reflecting a commitment to support and elevate community-driven climate and nature projects and the unique contributions of Indigenous Peoples, women, girls, and young people across the GEF partnership". Read more: https://lnkd.in/ghaeHHhN

The second episode of the second season of the Indigenous-Led Education (ILED) Network podcast is live on Spotify and YouTube! 🌟 Over the past months, we’ve welcomed new youth fellows into the ILED Network. 🌎 These young leaders represent the vibrant voices of their Indigenous communities, and they’re here to share their stories and experiences with you. 🌿 In this episode, Naomi from the Sengwer women in Kenya presents their inspiring project, “Planting a Tree for My Own Breath.” 🌳 Naomi discusses the importance of Indigenous trees and the vital role of seeds, emphasizing the striking impact of women and youth in forming networks of knowledge. 🌱✨ #ILEDnetwork #indigenousnetwork #indigenouswomen #indigenousyouth #indigenousresilience #indigenous #treeplanting #seeds https://lnkd.in/eBTfNzVM https://lnkd.in/e6VHnS27

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We welcome Dieneke Blikslager as Language Friendly School Ambassadors!