Dom Phillips Institute
The Institute was created to empower indigenous youth in the Amazon, echoing their knowledge and promoting educational processes that expand their autonomy and leadership in the fight for their rights, territories, cultures, and ways of life.
The legacy
that pulsates
right now
Our commitment is to promote educational processes with indigenous youth to empower and amplify their collective agendas and struggles, through an education that fosters a connection between modern and traditional knowledge, and ensures that the wisdom of the original peoples is the guide that orients the process.
Our projects
The educational projects developed by the Dom Phillips Institute, aimed at strengthening indigenous youth in the fight for their rights and territories, are grouped under the "Amazônia Sua Linda" Program, named in honor of Dom Phillips, who used the expression in his last social media post.
Who was Dom Phillips?
Sun
Born in England and enchanted by Brazil, the journalist began his career covering the music scene and had it violently interrupted in his favorite setting, the Amazon, denouncing the environmental crimes that occurred in the territory.
Photo: ©Bonnie Jo Mount
Passion
His desire was to learn more and more about the sociobiodiversity of the forest and understand the conflicts, care and cultures that surround it. To do this, he talked to all kinds of people. He believed that the Amazonian peoples have valuable knowledge of preservation and the capacity for collective coexistence in symbiosis with nature.
Photo: ©Paulo Santos
Action
On his last trips, he dedicated himself to developing the unfinished book “How to save the Amazon, ask the people who know”, which led him to the Javari Valley, a territory with the largest number of isolated indigenous people in the world, together with the indigenous rights activist Bruno Pereira, where they were murdered.
Photo: ©João Laete
Our partners
Invest in the future.
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the Forest
Be a part of expanding the Amazon protection network. Through your collaboration, we will be able to continue strengthening its young leaders!
Whether you are an individual or a company, located in Brazil or abroad, your support drives education and the preservation of life!
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