Support Indigenous-Led Conservation, Culture, and Healing in the Colombian Amazon

OIOC is an Indigenous-led organization rooted in the Kamëntsá territory of the Sibundoy Valley, protecting one of the world’s most sacred biological and cultural ecosystems—where ancestral plant knowledge, language, and forest guardianship have thrived for thousands of years.

As a GlobalGiving-vetted organization led by Taita Juan Bautista Agreda, Chief Authority of the Kamëntsá people for 2026, OIOC ensures full transparency and community accountability.

Your contribution directly strengthens this living legacy by supporting Indigenous-led conservation, language revitalization, and cultural resilience.

What Your Support Makes Possible

For years, OIOC has worked hand-in-hand with Kamëntsá families, elders, teachers, and youth to protect their ancestral home and ensure that their cultural memory is not lost. Thanks to supporters like you, we have:

🌱 Replanted native and endangered Amazonian species in community-identified areas, restoring riversides, forest corridors, and medicinal gardens.

👧🏽 Launched the Kamëntsá Language Revitalization Program, now serving over 150 learners with teachers, interactive curricula, and community-based language circles.

👵🏽 Supported Indigenous women through the Hummingbird Campaign, strengthening leadership, economic sovereignty, and community wellbeing.

🌳 Created the Botanical Garden and Seed Conservation Initiative, preserving ancestral plant medicine and knowledge for future generations.

🔥 Protected Yagé wisdom, ensuring that the traditional science of this sacred plant continues ethically, safely, and within its cultural lineage.

🎓 Built Indigenous-led educational programs, including the Plant Medicine Science Program connecting universities and researchers with ancestral knowledge in a reciprocal, respectful model.

Transparency & Accountability

All donations are processed through our fiscal sponsors in the UK (Drug Science) and CSN (Circle of Sacred Nature) in the US, ensuring compliance, transparency, and international tax-deductibility where applicable.

OIOC provides impact reports every 3 months, so you can see the tangible results of your support — from community initiatives and language revitalization to conservation and global partnerships.

👉 Explore more: OIOC Impact

Be Part of a Needed Change

This program is unlike any other:

A ceremony of science and spirit, where researchers and Indigenous leaders walk side by side

A path of reciprocity, with every step strengthening community, language, and forest.

A seed of transformation, showing how Indigenous and Western knowledge can walk together in balance.

OUR PARTNERS

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Support the Living Heritage of the Kamentsa People

Your Support Sustains Ancestral Wisdom, Amazon Conservation, and Sacred Medicine

Donation Information

OIOC (Organization for Indigenous Outreach and Conservation) is a registered nonprofit organization in Colombia (NIT 901449600-1). Contributions made directly to OIOC are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

We are also proudly sponsored by our sister organization, Circle of Sacred Nature, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the United States (EIN available upon request). Donations made through Circle of Sacred Nature are tax-deductible for U.S. donors under IRS regulations.

We recommend consulting your tax advisor for specific guidance regarding the deductibility of your contribution.

Donation receipts are available upon request.

All donors are automatically subscribed to our monthly newsletter, which includes impact updates, annual reports, and detailed fund allocations—so you can see exactly how your support is making a difference.

OIOC’s Reciprocity Efforts

Amazon Conservation

Restoring native biodiversity and empowering 669 Kamëntsá families with resources to sustain their ancestral biocultural practices.

Kamëntsá Knowledge Revitalization

Supporting Indigenous resilience through language revitalization programs, rebuilding homes for families in need, providing essential resources for community well-being, and creating artisan support networks through sustainable sales channels.

Supporting Ethical Research Practices

Partnering with the Western Science industry to ensure benefit-sharing agreements, educational programs, and funding for Kamëntsá-led initiatives.

Shanayoy Center

Why Reciprocity Matters in Plant Medicine Work

A Shared Responsibility

Modern psychedelic research owes its foundation to the Indigenous communities who have safeguarded plant medicine traditions. True progress demands equitable partnerships that respect and uplift these communities.

By supporting the Kamëntsá, we preserve their cultural heritage and enhance the collective understanding of holistic healing.

The Challenges We Address |
OIOC Amazon Conservation

At OIOC, we recognize that Indigenous communities — the original stewards of the Amazon — face profound and interconnected challenges:

Loss of Land and Culture

Sacred territories and biodiversity disrupted by colonization and deforestation
OIOC restores native lands, protects sacred plants, and revitalizes ancestral knowledge

Exploitation of Indigenous Knowledge

Sacred plant wisdom isolated and commercialized in modern research
OIOC safeguards cultural integrity through Indigenous-led education and ceremonial preservation

Poverty and Marginalization

Indigenous communities are excluded from financial and social benefits of their own knowledge
OIOC provides home rebuilding, basic needs support, artisan empowerment, and funds community resilience through healing retreats

Impact Report

Join Us in Honoring the Guardians of the Amazon Ancestral Knowledge

Partner with OIOC to create ethical collaborations between science and Indigenous wisdom.
Contribute to projects that restore ecosystems and cultural heritage, ensuring a thriving future for the Kamëntsá people.