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Kábata Könana: Indigenous Women Defenders of Mountains and Food Sovereignty

Costa Rica
Community, Agriculture, Restoration
$312
USD
by 13 donors
AS
Asociación de Mujeres Indígenas Kábata Könana
Costa Rica
Nonprofit

Asociación de Mujeres Indígenas del Territorio Cabécar Kábata Könana brings together Indigenous women in Costa Rica's Talamanca region to promote traditional practices and knowledge for food security and medicinal purposes, improve women's leadership and Indigenous rights, and protect surrounding forests. The association trains women in ancestral and regenerative agriculture, and promotes native seed varieties and traditional medicinal plants, improving community resilience against climate change. Recognized as a 2021 Equator Prize winner, the organization demonstrates innovative local solutions for addressing biodiversity loss and climate change while achieving development goals.Today, Kábata Könana supports a network of more than 200 Indigenous families, manages a demonstration farm with traditional planting systems, a native plant nursery and cultural learning spaces, and promotes value-added products and local commercialization initiatives that strengthen food sovereignty.

LO
Love For Life
Germany
Nonprofit

Love For Life is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people and protecting Nature through whole system regenerative action. The organization pursues conscious, collaborative action that models regenerative practices and upholds sacred relationships with self, each other and the Earth to ignite social, ecological and spiritual healing. Their work includes partnerships with Indigenous peoples and local communities in the rainforests of Latin America, supporting efforts to recover and revitalize ancestral knowledge, traditional regenerative agriculture practices as well as creating access to safe, off-grid solar energy and strengthening the leadership of Indigenous peoples and specifically Indigenous women organizations.

Project story

Kábata Könana: Reclaiming Food Sovereignty in Talamanca

For generations, Cabécar women in Costa Rica's Indigenous territories have been guardians of ancestral seeds, forests, and food traditions. Today, climate change, biodiversity loss, and economic pressures threaten to unravel this legacy.

Kábata Könana—created by Indigenous women themselves—is fighting back. By reviving ancestral planting systems like Witö, Teitö, and Chömoglo, the organization is preserving native seeds and traditional knowledge while building community resilience through regenerative agroecology.

The results speak volumes: 200 Indigenous families now practice agroecological farming, growing diverse crops and conserving native seeds. The organization's demonstration farm showcases traditional planting systems, operates a nursery with over 2,000 plants, and offers cultural learning spaces and community agrotourism.

With your support, we'll expand this movement. We'll welcome more women into the program, strengthen seed conservation efforts, provide hands-on training, improve access to tools and materials, and develop value-added products that generate income without compromising food sovereignty.

By backing Kábata Könana, you're protecting biodiversity, preserving ancestral knowledge, and empowering Indigenous communities to build a resilient future rooted in their own traditions.

Project updates

Team

PH
Patricia Hidalgo ObandoAsociación de Mujeres Indígenas Kábata Könana, Costa Rica

Donations (13)

YM

Yael Marantz

$10.00
ED

Eduardo Darancou

$5.00

Anonymous

$25.00

Kábata Könana: Indigenous Women Defenders of Mountains and Food Sovereignty

Costa Rica
Community, Agriculture, Restoration
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Asociación de Mujeres Indígenas Kábata Könana
Costa Rica
Nonprofit

Asociación de Mujeres Indígenas del Territorio Cabécar Kábata Könana brings together Indigenous women in Costa Rica's Talamanca region to promote traditional practices and knowledge for food security and medicinal purposes, improve women's leadership and Indigenous rights, and protect surrounding forests. The association trains women in ancestral and regenerative agriculture, and promotes native seed varieties and traditional medicinal plants, improving community resilience against climate change. Recognized as a 2021 Equator Prize winner, the organization demonstrates innovative local solutions for addressing biodiversity loss and climate change while achieving development goals.Today, Kábata Könana supports a network of more than 200 Indigenous families, manages a demonstration farm with traditional planting systems, a native plant nursery and cultural learning spaces, and promotes value-added products and local commercialization initiatives that strengthen food sovereignty.

LO
Love For Life
Germany
Nonprofit

Love For Life is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people and protecting Nature through whole system regenerative action. The organization pursues conscious, collaborative action that models regenerative practices and upholds sacred relationships with self, each other and the Earth to ignite social, ecological and spiritual healing. Their work includes partnerships with Indigenous peoples and local communities in the rainforests of Latin America, supporting efforts to recover and revitalize ancestral knowledge, traditional regenerative agriculture practices as well as creating access to safe, off-grid solar energy and strengthening the leadership of Indigenous peoples and specifically Indigenous women organizations.

Project story

Kábata Könana: Reclaiming Food Sovereignty in Talamanca

For generations, Cabécar women in Costa Rica's Indigenous territories have been guardians of ancestral seeds, forests, and food traditions. Today, climate change, biodiversity loss, and economic pressures threaten to unravel this legacy.

Kábata Könana—created by Indigenous women themselves—is fighting back. By reviving ancestral planting systems like Witö, Teitö, and Chömoglo, the organization is preserving native seeds and traditional knowledge while building community resilience through regenerative agroecology.

The results speak volumes: 200 Indigenous families now practice agroecological farming, growing diverse crops and conserving native seeds. The organization's demonstration farm showcases traditional planting systems, operates a nursery with over 2,000 plants, and offers cultural learning spaces and community agrotourism.

With your support, we'll expand this movement. We'll welcome more women into the program, strengthen seed conservation efforts, provide hands-on training, improve access to tools and materials, and develop value-added products that generate income without compromising food sovereignty.

By backing Kábata Könana, you're protecting biodiversity, preserving ancestral knowledge, and empowering Indigenous communities to build a resilient future rooted in their own traditions.

Project updates

Team

PH
Patricia Hidalgo ObandoAsociación de Mujeres Indígenas Kábata Könana, Costa Rica

$312

USD

From 13 donors

$

Activity

YM

Yael Marantz

$10.00

ED

Eduardo Darancou

$5.00

Anonymous

$25.00

Location

Costa Rica

This project is part of

Round 3

Supporting community-led nature projects around the world.

Matching funds provided by

Biome TrustBiome Trust
Naia TrustNaia Trust
Imaginal SeedsImaginal Seeds
Ma Earth FoundationMa Earth Foundation