Land Empowerment Animals People

FACILITATE COMMITTED AND OPEN PARTNERSHIPS AND PROJECTS THAT ENABLE HABITATS, SPECIES AND CULTURES TO THRIVE, AND TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES THAT PLACE EQUAL VALUE ON INCOME SECURITY, QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE HEALTH OF OUR SHARED ENVIRONMENT.

OUR MALAYSIAN GRAND DAUGHTER FOREVER SABAH (FS, FOREVERSABAH.ORG) 25 YEAR INITIATIVE OF A CIVIL SOCIETY SUPPORTING SABAH'S TRANSITION TO A DIVERSIFIED, EQUITABLE, LIVING ECONOMY IS THRIVING. PRIOR YEAR INCOME ($149,782) WAS FINALLY GRANTED SUPPORTING FS'S ITERATIVE SUCCESS TRAINING MODEL FOR RAPID "LESSONS LEARNED" WISDOM INCORPORATION. FRESH INCOME ($60,000) AND OLD WAS GRANTED ($70,788) FOR FS'S HUMAN ELEPHANT HARMONY (HEH, FOREVERSABAH.ORG/HUMAN-ELEPHANT-HARMONY) THAT HELPED HEH'S CITIZEN SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY ELEPHANT RANGER TEAMS SETTLE INTO TARGETED DATA COLLECTION THAT CONTINUES TO GROW HUMAN ACCEPTANCE AND EVEN APPRECIATION OF WILD ELEPHANT NEIGHBORS. NEW DONATIONS ($20,000) WENT TO FS'S FRESHWATER FOR FUTURE (FFF, FOREVERSABAH.ORG/FRESHWATER-FOR-FUTURE-FFF) AND OLD ($25,000) WENT TO FS'S RICE REVITALIZATION PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS ENERGIZED A WIDE DEMOGRAPHIC TO PRODUCE DIVERSE LEGACY HIGH-VALUE RICE FOR LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONSUMPTION IN A VERTICALLY INTEGRATED COLLECTIVE BUSINESS MODEL THAT BOTH HARVESTS AND GROWS LOCAL LIVELIHOODS. OUR OWN MITIGATION AND STRATEGIC INNOVATION SALARY ($38,112) AND ZOOM ($1,827) COSTS FOR FS PROGRAMS IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 FINALIZED OUR EXPENSES.

FOR 2021 WE WERE ABLE TO GRANT OUR MALAYSIAN DAUGHTER LEAP SPIRAL (LEAPSPIRAL.ORG) FUNDS FOR JUST TWO OF THEIR MANY BIOCULTURAL RESILIENCE PROGRAMS: A FRESH $25,000 EACH FOR PANGOLIN RESCUE REHABILITATION & RELEASE (P3R, LEAPSPIRAL.ORG/SUNDAPANGOLINS) AND LOWER KINABATANGAN & SEGAMA WETLANDS (LKSW, LEAPSPIRAL.ORG/LOWERKINABATANGANSEGAMAWETLANDSPROGRAMME). OUR STAFF COSTS ($26,818) HELPED PANGOLINS BECOME ALMOST MONTHLY FRONT PAGE NEWS AND BROUGHT THEM JUSTICE SYSTEM PROTECTIONS. TOGETHER WITH LKSW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FOREST, APE AND WATER ADVOCACY PROGRAMS, WE ENGAGED WIDE RANGING DEMOGRAPHICS ON THE ESSENTIAL VALUES OF BIODIVERSITY, CULTURAL PARTICIPITORY WISDOM, ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE, AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES.

WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GRANT ($66,501 EARNING A 1% FEE) LAST YEAR'S DONATIONS SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE KAMPONG CAMPUS FOR ECOLITERACY AND LEADERSHIP. THE OUTSIDE-IN CLASSROOM MODEL HAS BOTH RAISED AND DEEPENED LEARNING ON A PLANETARY SCALE WITH OUR STAFF'S AND OTHERS' NETWORKING AND FACILITATION OF HIGH PRODUCTION MEETING SPACE THAT HAS INVARIABLY BREED COLLABORATION AND PEER WISDOM HARVESTING AMONG YOUTH-MINDED NEXT-GEN LEADERS. NOW ALTERNATE MONTHLY MOUNTAINTOP VERTICAL LITERACY OR VALLEY HORIZONTAL LITERACY GATHERINGS ATTRACT SAGE WORLD ELDERS HELPING TO IGNITE THE PASSIONS AND WISDOMS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR HUMANITY TO THRIVE FORWARD. INDIVIDUAL EPIPHANIES BORN FROM SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT HAVE BEEN PLANET-FRIENDLY AND ARE HELPING INSTITUTIONALIZE LEAP'S PROVEN PLANETARY APPROACH TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. OUR DIRECT STAFFING COSTS HAVE SHRUNK ($7214) AS LOCALLY GROWN TALENT TAKES UP THE MANTLE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP.