Land rights

There are school boards that currently involved in ensuring Aboriginal content is used in certain school boards. I want to connect with a wide variety to ensure that Aboriginal history is mandatory across the country of Canada. I want to work with people who are already involved in promoting First Nations curriculumn.

I will reach out to Elders, First Nations communities across Canada for input. As well as First Nations academics and scholars.

Money will be needed to support the writing of the textbook.

We are volunteer run and have received funding from: Vancouver Island Public Research Group, the University of Victoria's Student Society, and the Awesome Sh!t Club. The private class was funded through the BC Capacity Building Initiative. We continue to be supported by the Solstice Cafe with respect to venue and equipment; and we are supported by many local Indigenous and non-Indigenous "students" in the Victoria area.

Our relationship with the Dzawada'enuxw First Nation is important for several reasons. Typically, Dzawada'enuxw are represented as Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) and are among the most analyzed groups in the discipline of anthropology. We are working with the Dzawada'enuxw First Nation to address this literature and its effects in law, education, and policy.

We are presently working on proposals to the City of Victoria and the Capital Regional District of the Province of BC.

We are volunteer run and receive free space and equipment for our venue. We have received positive feedback from numerous business, non-profits and community groups.

the main barrier was the human resources. As a non-profit campaign, the only way to overcome this barrier is by developing more the voluntary activists role in the project.

The program is based on new media and internet. Also, it is flexible in tools as it is based on open-source CMS and developed by ideas of individual activists. These points enforce future ability of development. Most important is the ability to merge small ideas of activists in a tool that serves all.

Partnership is with Grassroots organizations, social movements, Individual activists & alternative media in almost 22 country around the world.

Financial has been a huge challenge. At the moment, the IPPC operation sustains itself from the newspaper column revenue and also from my freelance writing jobs. IPPC have also written for small grants one of which is from a regional satellite television company which, if approved, would allow the IPPC to create a proposed four-series documentary on indigenous peoples innovations in Malaysia. These products will surely have market value and if there are takers, the IPPC will be able to sustain itself further and possibly get more assignments to create more contents of value. If there are no takers, then the IPPC will have to sell harder.

Content is king. It will continue to be so over the next decade. What the IPPC has started meets future demand for quality contents. And the IPPC is at the moment the only entity doing this and has the capacity - and the creativity - to do it.

If that happens, I will explore what else the market wants in terms of contents. The indigenous movement has so much to offer. All they need is to put on the information technology robe and translate the wealth of their knowledge and traditions in the commercial language that mainstream society understands. Animation? It's certainly an option. But it will be presented with a purpose that goes beyond mere entertainment. It's about teaching the world the wisdom of a people often perceived as backward, at least here in Malaysia.

The IPPC has to and will create contents that have market value. Other than selling news and virtual contents, the IPPC also connects with indigenous women's groups who are involved in craft making. Their products have a niche market through fair trade. The IPPC portal is the most effective means of marketing their crafts to the world and has the space to tell the interesting story behind each product, which is the selling point.

The Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia (which secretariat is based in Sabah) and the Thailand-based Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact(AIPP) which is the umbrella organisation of all the indigenous organisations in Asia. I also sit as committee member of the AIPP's Research and Communication Development (RCD), a role which allows me to connect with other partners and stakeholders in the region.

I serve as editor and have one assistant project coordinator. I also have a team of volunteers to help the IPPC grow including support from the Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia's programme coordinators, members from other indigenous grassroots organisations, corporate individuals and organisations, indigenous policy makers and social reformers.

Our first main barrier will be the transparency in the market; both in land title and our partners we will be working with. Second will be in the funding of the projects; both in the initial start up and due diligence of the projects, as well as the project funding itself and making sure sufficient resources exist to finish on time and on budget. Finally, the lack of a developed supply chain and local technological inputs increases the logistical complications of real estate development, and require additional planning and foresight.

