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Meet Our 2025 Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partners

“Our parents died with the dream of living in freedom, of living a peaceful and dignified life. It has not happened yet, but we will not give up. Rather, we will stand strong, steadfast until the end. Let our voice echo and be heard in Bolivia and throughout the world: we will not give up.” Wayna Tambo

Indigenous community media are essential pillars for disseminating the voices, stories, and struggles of Indigenous Peoples. Through audio and video productions, they promote processes of resistance, affirmation, and cultural revitalization. The following community media outlets show the world a unique perspective on what territory, languages, diversity, and life mean. These media outlets are spaces where people learn and deconstruct through collective dialogue, addressing issues of great importance such as individual and collective rights while promoting the active participation of women, youth, Elders, and children.

These community media projects strengthen the commitment to the safeguarding of cultural identity, care of the territory, and the transmission of ancestral knowledge. They promote intergenerational exchange of knowledge and the integration of new tools, ensuring that future generations continue to learn, express themselves, and maintain ties to their Indigenous heritage, thus strengthening a dignified and respectful present and future.

Now in its ninth year, Cultural Survival's Indigenous Community Media Fund has maintained its goal of providing funding, support, and training to various types of Indigenous community media outlets so that they can carry out informational and documentary work, as well as processes of resistance within and outside their communities. Since 2017, the Indigenous Community Media Fund has awarded a total of 422 grants, supporting community media projects in 41 countries on 4 continents, for a total of $2,829,561.

In 2025, Cultural Survival's Indigenous Community Media Fund has awarded a total of $502,000 to 63 Indigenous communication projects that will benefit Indigenous Peoples in 29 countries: Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, United States of America, Philippines, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Honduras, Mali, Nicaragua, Cambodia, Chile, Canada, Panama, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Nicaragua, and Tanzania.

The projects address needs in infrastructure, equipment, capacity building, and content production that will contribute to the sustainability of the work and community communication processes led by the community groups and media outlets.

We are pleased to introduce our 63 partners funded in 2025, featured with their consent:


Americas

Radio Tsinaka

Radio Tsinaka

Mexico (Nahua)

Nohosca-Muisca Communications of Suba

Nohosca-Muisca Communications of Suba

Colombia (Muisca)

Estoreña Association for Integral Development (AEPDI)

Estoreña Association for Integral Development (AEPDI)

Guatemala (Maya Q'eqchi')

Awajún Autonomous Territorial Government (GTAA)

Awajún Autonomous Territorial Government (GTAA)

Peru (Awajún)

Pixan Ixim Maya Community (CMPI)

Pixan Ixim Maya Community (CMPI)

United States (Maya Qanjobal)

Uswal Nasa Yuwe Stereo 93.9 FM

Uswal Nasa Yuwe Stereo 93.9 FM

Colombia (Nasa)

Puerto Carreño Indigenous Community Radio Station 104.3 FM

Puerto Carreño Indigenous Community Radio Station 104.3 FM

Colombia (Sikuani, Amorúa, Piaroa, Sáliba)

Ximai Communications

Ximai Communications

Mexico (Otomí / Hñähñu)

Yosokwi Communications Collective

Yosokwi Communications Collective

Colombia (Arhuaco)

Radio Wao Apeninka

Radio Wao Apeninka

Ecuador (Waorani)

Radio Chaski Jujuy 88.7 FM

Radio Chaski Jujuy 88.7 FM

Argentina (Kolla)

Community Communicators Collective of the Awá Nationality

Community Communicators Collective of the Awá Nationality

Ecuador and Colombia (Awá)

Kunas United Association for Nabguana

Kunas United Association for Nabguana

Panama (Guna and Emberá)

Urku Kapari Community Communication

Urku Kapari Community Communication

Ecuador (Chibuleo)

Women of the Desert Collective

Women of the Desert Collective

Colombia (Wayuu)

Zimatlán Community Audiovisual Production and Training Center

Zimatlán Community Audiovisual Production and Training Center

Mexico (Zapotec)

Radio Werken Kürüf 98.3 FM

Radio Werken Kürüf 98.3 FM

Chile (Mapuche)

Koiwin Community Radio

Koiwin Community Radio

Chile (Mapuche Williche)

Uyool Che A. C.

Uyool Che A. C.

