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Supporting earthquake survivors: A report from ASHA Nepal

When the April 25 earthquake hit Nepal, ASHA Nepal sprang into action to respond. Donations to Thousand Currents’ Nepal Recovery and […]

A day to celebrate corn in Mexico

By Katherine Zavala, former Director of Programs En español aquí Mexico celebrates the National Day of Maize on September 29. Thousand […]

Supporting earthquake survivors: A report from Women Awareness Centre Nepal

When the devastating April 25 earthquake hit Nepal, taking 9000 lives and destroying almost 280,000 homes, the Women Awareness Centre […]

We are organized and we know what we want, says leader of global movement of peasant farmers

This post is from an interview with Elizabeth Mpofu by Simone Adler. In addition to her role as General Coordinator of La Via Campesina, […]

Knowledge as Liberation

By Rajasvini Bhansali, former Thousand Currents Executive Director Grassroots workers, community leaders, movement builders, network weavers, artists, farmers, and healers are […]

Durban Port Expansion Squashed, Victory for Communities and Environment

Triumph! When Desmond D’Sa won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014, the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) was fighting […]

Buen Vivir: An old, but fresh perspective on global development

A guest post by Savannah Hicks As I sat in my cap and gown, I reflected on the broad range […]

What it means to trust the process (and why we do it)

A guest post by Ari Sahagún (En español aquí) First, let me introduce myself. I’m part of the founding circle of the Buen […]

Peru’s Potato Park: “Buen vivir” in practice

The highest authority in the Andean communities overseeing the Potato Park near Cusco, Peru, is not the government, a local […]

Thousand Currents Statement of Solidarity with SDCEA

UPON THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF SOUTH DURBAN COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE (SDCEA) Thousand Currents’ staff, grantees, […]

A bold commitment to changing the culture of philanthropy

Thousand Currents and Africans in the Diaspora (AiD) are pleased to announce an organizational merger. Since their partnership started in […]

We are more equipped than we know

A message from Sarah Jones, Tony award-winning playwright and performer and Thousand Currents supporter I’ve been reflecting recently (and probably will […]