Ongoing partnerships
Walking alongside us
Initiatives we have a long-term relationship with. The work is theirs, and OGA walks alongside.
Guardiãs do Bem Viver
Guardiãs do Bem Viver is a project of IEMAV (Instituto Etnoambiental e Multicultural Aldeia Verde), with the support of AMYK, the Kumirayoma Yanomami Women’s Association, in the Yaripo territory of the Brazilian Amazon. Guided by Bem Viver, an Indigenous philosophy of harmony with nature, community well-being and social justice, the Guardiãs defend their territory, biodiversity and the rights of future generations. OGA walks alongside them.
AMYK (Kumirayoma Yanomami Women’s Association)
In the Pico da Neblina region, the women of AMYK, the Kumirayoma Yanomami Women’s Association, presided over by Carlinha Yanomami, care for health, territory and children in the face of illegal mining and other pressures. And they do not stay only in the territory: they take their voice to decision-making spaces, such as COP 30. Ancestral knowledge and political action, led by them.
Aldeia Verde
The Instituto Etnoambiental y Multicultural Aldeia Verde (IEMAV), which translates to the Ethno-Environmental and Multicultural Green Village Institute, is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Indigenous peoples across Brazil and Latin America. IEMAV’s vision combines ancestral wisdom with contemporary regenerative development, strengthening communities through projects that respect territory, culture, and autonomy. The Institute promotes the preservation of ecosystems, languages, and traditions while empowering women and supporting community leadership, education, health, and culturally grounded income generation.
Language for Justice
OGA’s language access project. It connects interpreters and multilingual talent from the Global Majority with social and environmental justice initiatives, through training, mentorship and real opportunities.
OGA Arts
An OGA project. Art that carries stories: work by BIPOC and grassroots artists and Global Majority women, rooted in culture and connected through creativity. Discover and shop their work on Instagram at @oga.arts.
Dona do meu fluxo
Lack of autonomy and menstrual poverty are a silent barrier that hinders the education and dignity of millions of girls and women. The Dona do Meu Fluxo project (Owner of My Flow) was born as a powerful response to this crisis, promoting the donation of menstrual cups and educational workshops in vulnerable communities across Latin America. More than providing a sustainable product, the initiative, supported by OGA, empowers women to reconnect with their bodies and become the owners not only of their cycles but of the flow of their own lives.
Raízes Sustainable Development
Raízes Sustainable Development is a B Corp-certified social business that designs and implements projects for territorial development and social transformation.
Instituto Despertare
The Despertare Institute of Social and Cultural Action is a non-profit organization dedicated to the motto “Awaken kindness, change lives” (Desperte a bondade, mude vidas). Despertare was founded by and is directed by Fernanda Mendonça, a mother of a boy on the autism spectrum in Pradópolis, São Paulo, Brazil. The Institute focuses on providing support to parents, family members, friends, and individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, giftedness, and similar neurological divergences.
Permaculture & Palestine (PePa)
The Permaculture and Palestine Network is a powerful initiative rooted in the ethics of Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share, transforming the principles of permaculture into a strategy for non-violent resistance and self-sufficiency. In the face of occupation and environmental destruction, this network supports Palestinian farmers and communities in rebuilding food sovereignty, restoring traditional Baladi farming practices, and promoting ecological regeneration as a core act of resilience and cultural defense.
SAND (Science and Nonduality)
Science and Nonduality is a global community that explores the meeting points of science, spirituality and Indigenous wisdom. Based in California, it brings people together through conferences, films and online gatherings.
Permaculture Barcelona Hub
The Permaculture Barcelona Hub is a space in Barcelona for learning, designing, and living in deeper relationship with the natural world, within an urban and social context. Led by 12P Permaculture Design, it brings together courses, skill-sharing, networking, and regenerative design, as a meeting point between the local and the global.
UVM Institute for Agroecology
The University of Vermont’s Institute for Agroecology, in the United States, brings together research, learning, and action to transform food systems, working to regenerate the environment, cool the planet, and provide healthy food for all.
Support network
Initiatives we support
Projects we have collaborated with or supported.
Indique
Indique is a Connection Consultancy specializing in Diversity & Racial Inclusion. Its core mission is to bridge the gap between the Black community and the job market. Indique provides services for companies, including Diversity and Communication consulting, Affirmative Job Recruiting, and sensitization workshops for leadership. The organization actively works to accelerate the inclusion of Black professionals in corporate environments and runs Indique Uma Preta, a support, referral and career development network for Black women.
Rawanee
Rawanee is a Creative Arts Collective founded by the South Asian diaspora, specializing in Literary & Performing Arts and Community Creativity. Its core mission is to preserve and nurture multi-lingual expression by amplifying the voices of the Global Majority and those with lived experience of refugee and migration journeys, with a focus on authenticity and decolonization. Rawanee fosters this community through international poetry events, publications, and partnerships, including collaboration with SOAS, the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. The organization is also recognized as a registered Poetry Society Stanza.
Projeto Pétalas
Projeto Pétalas (Petals Project) is a non-profit initiative created by the Despertare Institute for Social and Cultural Action that functions as a “garden of welcome and sisterhood.” The project provides women with a safe space to share experiences, learn together, and build a support network. It offers inspiring encounters (virtual and in-person), conversation circles, and activities focused on self-care, art, female community and reflection.
