Grants

Samdhana provides direct and flexible financial support to partners to achieve their own aspirations, which resonate with Samdhana’s vision, mission, and values. This financial support is intended for IPLCs, community-based organizations, civil society organizations, informal groups, and/or individuals. The underlying principle to Samdhana’s grant-making is prioritizing provision of financial support to those who normally are unable to get funding support from existing donors or funding sources-in brief funding the “un-fundable” in support of the social and environmental movement in the SEA region or elsewhere as necessary.

Project

Expanding Community Rights, Livelihoods Innovation and REDD+ in Indonesia (PERMATA)

Project objectives

The overall objective of the project is to support the recognition of the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) who live in and around forest areas to obtain sustainable livelihoods and improve sustainable forest and land sector management. It aims to contribute in overcoming the problem of deforestation and forest degradation in…

Support for Grassroots Environmental Action in Southeast Asia

Project Objectives

General small grantsmaking:

To provide flexible and direct funding support to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Southeast Asia, in line with Samdhana’s areas of work;
To provide capacity building support to Grantee-Partners to enable them to better manage their grant projects and resources;

Project components…

DGM-I (Dedicated Grant Mechanism Indonesia)

To engage Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC), facilitate greater participation in tenure security processes and create livelihood opportunities from the sustainable management of forests and land. The project aimed to provide a strategic contribution to the lives of IPLC households and their tenure security.

To strengthen the capacity of IPLC households…