Balsai, a Gond Adivasi man, has already seen part of his people’s ancestral land in India’s Hasdeo Forest destroyed by coal mining. Now he and his community are desperately resisting more planned mines that – if they go ahead – will raze their sacred forest and destroy their livelihoods.
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Like thousands of other Adivasi (Indigenous) people in India, Balsai’s community is facing a coal rush carried out by big corporations and championed by India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who plans to increase coal mine production to one billion tonnes a year. To access this coal, vast areas of tribal forests are being sold off without tribal consent. Adivasis are resisting this violent land theft, but they need your support.
Across central India, Adivasis have launched peaceful protests, legal challenges and blockades. For their resistance, they have been arrested, beaten and even murdered. But community members feel that they have no choice but to fight — their lives and livelihoods depend on it.
They’re risking their lives to keep the forests standing and the coal in the ground — and they need your help.
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With your donations we promise to continue campaigning for Adivasi land rights, investigating and confronting atrocities, supporting legal efforts, and bringing the world’s attention to the annihilation of tribal peoples.
Your support makes a huge difference. Will you stand with Adivasis and tribal peoples around the world?
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Thank you,
Jo Woodman
Survival International
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P.S. Unlike many NGOs, we reject government funding so our integrity is never compromised. We rely entirely on your donations to keep fighting for tribal peoples worldwide. Please donate today. Without you, there can be no Survival.
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