Indigenous wisdom is key to boost smallholder farmers’ climate resilience and sustainable incomes. Learning from the philosophy of our farmers’ ancestors, we’re now exploring exciting collaborations with researchers and universities - building an ecosystem of regeneration that, as a whole, is stronger than its individual parts.

Following up on our last visit in August, we recently returned to our Mama Kapas women community Nusa Penida, Bali. Together with our on-the-ground partner, Kopernik, we got our hands dirty as went from theory to practice - providing the women with practical tools and new knowledge they can use during the next growing season.

Ibu Tur is an inspiration to us all, because she shows us that with enough grit and perseverance you can slowly, patiently master a skill you previously had not acquired before. Her journey started as a seamstress at a local factory, and eventually she found her way into batik when she was referred to our craftschool, Rumah SukkhaCitta. Ever since then, her life has changed.

Mama Kapas is our program to return traditional, regenerative cotton farming to Indonesia’s dry East. From July to September, we visited all seven communities to evaluate the first season.

Started in the midst of the pandemic, Threads of Hope is one of our foundation’s first programs. From a simple training in a friend’s house to Bali’s first craft school - we’ve already come a long way.

Have you met Mama Ernie? She’s the leader of a group of weavers that had to flee their home after it was devastated by a volcano eruption. Now, we’re building our next craft school for her community.

Why billionaires like Elon Musk won’t save us - but women in rural Indonesia just might.

Read the inspiring story of Monika, the latest recipient of our craft scholarship.

Stunting, children not growing normally due to malnutrition, is still a major issue in East Indonesia. Providing mothers with much needed income during the harsh dry season can be one solution to this complex issue.

“Education does not fix everything. But it allows women to get a glimpse of what’s possible. To see how far they can go. And it is something they will own for the rest of their life.“

In May, we finally had the chance to meet these little miracle trees that help us transform an eroded landscape into a new source of livelihoods for Noemuke Village in West Timor.

In Indonesia’s villages, it’s been women who had to shoulder the burden of the pandemic - many to this day. Here are a few stories of the lives you touched with your donations.

The people of Noemuke have been hard at work - with much enthusiasm: With your support, the community has planted an incredible +25,000 trees since November 2021. The first step to create an abundant food forest for future generations.

The pandemic has left women in Indonesia’s villages more vulnerable than ever. That’s why we are rolling out a new, ambitious training program, reaching 120 women over the next two years.