Mission
RAIZ IS A US BASED NON-PROFIT ENTITY CREATED TO SUPPORT WORK IN LATIN AMERICA ASSOCIATED WITH: (1) PROVIDING COST-EFFECTIVE, PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO ALLEVIATE HUMANITARIAN CRISES CAUSED BY NATURAL DISASTERS; (2) SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SEEKING TO PROTECT AND RECLAIM ANCESTRAL TERRITORIES; (3) PROVIDING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WITH EDUCATION RESPECTFUL OF NATIVE CULTURE; SUPPORTING CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS; AND (4) REDUCING POVERTY IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.