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🌍 Tim Hanstad, co-founder of Landesa, explains why strategic philanthropy should go global and invest in good governance. 🤝 He cites Landesa as an NGO that constructively engages with governments in system-changing efforts to improve governance and build sustainable and equitable societies. 👉 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/g9i7PDiE #LandRights

🤝Last week, Landesa Kenya met with Kenya's Ministry of Lands to strengthen their partnership and discuss key priorities like implementing the 2016 Community Land Act. 🌱The law is crucial for securing land rights for the pastoralists, Indigenous Peoples, and other communities living in Kenya's arid and semi-arid regions, which accounts for over 70% of the country's land. Thank you to our Africa team that represented Landesa at this meeting including: ◼️ Shadrack Omondi, Kenya Program Director ◼️ Dr. Robert Wayumba, Senior Land Tenure Specialist ◼️ Susan W., Program Coordinator ◼️ Phylis Abigail Awimbo CHRP(K) M(IHRM)K (Practicing), HR Officer ◼️ Moses Kanyona, Finance Officer 🙌We’re excited to work on legal reforms, gender-responsive land registration, and more to ensure everyone has access to secure land rights! #LandRights #Kenya

🌞This summer, we had the pleasure of hosting two fun gatherings with our Global Advisory Team (GAT) and our staff in Seattle! This was our very first in-person retreat with all of our GAT members from around the world, where they got to engage in many discussions and activities over 3 days. Leaders from our offices across Africa and Asia flew in to join! At the end of the week, they attended our annual staff picnic and were able to chat, share food, and have fun socializing with our staff in Seattle. 💚 It was so great to see everyone out making these valuable connections with one another.

📣 STAFF SPOTLIGHT: Meet Corey Creedon, Landesa’s Sustainable Land Use & Livelihoods Specialist, based in the United States. Corey began working for Landesa in 2022. 💬 Describe your vision for a better world. "My vision for a better world involves one which is centered on achieving and maintaining social and environmental justice (and the absence of injustice), including with an emphasis on land rights, human rights, and climate change action—and a future in which our species more profoundly recognizes our interconnectedness with the natural world and lives in harmony with it, thereby achieving both human and ecological health and wellbeing. This better world would also feature more love and less hate." 👉Learn more about Corey Creedon here: https://lnkd.in/gfnjRDNY

Landesa Tanzania is participating in the Fourth International Conference on Youth and Land Governance in Africa! We look forward to engaging with youth leaders, experts, and policymakers to advance discussions on land governance and create opportunities for young people across Africa. ❗ Please note that the location of the conference has been moved to Arusha, Tanzania. #LandRights #CIGOFA_2024 #CIGOFA4 #YouthAndLandGovernance #Africa

📢Our 2024 Mid-Year Impact Report is here! Take a peek into our impact numbers and stories from around the world. 👉Read the full impact report here: https://lnkd.in/gwZTXkPU #LandRights

Congratulations to Amazon Frontlines for receiving the 2024 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Humanitarian Prize and being the first organization of Indigenous and Western human rights and climate activists to win the award! Welcome to the Hilton Prize Laureate family ❤️   We are excited to see this amazing organization recognized for their work on land rights, especially for Indigenous communities.   Learn more about Amazon Frontlines and their great work here: https://lnkd.in/gwi6dUxq #LandRights #HiltonPrize

🌍 Today is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples! ✊Landesa is proud to work with partners around the globe to ensure that Indigenous Peoples' rights to land are recognized and upheld. 💭In Cambodia's Ratanakiri Province, we are supporting a series of meetings organized by our partner ICSO, where Indigenous communities and their land committees are gaining essential knowledge to safeguard their land rights. 📜By collaborating with Indigenous communities to analyze land documents, review maps, and navigate the process of Indigenous community recognition, we are dedicated to strengthening the protection of land rights for all. 👉Scroll through photos from three of these meetings, where women notably made up over 60% of the participants. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #LandRights #WomensLandRights