SIL International has been working in many countries around the world for more than 50 years to study, develop and document the world’s lesser-known languages. This work has not only contributed to national and international understanding of the richness of human languages, but has also served to contribute to the well-being of the peoples themselves. [...]
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Shao Foundation
The Shao Foundation is a not-for-profit dedicated to cultural production and social engineering. They curate exhibition, engage people in conversation, and make works accessible to the general public. If you are working on “an insanely great project” that you would like to promote through their efforts, please contact them. Shao Foundation Website: www.shaofoundation.org.cn Email: [...]
Couleurs de Chine
Couleurs de Chine has been arranging sponsorships for children of ethnic minorities, mainly girls, from the Great Miao Mountains (in the north of Guangxi province and south-east Guizhou). In July 2009, more than 5200 children (most are girls) have been able to start school or continue their studies thanks to the sponsors who have agreed [...]
Center For Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge
The mission of CBIK is to enable local groups to strengthen their evolving cultural traditions and generate innovative ways to improve their livelihoods and enhance biodiversity through interdisciplinary research, capacity building, and participatory approaches for nurturing intercultural dialogue among people of varying local and scientific cultures, languages and knowledge systems in Southwest China. Center [...]
Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center
Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center is a grassroots Chinese NGO helping communities protect their cultural heritage through civil society building, ethnic minority revitalization and media mobilization. Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center Website: http://en.bjchp.org/ Email: info@bjchp.org Address: Room 309, Building E, No.46, Fangjia Hutong, Andingmennei Dajie, Dongcheng District, Beijing, P.R. China 100007

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