RAIZ IS A US BASED NON-PROFIT ENTITY CREATED TO SUPPORT WORK IN LATIN AMERICA ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING COST-EFFECTIVE, PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO ALLEVIATE HUMANITARIAN CRISES CAUSED BY NATURAL DISASTERS; SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SEEKING TO PROTECT AND RECLAIM ANCESTRAL TERRITORIES; PROVIDING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WITH EDUCATION RESPECTFUL OF NATIVE CULTURE; SUPPORTING CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS; REDUCING POVERTY IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.