Dania Davy is fundraising
Help Solidarity Yaad Secure a Home Base by September 30!
Solidarity Yaad International centers healing justice, food security, climate resilience, and economic advancement through an intentional learning community focused on the transition to regenerative technologies in rural Jamaica. Since 2016, we have been uplifting BIPOC women, LBQT and gender-expansive folx utilizing indigenous, somatic, and land-based practices.
In the past 4 years, we have had a revolutionary impact on our community!
Now we need your help to secure a home base!
HOME BASE CAMPAIGN: After acquiring our current farm in 2021, pandemic-related costs and Hurricane Beryl’s destruction of our temporary structures makes this permanent base more crucial than ever.
- We’re securing a permanent, sustainable home base for our work in Jamaica.
- We’re under contract to purchase property next door with infrastructure.
- With $88,000 already raised, we need $190,000 more by September 30 to make this a reality.
Your support will have a significant impact!
Acquiring this climate-adaptive base will allow us to address gender, climate, and economic challenges more effectively. Our new home base will enhance our farming operations by providing the infrastructure needed to manage the production processes for this mature tropical food forest. This is critical at this pivotal time. We will create fair-wage jobs for women and LBQT Jamaicans and promote innovative healing practices. Your investment will drive lasting change and support a more sustainable future for everyone.
Your tax-deductible donation will be made through the generous support of our fiscal sponsor, Earthlodge Center for Transformation, a US-based 501(c)(3).
OUR IMPACT SINCE 2020:
FOOD SECURITY: 13% of Jamaicans are food insecure. This percentage reflects the challenges faced by many in accessing sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. Organic food is scarce and costly, while farmers' low income hinders food security.
We’ve fed over 400 vulnerable families and individuals with free or low-cost, chemical-free food and herbal medicines, and provided financial security for 10 staff members through our 12-acre certified organic farm.
HEALING JUSTICE: Our communities live with the realities of pervasive verbal, mental & physical violence. Trauma from gender-based violence goes unaddressed for at least 70% of our communities. We’ve shared mental health and wellbeing practices with over 500 BIPOC LBQT people across the gender spectrum.
CLIMATE RESILIENCE: Unregulated widespread use of chemicals in agriculture is linked to public health dangers. Extractive mono-cropping by farmers results in land, human, and food poisoning, extreme drought, flood, fire, and food desert conditions.
We’ve trained over 40 community members in sustainable practices, indigenous land skills, permaculture, solar power, and soil fertilization. We’ve also installed alternative power sources for water, electricity, and refrigeration, planted over 50 fruit trees, and sequestered carbon in our tropical rain forest.
ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT: 6% of our population is unemployed. Limited resources and education are systemic barriers that result in unskilled labour and homelessness. Women and LBQT people are most vulnerable.
We’ve funded trainings and apprenticeships for our team and over 40 individuals. We’ve transitioned our volunteer team to fair wage paid positions and are implementing cooperation, mutual support, and collective ownership practices.
With your support, we can make a lasting difference. Join us in creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all.
1 supporter
guidestar.org/profile/82-2538346
charitynavigator.org/ein/822538346