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Funded Projects

A huge part of our mission here at Start the Wave is to FUND ACTION. We do this by redistributing money to projects that have a clear vision of creating a better world through well thought out action. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are able to financially support grassroots initiatives around the world that are focused on creating positive and impactful change. See the beautiful initiatives we have been able to fund on the page below.

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Wuru Taino Tekiro’uo’s Taino Language & Culture Revitalization and Preservation
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The Firefly Refuge
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Queer Disability Aid
Funded Project
Mujeres del Sur
Funded Project
Minds Sporting as a Tool for Inclusion
Funded Project
Grief Jam
Funded Project
Espace Arsenic
Funded Project
Exist 2 Resist- Returning to Mother Earth
Funded Project
Kivu Art Therapy
Funded Project
Water Protection Youth Network of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Funded Project
Nyota
Funded Project
VOLVER A LA TIERRA TOUR / Back To Earth Journey (Previously funded 2020)
Funded Project
STONO (Previously funded 2022)
Funded Project
Creating Freedom Movements
Funded Project
8 Wheels: The Great Equalizer
Funded Project
Science is a Drag (Previously funded 2022)
Funded Project
The Food Clinic
Funded Project
Queer Trans Project
Funded Project
SPOT – Supportive Parents of TransKids
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Street Relief Program
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STONO
Funded Project
Science is a Drag
Funded Project
La Primera Clinica Gratuita Para Niños Con Discapacidad
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Miracles are Possible
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Komunal Market
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ADHD Babes
Funded Project
Green Valley Project
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Ancestors Dream
Funded Project
Arts Initiative for Refugees (A.I.R.)
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Corporación Otra Escuela [Organization: A Different School]
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Balistikal
Funded Project
Birth CoMadres Doula Collective
Funded Project
Black Ancestral Reconnection Project
Funded Project
BlkArthouse
Funded Project
Exist 2 Resist – Returning to the Heart of the Earth
Funded Project
Intentional, Intersectional, Intergenerational PLAY
Funded Project
Medicine Wheels
Funded Project
South Asian Healing Network (SAH)
Funded Project
T4T Caregiving
Funded Project
Tekoporã
Funded Project
TERRA BOMBA
Funded Project
Ubuntu Social
Funded Project
Archive in the Trees
Funded Project
Divergent Dance
Funded Project
Drag King Bilingual Story Time
Funded Project
Greenburgh Community Garden
Funded Project
Homeless Care Packages
Funded Project
Kintsugi
Funded Project
Let’s Go Green Together (Butterfly Class)
Funded Project
Mango Class (Anti-Bias Curriculum)
Funded Project
Ormond Beach Shorebird Recovery Program
Funded Project
Piedmont Farms Animal Refuge
Funded Project
Projeto Q – Advocacia Especializada
Funded Project
The Waves Chile
Funded Project
Trousers For Trans
Funded Project
Winter Care Packages
Funded Project
Allinllam Medical Center
Funded Project
Back to Earth
Funded Project
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The Food Clinic

Lagos, Nigeria Turtle Island

Remedy Studios is a young media production social enterprise founded by medical doctor and filmmaker Yemisi Bokinni. We are dedicated to creating life science entertainment that reaches and reflects diverse audiences. We are founded on the core objective of making meaningful progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and 13 (Climate Action) among our target audiences of communities of colour.

  2022
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Miracles are Possible

Ontario, Canada Turtle Island

Our vision is to support individuals who have been in catastrophic level car accidents with a healing and regenerative process whereby through a series of mental strength pillars they will remember that “Miracles are Possible!”. This process is backed by the core of:

– Self Inquiry
– Belief
– Action

Along the way participants will be supported by gaining access to insights about healing foods, breath work and movement techniques.

  2022
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Komunal Market

Philippines Austronesians

Komunal Market is an alternative market which directly sources its products from peasant farmers. We procure the produce at a rate higher that the usual farmgate so that the farmers can earn more. Compared to the prevailing system of land and market monopoly here in the Philippines where food producers merely receive scraps for the produce they worked hard to harvest. Usually, traders and landlords buy their products at a rate so low that it sometimes leaves them in debt after accounting all the expenses they shelled out.

Moreover, Komunal Market is also an agrarian reform advocate fighting for free land distribution to our farmers. We believe that national food security can be achieved once farmlands have been reclaimed from its landlords and distributed to its actual tillers. We can then produce food, not geared for export, but for national consumption.

  2020
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Greenburgh Community Garden

New York, United States Munsee Lenape And Wappinger Land

The Greenburgh Community Garden in Yonkers, will provide an experiential learning space for students to learn about gardening and the benefits of eating healthy, local foods. Funds will go towards materials for raised beds, fencing, seeds and plants, and a compost bin.

  2020
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Ormond Beach Shorebird Recovery Program

California, United States Chumash And Micqanaqa’n Land

The Ormond Beach Shorebird Recovery Program is a project of the Ventura Audobon Society aimed at protecting Endangered and Threateneds Shorebird species. This funding will help the project build new protective fencing around critical nesting habitats at Ormond Beach.

  2020
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Piedmont Farms Animal Refuge

North Carolina, United States Iroquoian And Siouan Land

Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge provides lifelong care to rescued farm animals and promotes veganism by offering knowledge, support, and community. This grant will help the Refuge meet its goal of becoming a solar-powered sanctuary.

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