Humanity’s Global Weaving Project™ is a groundbreaking initiative of The Great Gathering™ Nonprofit, designed to bring together Indigenous wisdom keepers, cultural and community leaders, influencers and visionaries from around the world.
This project will impact the entire Mamo community which consists of Kogui, Arhuaco, Wiwa and Kankuamo communities. Approximately 70-100 thousand people are part of these indigenous traditional linages. Most of whom still live in traditional huts in remote villages throughout La Sierra Nevada, de Santa Marta mountain range.
At the age of 82, Ouma Katrina, a KhoiSan Elder, is determined to preserve, teach, and speak her ancestral language of NU. Her parents were Bushmen who raised her in the old ways in the KalahariDesert. She was raised with NU as a mother tongue and only learned Afrikaans later in life.
This project ensures the safety of ancient cultural artifacts and the people that care for, and use them. The sacred site/building that holds ceremonial significance for a nation of people is structurally compromised and must be rebuilt as soon as possible.
A young Indigenous man from Colombia has been traveling the world speaking about the stewardship of the earth. Sharing warnings of negative outcomes on earth if people do not change their ways. As a liaison to the world, as well as within his indigenous community,
In Colombia the indigenous still follow an ancient way of life and perform sacred ceremonies. We have traveled to Colombia 9 times in the past visiting the people of La Sierra to learn what their needs are and how we can support them.
TGG has been building a relationship with the KhoiSan people of South Africa. Learning a deeper understanding of who the KhoiSan are as a people and what their needs are.
TGG supported 3 Hopi with travel to the Society of American Archeology. This gathering allows for traditional people to meet and network with other tribes, groups
A representative of our nonprofit traveled to West Africa, Burkina Faso, to meet with the Dogon people. We began our journey in the Capital city of Ouagadougou and then traveled to the bush to meet with a community of the Dogon Indigenous people.
We support Elder gatherings and travel.
A gathering of Elders took place at an event in May of 2011 in two locations in the New York area. The Hopi were invited to this meeting and through your generous donations we were able to make arrangements for three Hopi to attend along with one helper.
