Project Objectives

General small grantsmaking:

1. To provide flexible and direct funding support to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Southeast Asia, in line with Samdhana’s areas of work;
2. To provide capacity building support to Grantee-Partners to enable them to better manage their grant projects and resources;

Project components

• Indigenous peoples or communities
• Projects relating to climate: including, but not limited to forest protection, agriculture, food systems, energy, extractives, adaptation, climate movements, just transition, transportation, others
• Tropical forest protection
• Women and environment

Grant categories and functions:

   Micro grants: between US$ 500 – US$ 9,999

• Travel grants
• Capacity development; institutional development
• Education and indigenous knowledge building grants 

   Small grants: Between US$ 10,000 – US$ 30,000

• Resiliency building and social justice grants

   Urgent action grants between US$ 500 – US$ 3,000