Past Projects

2002 - Bolivia, land and dignity for peasants

Since the early 80s, Frères des Hommes and its partner, the Peasant Corporation of Farmers and Stock Breeders (CORACA-PROTAL), have been helping with the reconstruction of peasant communities in the Bolivian heartland. Through the 80s, thousands of Bolivian peasants fell victim to poverty due to the lack of farmable land, the privatization and modernization of mines and the drop in prices of farm produce. Trapped by this poverty, they believed their only choice was exile to the shanty (...)

2007 – Indonesia review of the actions undertaken with farmers menées avec les paysans

2007 – Indonesia review of the actions undertaken with farmers menées avec les paysans Indonesia, a vast archipelago of Southeast Asia, benefits from extensive natural resources. Nevertheless, economic choices over the last two centuries have not benefited the majority of the population . This is why Frères des Hommes is committed to protecting the poor and defending peasant agriculture. Indonesia, with its 6 000 inhabited islands and 235 million inhabitants, is an immense country still young. Controlled by the Dutch colonialists until its independence in 1945, the country (...)