Projects Focused on Indigenous People: 5 Tips for Funding

We recently came across some great advice for organizations that are seeking funding for projects focused on eliminating poverty for indigenous people. It includes:

1. Making sure that people who will benefit from the project have been involved in the project's creation and that this involvement is well documented via interview summaries, focus group results, field visit reports, or other sources.
2. Including information from secondary sources such as demographics, statistics, and other data in the context or background sections of the proposal.
3. Providing an analysis of existing government policies and programs that have impacted indigenous people, and an inclusion of public awareness activities, if relevant.
4. Recognizing existing norms and traditions of the indigenous people, and ensuring that the proposal respects, protects, and honors them.
5. Building in a capacity-building component to reduce the disenfranchisement that may have resulted from isolation.

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Contributed by Laura Deaton