Village Earth

Village Earth is focused on enhancing the control and management that marginalized communities have over their resources and the decisions that impact their lives. Doing so not only contributes to their well-being but also increases their capacity for self-determination. This is especially relevant for indigenous communities whose culture is often intimately intertwined with their environment and who oftentimes define progress very differently from Western market-oriented societies.

Training the development community in grassroots support organizing methods and strengthening intermediate and grassroots organizations through fiscal sponsorship, networking, training, research and advocacy.

Since 1993, Village Earth has been a global leader in the support of and training in bottom-up, community-driven development strategies. We currently support 17 different grassroots organizations around the globe. Since our founding, we have provided training to hundreds of development professionals and dozens of organizations and governments around the globe. Our clients include Mercy Corps International, CARE, IRC, UNDP, World Learning, and many many more.

Village Earth currently assists 17 different grassroots organizations around the world access donors, information, and influence in the United States and Europe. We also provide ongoing technical support, training and advocacy support. Without our help these groups would continue to function and that's what we look for in global affiliates - that they are self-driven and independent. However, with us - they are even stronger. As for our training, here's what one participant has to say: “For 26 years, I had worked with an international NGO assigned in several countries but I must admit that despite these years of doing development work, it is only now that I have a deeper understanding of what community-based development should be..”