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	Jaime Peña Lopez, Leader, co-facilitator, translator and interpreter for the first workshop for The Asháninka Photography Project, is a bilingual Asháninka from a small community in the Rio Ene Valley. Jaime has traveled to Europe to meet with Indigenous Organizations and Advocates and to Brazil to meet with Asháninka, and the Asháninka filmmakers from Video Nas Aldeias. who have been using film and photography to "support their struggles in order to strengthen identities, and territorial and cultural heritage". Jaime is closely involved in local indigenous organizations, and heads capacity building projects in the Rio Ene Valley, he also works with SANCORE (Association of Asháninka Coffee producers) supported externally by EcoTriball.
	TSIMI - (Forest Santuary) The Asháninka Bioclimatic Association, an indigenous organization led by Javier Dril Bustamante, was established in March 2008 to protect the forests of three adjacent communities in the Rio Ene Valley: Cutivireni (which includes Pamaquiari); Parijaro (a waterfall community); and Camantavishi. Promoting avoided deforestation, Tsimi is implementing sustainable rainforest management and community development. A team of Ashaninka, funded by Tsimi and Cool Earth, is presently using GPS coordinates to mark the trees along the Cutivireni border with paint. The boundary is otherwise invisible and unknown.
	Angela Cumberbirch, Founder and co-facilitator of The Asháninka Photography Project is a New York based photographer. She first visited the Asháninka of the Rio Ene in 1998, to document, the effects of the "internal armed conflict" in Peru on the Asháninka society, and projects that the Rainforest Foundation UK were supporting with a local NGO ACPC. She has returned numerous times. Her photographs have served to support projects of assistance, and raise awareness internationally. In 2003 she developed a cultural exchange program funded by Ringing Rocks, for a few Asháninka from the Rio Ene in Peru to visit the with the Asháninka of the Rio Amonio in Brazil, and the Asháninka filmmakers and teachers from Videos Nas Aldeias.
	Ecotribal's aim is to encourage sustainable development among remote communities experiencing rapid social change and new environmental constraints ... to collaborate with indigenous peoples in a way that provides them with an income from sustainable products that support their culture and autonomy as well as territorial and environmental integrity. Ecotribal was established in 2004 after a long period of gestation, including 28 years travelling and working in South America, accumulating experience in anthropology, sustainable development, teaching, tourism and journalism. This work has led to strong direct links to rainforest communities, particularly in the Peruvian Amazon.
	Central Asháninka del Rio Ene CARE A local Indigenous Organization for the Rio Ene Valley Asháninka.
	First Peoples World Wide was founded by Rebecca Adamson in 1997. First Peoples Worldwide is one of the only international organizations led by Indigenous Peoples and dedicated to the mission of promoting Indigenous economic determination and strengthening Indigenous communities through asset control and the dissemination of knowledge.
	Since 1976, Tides Foundation has provided professional and innovative services to individuals and institutions committed to accelerating positive social change through philanthropy. Tides Foundation offers donor advised funds and other grant making vehicles as well as professional philanthropic advice, institutional regranting services, comprehensive grants management and more.
	Creative Visons Foundation
	Kodak donated the film for the first workshop for the photography project.
	Microsoft donated the captioning software for the first workshop for the photography project.
	Brunton helped towards the purchase of solar panels for the first workshop for the photography project.