Due to the global COVID-19 health crisis, we are celebrating Giving Tuesday NOW! Amazon Watch is asking for your support on this day to provide direct emergency grants through the Amazon Defenders Fund to those in the Amazon grappling with the crisis.

Almost 14,000 cases have been confirmed in the Amazon already, and these figures will grow rapidly without immediate action. Your donation today could make a significant difference in halting the spread of this deadly virus to indigenous peoples and communities.

100% of all donations go directly to meet the pressing needs of indigenous peoples' communities and organizations, including emergency communications for prevention and urgent care, personal protective supplies, clean water, and basic food kits for affected families!

With your support, the Amazon Defenders Fund can continue to provide support to indigenous communities like the U'wa of Colombia. They have already purchased and received 80% of the most critical items they need, including food and medical supplies, through a rapid response grant. This is one community. There are hundreds more.

Indigenous peoples across the Amazon are on the front lines of the climate crisis, facing mounting threats including deforestation, fires, industrial extraction, agribusiness expansion, and increased violence against forest guardians. The COVID-19 global pandemic puts their lives in even more danger as governments ignore the demands of indigenous peoples and allow land-grabbers and corporations to operate with impunity.

Please join us on this special Giving Tuesday NOW by contributing to the Amazon Defenders Fund so that we can respond to the urgent needs of indigenous peoples to help protect their lives, families, cultures, and territories and stop the spread of COVID-19 in the Amazon.

Thank you!

Leila Salazar-López
Executive Director