On the transparency issues, we plan do devote significant time in due diligence, both in terms of our partners and the land we will be investing in, considering personal references and conducting a through background check on their business integrity and reputation. As far as the land, we will identify and resolve title ownership prior to beginning development, eliminating the risk of dispute once title is transferred. With respect to access to capital, we plan to secure sufficient capital from our offshore financial partners to comfortably finalize the project in successive stages. Furthermore we plan to work with local financial partners, to secure both construction and mortgage finance to develop and sell the properties. As far as the technological inputs, we plan to partner with technology providers allowing us to manufacture innovative wall and roof systems, allowing us to control our supply chain and use local waste agriculture and plastics in their manufacture.

We intend to have partners on a number of different levels. The three main types will be our local / development partners, our technical partners, and our financial partners. Our local and development partners will be either local real estate developers or land owners who wish to develop a specific site. To align interests, we would expect our partners to contribute the land into the investment vehicle, for which they would get an ownership share. Our technical partners would consist of those who own the license to the specific technology that we will use to implement our developments. This technology will have the benefit of bringing down the cost of our housing, as well as lowering the execution risk of delivering a high volume of houses within a limited amount of time. Finally our financial partners will be those entities that give us the financial resources to create high quality houses that will be desirable to our client base. Our offshore investors will be investing directly into the project companies, and will look for returns once the project is completed and all obligations of the project company have been satisfied. Our onshore partners will be providing construction finance to augment the equity funding provided by our offshore partners. Furthermore, we would be looking them to provide mortgages to the home purchasers at the completion of the project, if such demand exists.

Our initial funding will come from private resources and friends and family as it is important that we conduct due diligence on the specific project and partner before soliciting investors. It is imperative we present a clear view to investors what the legal issues are, along with the financial risks and rewards. Further, we need time to understand the local environment we are operating in, and this is best done through funding sources that are patient and will not press for immediate returns.
Once we have identified a specific project, we will look to raise finance to support that project. This will cover all costs of that individual project, where friends and family will support costs underlying the company. Project specific investors would include private equity firms and other real estate investors; however we would also pursue funding from foundations and social investors for projects that deal with low-income housing, where the returns may not be high enough for traditional investors. We intend to facilitate the development of a mortgage market, and funding is likely to come from the offshore development agencies who have been traditionally been active in this space.
We will look to partner with regional governments to facilitate the creation of low cost housing. Specifically, we would work with local governments to provide land and other concessions, which would allow us to develop and sell houses to low-income residents. We would not expect to receive any direct funding from these entities, as generally they are cash constrained.

A principal barreira atualmente é a disponibilidade de recursos humanos e financeiros. Para isto, buscamos fontes de apoio que possibilitem o fortalecimento da iniciativa. Outra barreira é o desenvolvimento de políticas públicas equivocadas e não-participativas para a região, que tem gerado uma crescente degradação ambiental e social. Neste caso, há um forte desafio aos grupos sociais locais, bem como para as entidades que atuam na região de gerarem uma mobilização que controle o crescimento de processos degradantes através de uma maior cobrança junto aos gestores públicos no que se refere à aplicação da legislação vigente e na criação de uma agenda voltada ao planejamento participativo das ações voltadas ao desenvolvimento regional.

Acreditamos que somente através do desenvolvimento de ações integradas por parcerias éticas e agregadoras pode gerar um cenário positivo para a região e seus atores. Ações e esforços isolados tendem a ter fortes limitações e pequeno alcance. Vivemos atualmente na região um “Boom” de ações desconexas que concentram poder decisório e ações estruturantes que beneficiam uma parcela pequena da sociedade, contribuindo com a consolidação e aumento da desigualdade social. Temos uma economia em crescimento, mas com pouca distribuição de renda. Criação de alianças e atuação em rede ou em coletivos de interesse, estruturados com base na ética socioambiental, respeito à diversidade cultural, respeito à natureza é condição para o fortalecimento de processos de mudanças necessárias que vemos hoje na sociedade global.

