Our

Reach and Impact

The Carlitos family takes their crops to market on Mount Namuli, Mozambique | Roshni Lodhia/Legado

Where

We Work

Legado works with Indigenous communities and partner organizations in Mozambique, Peru, Indonesia, and Kenya to collectively build Thriving Futures. As demand from groups from around the world continues to rise, we look forward to partnering with them to kick off Legacy Planning and build Thriving Futures.

Our

Reach

116

Thriving Futures
Communities

447,037

Hectares stewarded
using Thriving Futures

9

Partners Using the
Thriving Futures Model

4

Countries in Operation

8

Landscapes

The foothills of Mount Namuli, Mozambique | Legado

Our

Impact Areas

Through the Thriving Futures process, communities create impact across three areas¹:

Impact Area 1:

Multidimensional, Integrated, & Sustained Priorities

Impact Area 2:

Strong Communitieis

Impact Area 3:

Healthy and Thriving Environment

Our

Impact Areas

Through the Thriving Futures process, communities create impact across three areas:

Impact Area 1:

Multidimensional, Integrated, & Sustained Priorities

Impact Area 2:

Strong Communitieis

Impact Area 3:

Healthy and Thriving Environment

Sirei Lentukunye of Ngilai, Northern Kenya, is one of the many Samburu women working together to advance their Thriving Future | Roshni Lodhia/Legado

Multidimensional, Integrated, & Sustained Priorities

Community priorities developed through Thriving Futures directly drive local government planning, and participants feel that communities have a clear vision and pathway to implementation in the long term

Significant increases in community members’ clarity and drive to take positive action toward their own priorities in Ngilai, Kenya

91% of priorities drive local government or institutional planning

82% of Thriving Futures communities have received follow-up funding

Strong Communities

Marginalized or excluded groups are more involved in community planning and decision-making through inclusive, holistic Thriving Futures design, convenings, and programming

Participating community members feel 45% closer to local government in Ngilai, Kenya

Significant increases in community member attendance and active participation in local planning—including attendance and active participation of women

Significant increases in community members’ reported (a) trust within their conservancy, and (b) locally-defined inclusion of marginalized groups in community planning and decision-making in Ngilai, Kenya

Healthy & Thriving Environment

Locally relevant measures of ecological health and biodiversity conservation are regularly monitored using publicly available satellite imagery and local data platforms and expertise

Across sites, forest change is monitored using Global Forest Watch data and analysis tools over annual and 3-year periods; for example, a 3-year change detection analysis suggests approximately 94% of forest cover around Namuli, Mozambique, has been sustained in parallel to the Thriving Futures cycle

We use partner data platforms and consultation with local specialists; for example, in Saniriato, Peru, we use data available from the Peruvian National System of Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP) to assess local environmental indicators

Multidimensional, Integrated, & Sustained Priorities

Community priorities developed through Thriving Futures directly drive local government planning, and participants feel that communities have a clear vision and pathway to implementation in the long term

Significant increases in community members’ clarity and drive to take positive action toward their own priorities in Ngilai, Kenya

91% of priorities drive local government or institutional planning

82% of Thriving Futures communities have received follow-up funding

Strong Communities

Marginalized or excluded groups are more involved in community planning and decision-making through inclusive, holistic Thriving Futures design, convenings, and programming

Participating community members feel 45% closer to local government in Ngilai, Kenya

Significant increases in community member attendance and active participation in local planning—including attendance and active participation of women

Significant increases in community members’ reported (a) trust within their conservancy, and (b) locally-defined inclusion of marginalized groups in community planning and decision-making in Ngilai, Kenya

Healthy & Thriving Environment

Locally relevant measures of ecological health and biodiversity conservation are regularly monitored using publicly available satellite imagery and local data platforms and expertise

Across sites, forest change is monitored using Global Forest Watch data and analysis tools over annual and 3-year periods; for example, a 3-year change detection analysis suggests approximately 94% of forest cover around Namuli, Mozambique, has been sustained in parallel to the Thriving Futures cycle

We use partner data platforms and consultation with local specialists; for example, in Saniriato, Peru, we use data available from the Peruvian National System of Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP) to assess local environmental indicators

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1 Legado measures the impact of Thriving Futures through quantitative and qualitative evaluation in our program communities. In addition to collection of in-depth qualitative data collection, we survey community members who have participated in the process as well as those who haven’t to compare outcomes and measure the spread of impact. We complement this data with ongoing documentation of results (e.g. investment raised by communities for their priorities) and external data where suitable and available (e.g. forest cover). Unless otherwise stated, the data cited in this brief comes from survey efforts in Ngilai, Kenya conducted in February 2024 (n=441). Details regarding the methodological approach and analysis, along with more results, can be found in our Ngilai Hybrid Baseline-Midline Evaluation report.

WE MEASURE OUR

IMPACT AT THREE POINTS:

1-2 Months

Activation of Community Voices

I have shared my vision for tomorrow

2-6 Months

Legacy Plan Development

We are working together to put our plans into action

Ongoing

Legacy Plan Implementation and Resource Mobilization

We are making our plans a reality by taking collective action and unlocking critical support from the government and funders on our terms

Reach and Impact

We Work

Reach

116

447,037

9

4

8

Impact Areas

Impact Areas

Multidimensional, Integrated, & Sustained Priorities

Multidimensional, Integrated, & Sustained Priorities

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IMPACT AT THREE POINTS:

1-2 Months

2-6 Months

Ongoing

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