Our Partners

Implementation Partners Panama

• Fundacion Brigadas Globales de Panama
• Fundacion Brigadas Globales de Panama is the official implementation partner to the Global Brigades International affiliates, coordinating the logistics of all volunteer activities. Brigadas Globales hires local staff and houses international interns to coordinate brigades, but also to perpetuate projects between them. There is a full-time community director that tracks the metrics of each of the programs and monitors the long-run relationship with the community.

• Planting Empowerment
• Planting Empowerment (PE) is a socially-conscious, environmentally responsible sustainable forestry business.  Founded by Peace Corps volunteers, PE is dedicated to reducing deforestation by addressing its root cause: rural poverty.  Through an original land-leasing model, PE creates economic incentive to conserve Panama's endangered rainforest and demonstrates that it is possible to profit from conservation.  The PE plantation is located in the Darien Province, and partners with local subsistence farmers and indigenous communities.

See GEB Mentioned In PE Spring 2009 Newsletter!

• Earth Train
• Earth Train is an International Program dedicated to training and unifying the development leaders of the future. Located at the narrowest point of the western hemisphere, Earth Train's 4,000 acre Upland Rainforest Campus sets the stage for a unique focus on sustainable development.
  
  Earth Train blends course work, home stays, and community specific field service to provide excellent coaching in a challenging multi-cultural environment. The Earth Train International Center draws students, aspiring professionals, educators, and prominent indigenous leaders into a learning community that promotes increased cross-cultural awareness and understanding of the challenges facing the developing world.