Community Contributions
Supporting allied Indigenous communities through direct, practical action across the Circum-Caribbean.
We work directly with allied Indigenous communities with whom we share kinship, cultural, and historical ties, to provide essential resources and direct assistance to families in need. This includes solar light kits for households without access to electricity, educational support and graduation assistance for children completing their schooling, emergency and medical assistance grants, funeral assistance for families facing loss, and art and cultural support grants.
Our approach is community led, transparent, and respectful. There are no intermediaries and no extraction.
What We Do
Our work focuses on practical, community identified needs and direct support at the household and local level.
We currently provide the following forms of support:
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Solar light kits for families without access to reliable electricity
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Educational support grants for school supplies, uniforms, and learning materials
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Graduation assistance grants to support children in completing their education with dignity
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Emergency assistance grants for urgent and unexpected needs
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Medical emergency support for families facing health crises
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Funeral assistance for families facing loss
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Art and cultural grants to support Indigenous creative work and cultural continuity
Support is provided based on need, community recommendation, and available resources.
How We Work
We work through relationships rather than institutions. Support is coordinated through trusted community members, families, and local leaders who help identify needs and guide distribution.
Assistance is delivered directly whenever possible and is documented openly to maintain transparency and accountability to both the communities we serve and the people who support this work.
Decisions about where and how support is provided are made with care, consent, and respect for community autonomy.
Why This Matters
Access to basic resources such as light, education, healthcare, and cultural expression directly affects safety, opportunity, and dignity.
Small, timely support can prevent a family from falling into crisis, allow a child to stay in school, help someone recover from illness, or allow cultural knowledge to continue through creative work.
We believe strong communities are built through mutual care, responsibility, and direct support rooted in respect.
Our Position and Independence
We are continuously involved in regional community support and Indigenous rights work across the Circum Caribbean. One of our current major projects is providing free solar light kits to Indigenous families without access to electricity in Guyana, Dominica, and Saint Vincent, with more than two hundred families supported so far.
We also support community safety by providing uniforms and equipment to Tribal Community Police Groups where requested, to help strengthen disciplined, accountable, and community rooted protection forces.
Our work is supported by progressive national governments and often opposed by repressive ones, particularly where Indigenous autonomy challenges centralized control. We do not operate as a conventional NGO. We do not extract value from communities, and we do not build institutional power on the suffering of Indigenous peoples.
Our words are backed by action. This work is carried through the Caribbean Amerindian Development Organization and the Indigenous Democracy Defence Organization, both of which we helped to create and grow.
Youth and Community Development
In addition to direct assistance, we support initiatives that strengthen community life and create opportunities for young people.
One example is our support of the Pakuri Territory Lokono Arawak girls football team. This support helps provide equipment, uniforms, and travel assistance so that young people can participate with confidence, build teamwork, and represent their community with pride.
Youth development is an important part of cultural continuity, leadership building, and community wellbeing.
Makushi Tribal Nation Recipients, Guyana
Household level distribution of solar light kits and direct assistance to Makushi families.
Lokono Arawak Tribal Nation Recipients, Guyana
Direct support and solar light kit distribution across Lokono Arawak households in Pakuri Territory.
Kalinago Tribal Nation Recipients, Dominica
Household level distribution and direct assistance to Kalinago families in Dominica.
Garifuna and Kalinago Tribal Nation Recipients, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Direct support and solar light kit distribution to Garifuna and Kalinago families across Saint Vincent.
Support Our Work
If our work in cultural preservation, Indigenous advocacy, and community support resonates with you, and you would like to support it, we are deeply grateful.
You are welcome to make a financial contribution via PayPal through our long-standing Taíno kin and ally based in the United States, who kindly assists us with processing donations.
Please send your PayPal donation to oirrc@uctp.org with the subject line “Eagle Clan donation”, and if you wish, let us know about your contribution by emailing us at eagleclanarawaks@gmail.com.
Thank you for your care, your trust, and your solidarity.
As a small gesture of thanks, friends who make a $10 contribution may receive a 6 × 4 inch Eagle Clan Lokono-Arawak flag sticker by mail, anywhere in the world.
If you would like to receive this thank-you gift, simply email us after your contribution and include your postal address so we can send it with gratitude.