We Are Still Here (WASH)
Since 2024, WASH, in partnership with the University of Sussex in the UK, has been working with students from Gaza’s destroyed universities, offering mentorship and training to help them continue their education. Despite the genocide and systematic destruction of academic life, these resilient students are writing to bear witness. We Are Still Here (WASH) is an anthology of their urgent voices. They are currently fundraising and every contribution is a lifeline. All book royalties go directly to the student authors.
Let’s Read
“Let’s Read”, the project in the “1 Million Asmaas” Impact Campaign, is dedicated to strengthening refugee teenage girls in Syrian camps through literacy and grassroots support. The Initiative’s philosophy is inspired by activist Asmaa Rashed, featured on the award-winning documentary “The Neighborhood Storyteller”. Asmaa’s work demonstrates how read-aloud circles build self-worth, resilience, and autonomy, fostering education and mental well-being in vulnerable communities, empowering girls to determine their own choices in the face of displacement.
Family Doctors Initiative
The Gaza Family Doctors Initiative (Gaza FDI) is a critical, grassroots effort established by local family physicians to provide holistic and comprehensive primary healthcare to displaced families across the Gaza Strip. The initiative pioneered a family medicine model, a type of care that addresses the entire family’s physical, mental, and social well-being, within the immense challenges of refugee camps.
Pataxó da Jaqueira Reserve
Reserva Pataxó da Jaqueira is an exceptional Indigenous-led initiative in Porto Seguro, Brazil.
Chevere Restaurant
Chevere Restaurante is the powerful vision of Gema Soto, a resilient Venezuelan immigrant entrepreneur whose story of perseverance is woven into the fabric of the business.
Bystanders No More
Bystanders No More (BNM) is dedicated to empowering people who believe in universal human rights and often remain silent due to fear, a sense of powerlessness, or lack of knowledge. While their immediate focus is on mobilizing action for human rights in Palestine, their mission is to address the systemic behavior of being a bystander to injustice. By providing supportive education and trustworthy, tailored resources, Bystanders No More helps concerned citizens move past fear and silence. Their goal is to facilitate actionable steps, such as lobbying elected officials, starting conversations, and joining relevant movements, ensuring every voice is heard in the ongoing fight for collective human rights.
Catharsis Holistic Healing
Catharsis Holistic Healing addresses the urgent need for trauma support among Palestinians, recognizing that decades of violence have resulted in Continuous Traumatic Stress Disorder. Ashira Darwish founded this initiative as a compassionate, grassroots response, driven by the need to assist her people with methods unavailable elsewhere in marginalized communities. The project offers free, culturally rooted holistic therapy for liberation, utilizing diverse modalities including Breathwork, Somatic therapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, EMDR, Yoga, and Art therapy. Ashira leverages her experience to speak truth to injustice, ensuring healing is accessible. Fellow therapists globally are invited to volunteer sessions and contribute to this vital support network.
We Deserve Freedom
We Deserve Freedom is an essential initiative dedicated to supporting women survivors of domestic violence and helping them build a sustainable, independent future.
The organization understands that breaking the cycle of abuse requires comprehensive support. Its unique approach combines three powerful pillars:
Red Leaves Films
Red Leaves Films exists to empower and solidarize with communities in the fight for social equity and environmental justice through sincere filmmaking, public programming and impact campaigns.
Formando Rutas
Formando Rutas is an educational project about lithium mining in the Atacama Desert and the use of electric cars as a supposed solution to the climate crisis.
Permaculture for Refugees (P4R)
Permaculture for Refugees is an international initiative that works with permaculture education in contexts of displacement and migration. It brings together educators and practitioners who share ecological design skills with refugee and displaced communities in different regions.
Somos
Somos is a cultural platform that amplifies Latinx voices, stories, and creative expressions across Latin America and the global diaspora. It highlights the diversity of Latin American identities across countries, generations, and lived experiences.
Mãkãnundaru (Negarotê Indigenous Women’s Association)
Mãkãnundaru was founded in 2024 by Negarotê women in the Vale do Guaporé Indigenous Territory, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with community leader Wamen Negarotê among its founders.
Thaki
Thaki is an education nonprofit, founded in 2015, that brings laptops loaded with offline learning content to refugee and vulnerable children, mainly in the SWANA region.
Instituto Aritana
Carrying forward the visionary legacy of the late Chief Aritana Yawalapiti, the Instituto Aritana stands as a key organization dedicated to the longevity of the Xingu Indigenous Territory.
Taqat
TAQAT is a Palestinian non-profit organization dedicated to empowering individuals and strengthening communities through high-quality development programs, capacity-building initiatives, and humanitarian support.
Occasional collaborations
We have also collaborated, at specific moments, with:
What people say
Words from partners and participants of the initiatives we support.
So happy to be part of OGA's journey as their mentor! It has been a pleasure to support the team as they continue building something meaningful.
Since the beginning of the program, the OGA team has given their best. I am really happy with everything they have achieved so far and with the amazing impact their venture is creating. Congratulations.
It is always such a pleasure to work beside the OGA and LFJ team. We love the enthusiasm and alignment, and the amazing support they offer!
Thank you for the connection. We are very happy with this partnership between Indique and OGA. Grateful for the exchanges, the learning, and the shared knowledge.
So happy to be part of the journey. It feels surreal to be a mentor for OGA on the Forward Collective, a fruitful collaboration of Bridge for Billions and MetLife. I will always be there with OGA, and happy to be a lifelong part of it.
