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			<h1>Welcome to Village Earth!</h1>
<p>We are a growing network of organizations and people all working together to support marginalized communities to have greater control over the decisions and resources that shape their lives.</p>
<h3>How do we do this?</h3>
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<li style="text-align: left;" title="Peruvian Amazon Indigenous Support Network">By supporting grassroots organizations in places like <a style="text-align: right;" title="Empowering Youth Cambodia" href="http://villageearth.org/global-affiliates/empowering-youth-cambodia">Cambodia</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: right;">, <a title="Jenzera" href="http://villageearth.org/global-affiliates/jenzera">Colombia</a>, <a href="http://villageearth.org/global-affiliates/maloca">Ecuador</a></span><span style="text-align: right;">, </span><a style="text-align: right;" title="Sarada Group of Development Initiatives – India" href="http://villageearth.org/global-affiliates/sarada-group-india">India</a><span style="text-align: right;" title="Sarada Group of Development Initiatives – India">, <a title="Living Roots" href="http://villageearth.org/global-affiliates/living-roots">Mexico</a>, <a title="Peruvian Amazon Indigenous Support Network" href="http://villageearth.org/global-affiliates/peru-project">Peru</a>,the </span><a style="text-align: right;" title="Lakota Lands Recovery Project" href="http://villageearth.org/global-affiliates/pine-ridge-reservation">Pine Ridge Reservation</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: right;"> in South Dakota, and <a title="Village Care Initiatives – Sierra Leone" href="http://villageearth.org/global-affiliates/village-care-initiatives-sierra-leone">Sierra Leone</a>.<br />
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<li>By building international networks of allies and resources in support of marginalized communities.</li>
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