Projects Organized with Indigenous Chocolate

Piaroa Partnership Platform (PPP)

The Piaroa Partnership Platform (PPP) also known as the Piaroa Protectorate Partnership (PPP) is the keystone representative of our international cooperation and development projects which provides the public, non-profits, partners and investors with accountability and transparency as a decentralized presentation of the indigenous Piaroa members inscribed in our program. 

The PPP is represented by three indigenous trustees selected by their members who are recognized as ambassadors, executive officers and are active members of Globcal International.

The PPP is made up of several indigenous organizations with agricultural providers working together as 35 individuals representing more than 500 family members living in 13 villages over an area of 5,000 square kilometers which is further defined as the Piaroa Protectorate Territory. All of the program and project initiatives presented here are developed targeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030.

Piaroa Society is Peaceful and Amenable to Cooperation

The indigenous Piaroa know the importance of nature and the environment. They have been struggling to hold onto their native territories ever since they were invaded by the Spanish speaking Venezuelans over 100 years ago, in our case with peace and making many concessions to the new settlers. Today the Piaroa still retain 90% of the native territory which has been inhabited by them for more than 3,000 years.

In 2015 members of the Piaroa of Catañiapo, Cuao and the Paraguaza associated with Globcal International which promotes programs and projects with the United Nations SDGs, in 2019 Globcal commissioned and designated two Piaroa ambassadors to work as representatives to provide educational workshops and programs in communities that depend on agricultural sustenance and production to promote the ideals of sustainability to better understand the provisioning of ecosystem services and agroforestry development. 

“The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)s, otherwise known as the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.” 

Agroforestry in 2012

In 2012 the Piaroa began learning about agroforestry in the community of Gavilan, Venezuela under a GEF Small Grant provided through Probiodiversa. The project lasted for 3 years. 

Ecosystem Services in 2020

Today since the political corruption and abandonment for the region the Piaroa inhabit, most Piaroa live in what most people would refer to as abject poverty, living on subsistence agriculture. To see lasting results from NGO or international cooperation programs the Piaroa need sustainable development programs that have long-term implications with durable results and are proven sustainable over a period of at least 5-7 years to become embedded in the society, to achieve this it takes good programs with commitment, staff and budgeted funding.

Currently through Globcal International and Ecology Crossroads we are seeking $450,000 in donations, grants and sponsorship through developing partnerships involving international cooperation with embassies, universities, and other organizations to successfully implement provisioning ecosystem services and protect an area of 5,000 square kilometers through a number of small programs being developed for the Piaroa Partnership Platform. The funds will be used for equipment, agricultural tools, building community centers, installing bath houses and solar powered wells with water towers in 13 villages. 

Piaroa Ambassadors

In September of 2019 the Piaroa of Catañiapo and the Upper Paraguaza officially appointed two of their most educated young leaders to make them talismen to represent our common interests through Globcal International as official ambassadors and project commissioners, the organization is connecting them through public diplomacy training and the ability to implement programs through the United Nations and the SDGs.