Mexico (Maya)

Children of the Tiger

Children of the Tiger

Mexico (Ch'ol)

Yachay Wiñay Audiovisual Collective

Yachay Wiñay Audiovisual Collective

Colombia (Pasto)

Digital Creators Network

Digital Creators Network

Paraguay (Qom, Angaité, Nivaclè, Enlhet Norte, Guaraní Ñandeva)

Ñuu Dee Community Radio

Ñuu Dee Community Radio

Mexico (Mixtec)

Indigenous Council of the Guambiano La Bonanza Reserve

Indigenous Council of the Guambiano La Bonanza Reserve

Colombia (Misak)

Miskitu Asla Takanka (MASTA)

Miskitu Asla Takanka (MASTA)

Honduras (Miskitu)

Coordinator of Regional Border Development for the Indigenous People of the Kanus Basin

Coordinator of Regional Border Development for the Indigenous People of the Kanus Basin

Peru (Awajún and Wampis)

Red Chimpu Warmi Network

Red Chimpu Warmi Network

Bolivia (Uru Murato)

Radio Uekorheni

Radio Uekorheni

Mexico (P'urhépecha)

Kimsakocha Community Radio

Kimsakocha Community Radio

Ecuador (Kichwa Kañari)

Radio Tacana

Radio Tacana

Bolivia (Tacana)

Ch'orti' Mayan Indigenous Council of Olopa

Ch'orti' Mayan Indigenous Council of Olopa

Guatemala (Maya Ch'orti')

Yaco Molana Indigenous Reserve

Yaco Molana Indigenous Reserve

Colombia (Pijao)

Indigenous Communication S.C. - Ojo de Agua Communication

Indigenous Communication S.C. - Ojo de Agua Communication

Mexico (Zapotec, Mixtec, Mazatec, and Zoque)

Ulu Films

Ulu Films

Panama (Guna)

Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH)

Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH)

Honduras (Lenca)

Indigenous Council of the Kumaruara Territory (CITK)

Indigenous Council of the Kumaruara Territory (CITK)

Brazil (Kumaruara)

Wuxthaj Council of Peoples

Wuxthaj Council of Peoples

Guatemala (Maya Popti' Jacalteko)

Mayangna Nation Radio

Mayangna Nation Radio

Nicaragua (Mayangna)

The Voice of Zacate Grande Radio

The Voice of Zacate Grande Radio

Honduras (Lenca)

Kichwa People of Rukullakta

Kichwa People of Rukullakta

Ecuador (Kichwa)

La Rastrojera LTDA Workers' Cooperative

La Rastrojera LTDA Workers' Cooperative

Argentina (Mbayá Guaraní)

Pacha Kuti FM

Pacha Kuti FM

Argentina (Kolla)

Crushing Colonialism

Crushing Colonialism

United States (Cherokee, Guarani-Kaiowá, Muisca, Navajo)

Sacred Defense Fund

Sacred Defense Fund

United States (Lakota, Pueblo, Ojibwe, Guarani, Chippewa Cree)

Asia

ORARI Mamasa

ORARI Mamasa

Indonesia (Mamasa)

Radio Mars FM

Radio Mars FM

Indonesia (Minahasa)

Ideosync Media Combine

Ideosync Media Combine

India

Conserve Indigenous Peoples' Languages Organization

Conserve Indigenous Peoples' Languages Organization

Cambodia (Tompoun)

Radio Janasanchar FM

Radio Janasanchar FM

Nepal (Newar)

AMAN Media - Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago

AMAN Media - Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago

Indonesia (Melayu Jambi, Kerinci, Batin Sembilan, Kasepuhan-Banten, Osing-Banyuwangi)

Katribu Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Philippines

Katribu Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Philippines

Philippines

Ruwang Collective Arts

Ruwang Collective Arts

Bangladesh (Chak, Khumi, and Tripura)

Radio Gurbaba FM

Radio Gurbaba FM

Nepal (Tharu)

Newa FM

Newa FM

Nepal (Newar)

Ancestral Science Podcast

Ancestral Science Podcast

Canada (Tsuut'ina, Cree, Métis)

Africa

KC 107.7 FM

KC 107.7 FM

South Africa (Khoikhoi)

Pygmy Women in Action, Radio Kivu FM

Pygmy Women in Action, Radio Kivu FM

Democratic Republic of Congo (Batwa and Mbuti)

Union of Indigenous Peoples for Peace and Endogenous Development (UPADE), Itombwe Community Radio

Union of Indigenous Peoples for Peace and Endogenous Development (UPADE), Itombwe Community Radio

Democratic Republic of Congo (Batwa)

Radio Terra FM

Radio Terra FM

Democratic Republic of Congo/Uganda (Jonam, Bagungu, Karamojong, Batwa, Mbute, and Baka)

Witbooi - Khowesen Nama Clan of South Africa

Witbooi - Khowesen Nama Clan of South Africa

South Africa (Nama)

Radio Tulwoob Koony

Radio Tulwoob Koony

Kenya (Ogiek)

Oceania

Kasela Palu Group

Kasela Palu Group

Papua New Guinea (Sambe)

Pacific Media Network

Pacific Media Network

New Zealand (Tongan)