VISION
Conservación y Defensa del CONOCIMIENTO ANCESTRAL
Conservando el conocimiento para las futuras generaciones de la tribu.
Buscamos ayudar a los jóvenes miembros de las comunidades indígenas, que están realmente comprometidos con su tradición, a convertirse en las próximas generaciones de ancianos. Al hacer esto, estamos ayudando en la conservación del conocimiento ancestral de estas tribus mientras nos aseguramos de que sea transmitido por las mejores manos posibles.
Estamos apoyando a los iniciados masculinos y femeninos de Gabón para que terminen sus etapas Bwiti y puedan graduarse como Nganga. Ellos necesitan una buena cantidad de recursos para la graduación y para las ceremonias e iniciaciones, que requieren llevarse a cabo todos los años, lo cual los lleva a que sean pilares importantes para la nueva generación.
También estamos apoyando económicamente los ritos de paso y rituales básicos de iniciación en missoku, mabanji y muiri para niños, mujeres y hombres jóvenes que se están convirtiendo en adultos y están interesados en las primeras etapas del Bwiti.
Cada año, apoyamos a los marakames (chamanes huicholes) de la comunidad Wixaritari para que continúen su tradición y cumplan su peregrinación al desierto de Wirikuta, donde cosecharán el peyote que llevarán a casa para compartir con toda la comunidad, especialmente con los niños y ancianos que no cuentan con las condiciones físicas para hacer la peregrinación en el desierto.
This is the first maloka we built called “house of thought”. We put our hands together with the Queta family, Taita David, and grandmother Tntn. The maloka, located in Dureno, Ecuador, is ten minutes on boat from the houses of the A’i community, can host up to 25 persons, and is now serving as a spiritual center for the A'i-Cofan village.
Apoyo a la infraestructura de templos y casas de pensamiento
In this project we have been working with the community to fix their old well in order to give portable water to all, and we are also contributing to building a new well for the entire community.
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Every year, we support marakames (Huichol shamans) of the Wixaritari community to continue their tradition and fulfill their pilgrimage to the wirikuta desert where they will harvest the peyote that they will take back home to share with the whole community - especially the children and elders who do not have the physical condition to do the pilgrimage in the desert.
New non-profit in Gabon
In 2022, the community of traditional practitioners from Gabon made important foundational steps with the constitution of a new non-profit in their country. They decided to call it: AWE - which in their traditional Nzembi language means: brotherhood and sisterhood. Their non-profit is governed by seventeen leaders and forty-five founding members in total. These founding members are all important spiritual leaders from different areas of Gabon and especially of the Ngounie province. The community held three strong ceremonies to empower the process of constitution of this exciting venture. In these ceremonies, a lot of Iboga was involved and there were conversations with the spirits which was very important for everyone. There will be more ceremonies being held in different areas of the country to finish the spiritual process of constitution and for the people in these remote areas to be informed through ceremony about the new mission.
Conserving the knowledge for the tribe’s future generations
We seek to help young members from the indigenous communities who are really committed yo their tradition in becoming the next generations of Elders. By doing this, we are helping in the conservation of the ancestral knowledge held by these tribes while making sure that this knowledge will be carried in the best hands possible.
We are supporting masculine and feminine initiates from Gabon in finishing their Bwiti stages to graduate as 'Nganga.' They need a good amount of resources for the graduation itself as well as all the years of ceremonies and initiations required, but they will be important pillars for the new generation.
We are also financially supporting rites of passage and basic initiation rituals in Missoku, Mabanji, and Muiri for children, and young women and men, who are becoming adults and are interested in the early stages of the Bwiti.
Recently, AWE also supported with resources and work in rebuilding a Bwiti feminine temple in Gabón. The temple is used for the sacred and secret rites of the Bwiti, including the Iboga initiation.
