This July 35 African and North American Next Gen’s converged in Mozambique for the 2015 Lost Mountain Next Gen Symposium. For us, a Next Gen is any young person who pursues their passions for driving positive change, exploring this great planet, forming new connections, and creating lasting impact. They are students and young professionals working on the hard issues of our time with big dreams about our global future. Read on for the Next Gen Voice Blogs:
"Because it’s ours" In November 2024, Legado’s Executive Vice President, Liz Corbishley, traveled to Northern Kenya to discover how Thriving Futures enables powerful change—built by communities themselves Liz visited the Nkishon Supat e Ngilai project in Ngilai, Northern Kenya, from her home in Nairobi. In Ngilai, Samburu pastoralists steward critical rangelands while working to improve their community well-being. Liz shared ... Read More
Celebrating 360° Community-Led Change in Peru In 2024, Legado received funding from Planet Women in support of Futuros Vivos: Megantoni-Machiguenga, our collaboration with the Indigenous and local communities stewarding Megantoni National Sanctuary and Machiguenga Communal Reserve in Peru. Check out the three-minute clip to the right, shared by Planet Women from their Fall webinar event featuring Legado, to learn more ... Read More
Start one woman on her Legacy Journey today Meet Naomi—one of the women leading enduring change in her community This Fall, Legado is asking friends and donors to launch one woman on her Legacy Journey to lead powerful, enduring change in her community—a woman like Naomi. $250 is all it takes. Naomi Paranai grew up in the Nyekweri ecosystem, patches ... Read More
Supporting the integral relationship between pastoralists and rangelands A young boy walks where the Nyekweri forest meets the Maasai Mara rangelands, home to iconic wildlife such as the giraffe | Roshni Lodhia/Legado/TPPIndigenous Peoples still steward many of the world’s most biodiverse landscapes. This relationship between land and people has created an intimate knowledge of the environment—knowledge that is key to ... Read More
Bringing Thriving Futures to the ancient forests of Indonesian Borneo Local people work toward land restoration in Indonesian Borneo | Planet IndonesiaIn August 2024, Legado officially began working with our newest partner, Planet Indonesia. Our work together will take place in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, located on the island of Borneo. This is Legado’s first partnership in Southeast ... Read More
Native plants restoration promotes both environmental and people’s health Forest landscape near Mount Namuli, Mozambique | Roshni Lodhia/LegadoOn the hills surrounding Mount Namuli grow dozens of species used in Lomwe traditional medicine. Medicine is mostly made from small plants or the bark, roots, and leaves from trees. For example, Tuthuli (pega-pega) leaves are crushed and mixed with fresh water to ... Read More
Ngilai Health Training: Integrating modern and traditional birth practices to ensure safe and culturally relevant health care Community members with Walter Lenolngenje (right), Thriving Futures Program Coordinator in Northern Kenya, outside the completed maternity shelter in 2022 | LegadoIn 2021, community members in Ngilai, Northern Kenya, came together to create their Legacy Plan. One of their priorities centered on community ... Read More
How Community-Driven Change leads to holistic, sustainable, equitable action Nabukoki Lekominga, a Community Health Promoter from Nkokoyoi Village, maps out her vision for her legacy in Ngilai, Kenya | Legado“Earlier, projects came dictating what the community needs, but now it’s changing. We feel in charge of identifying our needs and developing a plan.” This quote comes from Richard Newman Lenaseyan, ... Read More