That's how many families gained legal rights to land this year through Landesa's partnerships. You can read about seven of those lives changed in our new annual report.
Highlights of what our staff is thankful for:
PHOTO CREDIT: ADAM SCHULTZ / CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tim Hanstad, President and CEO of Landesa, report progress on Landesa's Commitment to Action, Creating Opportunities for Girls Through Land Rights, at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting.
"I'm thankful that the issue of land rights is gaining attention at the highest levels of the global development community."
Tim Hanstad
"Under a new policy announced at the third plenum earlier this month, China's farmers will be allowed to sell or mortgage their homes and the land beneath them and pass on land-use rights to their children. The reforms have the potential to close the ever-widening gap between China's rich cities and poor rural areas. I couldn't be happier."
Li Ping
Land Tenure Expert & Senior Attorney
"My time spent with the tribal women in the hills of Malkangiri. Here, Landesa's intervention has not only secured the land rights of poor tribals, but has opened ways for women to access the sort of government services most people take for granted."
Pranati Das
Communications Manager, Odisha
PHOTO CREDIT: DEBORAH ESPINOSA
Nareiyo, one of the first women elders in Kenya.
"When we learned that the community of Ol Pusimoru, Kenya decided to hold a new round of elections for the position of tribal elder and include women as candidates, I was so inspired."
Margaret McClung
Program Business Manger
"We have scaled our Girls Project from 8,000 girls to include 38,000 girls in 1,000 poor villages in West Bengal. We are making an impact on so many lives."
Pinaki Halder
State Director, West Bengal
"We were ranked the number one human rights non-profit in the world."
Lincoln Miller
Senior Director of Program Management
