Tchendukua’s general meeting, held on Thursday 5 June at the F3E’s offices in Paris, provided an opportunity to review the activities carried out in Colombia and France in 2024.

With 24 members of the association present (either in person or virtually), the key figures for the year were presented by Eric Julien, founder and director of Tchendukua:

• an additional 277 ha of land returned to the Wiwa people
• 4 conference-debates organised to highlight the cross-disciplinary assessment along the Rhône
• 1 documentary film directed by Alexandre Bouchet, ‘Kogis, Together to Heal the Earth’ (co-produced by Ushuaïa TV; CNC; private foundations / 70 mins)
• 9 short videos produced by Ezel Vidéo Prod
• Over 500 young secondary school pupils raised awareness of alternative worldviews and the role of indigenous peoples in nature conservation 
• 4 operational staff members in France and 6 in Colombia
• 11 board members in France and 5 in Colombia
• 20 volunteers in Switzerland and across Europe
• 1,185 contributing members,
• 1,701 supporting members

Read the full 2024 annual report

We would like to thank our members and donors, without whom none of our activities would have been possible.

At the AGM, we welcomed two new members to the board of directors: Géraldine Louis and Maurice Bernard. Géraldine first learnt about the Kogi and Tchendukua peoples through the books and stories of Eric Julien. She has worked in the voluntary sector and has extensive experience in negotiating and facilitating partnerships between businesses and NGOs. Maurice, an engineer and economist, was regional director of the French Development Agency in Bogotá, where he discovered the Tchendukua and their projects.

We would like to welcome them to the team!

Read the minutes of the Annual General Meeting