By Maggie McDow | Strategic Partnerships Manager
In 2020 Health In Harmony reacted nimbly and transitioned to a natural emergency response mode. As detailed in this report, the value and adoption of a planetary health approach to a multiplex of ongoing crises - from poverty to gender equity to deforestation to endangered species - is urgent. We demand a new path forward- one that moves beyond short-term siloed approaches to managing climate and nature shocks. This response rests on the pathfinding leadership of the people who know best how to live in balance with nature -- rainforest communities.
In spite of the challenges surrounding Covid-19, we began work at a new program site in the Brazilian Amazon. Because of the dire healthcare needs there, we immediately activated emergency response to Covid-19 in order to protect 8.5 million hectares of high-value rainforest. Health In Harmony’s ability to sustain and expand programming during a global pandemic is the result of community-designed and -led solutions, implemented by 100% in-country, local staff. This past year also prepared us to advocate for the adoption of a planetary health approach in the United States and globally, to avoid the next pandemic. This would not have been possible without your committed support.
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