Desde a sua fundação, a FVA vem buscando recursos junto a doadores cuja missão seja apoiar projetos de natureza socioambiental. Sendo assim pudemos contar e contamos com apoio de Fundaçõoes Privadas, como Fundação Ford, Fundação Moore, Blue Moon Fun, Fundação W. Alton Jones, entre outras. Também contamos com apoios esporádicos de outras ONGs, como o WWF-Brasil e Conservação Internacional - CI. Junto a empresas, já tivemos apoio da Colgate-Palmolive do Brasil, que durante o período de 1999-2004 apoiou algumas de nossas ações através de uma parceria de associação de imagem. Também temos apoio de projetos coordenados pelo Governo Federal, através do Ministério do Meio Ambiente, que têm possibilitado apoio a algumas atividades que desenvolvemos.

In order to establish the demand for Jembe Magazine we will need to heavily market the first two issues in order to reach as many readers as possible through free sample issues and advertising. We are currently conducting a capital fund drive to meet our start up needs. We're soliciting funds from friends and family, digging deep in our own shallow pockets, and soliciting advertisement sales. We anticipate raising sufficient capital needs as we enter the market through our first three issues to be released over the three trade fair holidays in July, August and September respectively. Saba-Saba is the July 7th international trade fair hosted in Dar es Salaam, Nane-Nane is the August 8th nationwide Tanzania agricultural trade fair, and the East African trade fair is hosted in Mwanza (where we are headquartered) in September. We hope to establish a large enough reader base to attract an advertising revenue sufficient to cover our operational costs by the second year of operation.

We collaborate with the extensive network of NGO's, government and research institutes supporting farmers in Tanzania. An example of this three-pronged partnership in one district includes the district government of Missungwi, the Lake Zone Agricultural Research and Development Institute (LZARD) Ukiriguru, and an NGO called Mwanza Rural Housing Project (MRHP). The Missungwi District government administers the system of rural schools, health facilities, infrastructure, and agricultural extension support in the district. LZARD has developed appropriate seed varieties for common crops grown by smallholder farmers in Tanzania's Lake Victoria Region. MRHP has been involved in training farmers to adopt new high-yeild crops which are rich in nutrients, resistant to drought and disease, and have strong local markets. Our program complements the roles of our partners by providing a vehicle to capture the most relevant training materials from practical examples of farmers that have successfully adopted these methods and varieties. We work with the same types of partner institutions in other areas of the country as we expand operations to other districts and regions. As a market-based solution, these partners will support the expansion of our operations through magazine subscriptions, advertisements, and submissions of articles or information. Our partners benefit from our ability to reach a large audience of rural farmers and our network with other institutions.

Friends and family have donated significant amounts of their time and have been generous with monetary donations to help us with start-up. They have been encouraged by the sustainable model of Jembe Magazine and my extensive experience in the local context. Businesses are attracted to our ability to reach large segments of the population and partner with us as paying advertisers. NGO's, also attracted to our ability to reach sectors of the population, likewise support us through advertising fees for behavior change related campaigns. Membership fees, or annual subscriptions, and cash sales of magazines drive our operations. Our competitive advantage over other type of media is our ability to reach the 80% of Tanzanian's living in rural areas. Considering that the electric grid is limited to urban areas, they are not reached well by television, or radio. The content of traditional newspapers is typically focused on politics and other subjects of little relevance to the rural subsistence-based population. Agricultural support organizations form a large section of our subscriber base through sponsored subscriptions for their beneficiary farmers. Similarly, regional and eventually national governments will adopt our product as an efficient means to reach the rural masses that they struggle to support through a limited number of extension agents.

Financial support for the Reconstruction Club occurs through financial support and human resources.

This financial contribution is made by member companies through a monthly fee in the amount of $ 1,000.00, which amounts currently the revenue of R $ 192,000.00 per year.
This feature is used to maintain the operational structure of the Club.

Besides the monthly fee th Club has projects that capture specific resources such as studies and events. The Club also currently receives a financial and operational support of the ABCP.

Individuals: financial support through the payment of social loans taken, as well as through the payment of municipal duties (taxes) and the respect and care for their renovated neighborhood.

Foundations: financial and non-financial support for activities related to neighbors’ empowerment and to monument restoration works.

NGOs: non-financial support for the works with neighbors' associations of the intervention areas.

Companies: financial entities’ support through the offer of social loans and the financing of real estate projects which generate economic surplus. Local companies and institutions will activate the local economy by investing in the renovated area.

Regional Authorities: support as promoters of inclusive urban renovation.
Federal Authorities: support as articulators between public institutions which facilitate renovation: the Ministry of Housing (through housing bonds) and the Ministry of Culture (through coherent intervention in monumental lots, for example).

District and Provincial Authorities: support as promoters of urban renovation, registrars of beneficiaries, leaders in the abandonment administrative processes and designers of the urban renovation plan in the intervention area.

The foundation of Hilti and Ashoka for the development of corporate plans, ensure the first three years of project development and the granting of loans for working capital.

We perform a task of openness and development of new markets, and we ensure to construction companies a significant possibility to access a new market, as a consequence of the task that we develop, generating in the communities a feasible social scenario to bring up their products. We negotiate a profit margin over the sales volume for the relevant sectors.
We have the support of universities, SENA and public entities. We also have the support of a communication company to develop communication strategies and the advice of experts in the business and finance fields. We are also supported by government entities, in charge of housing for popular sectors and entities working in the integral assistance of these sectors.

Different community organizations participate in the program to allow an agile management for the benefit of clients.

Our clients are the owners of houses in basic income sectors, who do not have access to credit or to the necessary advisory services to realize their dreams of having a decent house.

FAMILY & FRIENDS: My father paid Just Economics LLC (JE) to produce a video about this tax reform for the International City/County Managers' Association.
INDIVIDUALS: William Vickrey, Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Samuelson, Robert Solow and Milton Friedman are Nobel-winning economists. In spite of different ideological orientations, all have endorsed this concept as has professor and author Herman Daly.
FOUNDATIONS: The Henry George Foundation devotes its resources to people and organizations around the world who are working on this issue.
NGOs: The Lincoln Institute for Land Policy performs research on this issue.
CUSTOMERS: Rick Rybeck, as a District of Columbia employee, successfully implemented landowner financing for 33% of the cost of a new Metrorail station. He also successfully implemented performance-based parking pricing and car-sharing programs. Rybeck established JE one year ago and points to these successes when marketing his services through direct contact with the National League of Cities, the National Governors Association, the United Nations, the World Bank and similar organizations. Rybeck capitalized JE with $30,000 from his own funds. JE charges consulting fees to assist clients on a wide array of policy matters related to housing, transportation, economic development and smart growth.

-friends and family (Donations of supplies, logistics)
-Individuals (Donations of supplies, logistics, knowledge)
- Non-governmental organizations (Donations of supplies, logistics, spreading, accompaniment and support)
-Companies (Donations of supplies)

•It is the support and encouragement from the family and friends that acts as morale booster and provides the impetus for enthusiasm.
•Individuals are the very basis on which the community is formed and rests, hence women of the slum are the key individual stakeholders and themselves are the pathfinders. Without them the project would have no meaning.
•Funds from the foundations are essential for the implementation and growth of the project.
•NGO’s form the network of alliances, for lobbying for policy change at the state and national level. Building of consensus with networking partners essential for creating the ideal environment for support for shelter rights of migrant population in the slums
•Business houses and private organizations create the fabric for providing key infrastructure for sustainable housing using new technologies for affordable housing for the urban poor
•Regional Government is the land owning agency and the National Government is responsible for land issues as a national subject. Inhabitants of these lands are a migrant population. Both national Government and regional Government are stakeholders and the target cannot be achieved if these issues are not addressed on a reciprocal basis.
•Equally important is creating the ideal environment and foundation for political will, local support, bureaucratic support and media advocacy to strengthen word, action and outreach.