Agami Seeds

Fundraising for Social, Cultural, and Environmental Regeneration Projects in Underserved Comunities.

WHAT IS AGAMI SEEDS OF LIGHT?

Agami Seeds of Light is the not for
profit, fundraising and community-building branch of Agami Records. We work with artists and philanthropists to create music, art, events, fundraisings and collaborations dedicated to supporting grassroots social and environmental initiatives. Each “SEED” is a life-long campaign and growing community dedicated to a specific theme.

WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACHIEVE?

The vision of Agami Seeds of Light is to launch 6 SEED campaigns that all together work as a holistic organism to create positive, regenerative, social and environmental impact in the world. Currently, we launched SEEDS 1 (in 2021), 2 (in 2022), 3 (in 2023).

SEED1

We started our regenerative impact-driven work in 2021 with SEED1 campaign dedicated to planting trees, reforestation, conservation, and regeneration of land. Currently, we are planting Agroforestry systems with the
Kalunga people of central Brazil and the Indigenous Mbya Guarani families of Itaty village in Morro dos Cavalos, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

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Campaign is dedicated to children and education. Children are our future. We believe that by working together with kids, youth and adults, and re-exploring what is considered” important and wholesome education”, it will be easier to put into action the knowledge, wisdom and change that is so deeply needed for the health of our future generations.

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SEED3

January 2023 we launched SEED3 campaign, dedicated to Water & Animals.

For the whole of 2023 we are focusing to connect with, support and learn from people and organisations who are doing great work in the field of;

Water conservation, clean-up projects;
Clean water and sustainable water treatment;
Animal Rights and animal protection project;
Projects which aims to improve the quality of life of animals;
Exploring and learning about “Water” & “Animals” on all level.

Currently we are working with ORB creative lab in Lisbon to support the mission and work of Intertidal Association in Melides, Portugal;

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WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR?

Since our launch in September 2020;

We helped Tatandy indigenous Maya Guarani village in rebuilding their houses and farms after being devastated by the rains and floods in November 2022;

We launched a community initiative in Florianopolis to deliver needed food supplies to Morro dos Cavalos indigenous territory on a weekly basis;

We planted 1000 square meters of Agroforestry in a Kalunga Quilombola community in Chapada dos Veadeiros, Brazil;

We help to plant an agroforestry system in Itaty Myba Guarani village in Morro dos Cavalos, Santa Catarina, Brazil;

We organized a “Rhythm Workshop in GAAN orphanage with a music therapist. (We would like to keep doing this work but need investment);

We organized 5 painting, (art therapy), events with the kids of GAAN orphanage;

We hosted a “circus games” workshops for the children of Tatandy Mbya Guarani village.

We are buying 4 weekly organic vegetable baskets from Nhembarete Tenonde Rã, Mbya Guarani family farm project. These basket go to the kids and indigenous school of Italy and Tatendy villages in Morro dos Cavalos. (This project is currently paused due to lack of funds and structure);

In 2021 we sent 800 euros to help with the irrigation system of Shukuvena Yawanawa village in Acre, Brazil;

100% of all royalties of music made with indigenous artists goes to them;

2022 we sent €500 donation to GAAN orphanage;

In 2023 we found a sponsor who donated 10,000Rs to GAAN orphange;

We raised 52,000Rs for the Mbya Guarani Football League championship final prizes. (1st, 2nd and 3rd place prize for the mens teams and 1st, 2nd, 3rd place prize for the womens teams). With this sponsorship, the league doesn’t need to charge a subscription fee for the championship so more indigenous villages will be able to participate;

We donated gardening tools and plants to Itaty village;

We sent 1000Rs to Projeto Mukaya, a Huni Kuin indigenous music project led by Txana Muru;

We donated a guitar to young indigenous artists Kuaray Mirim, (Mbya Garani) and to Josimar (Krahô). We donated a guitar and 2 djembes to Shukuvena Yawanawa village and all the missing instruments, (Guitar, Drum and Violin), to Morro dos Cavalos “Tape Mirim Choir” to support their traditional choir and musical tradition;

We helped 50+ people from Morro dos Cavalos with food donations during their visit to “Acampamento Terra Livre, March 2023”;

We ran a few different fundraising campaigns for different indigenous elders, communities and NGO’s;

MEET THE COMMUNITIES

Mbya Guarani Indigenous Territory “Morro dos Cavalos”, in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

“Grupo Assistencial Alvorada Nova” orphanage in São Paulo, Brazil.

Kalunga family in Vão de Alma, Brazil Chapada dos Veadeiros.

Mbya Guarani Indigenous Territory “Morro dos Cavalos”, in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

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Aldeia Morro dos Cavalos, just outside of Florianopolis in Santa Catarina, Brazil, is an indigenous Mbya Guarani territory with 3 villages, Tekoa Tataendy Rupa, Tekoa Yakã Porã and Tekoa Itaty. Itaty has the largest school that attends children, (90+), from both Itaty and Tantandy Rupa. Tekoa Yakay Porã is a much smaller village and is a little bit further away from the other two. Ever since our first visit in 2021, we have been focusing most of our attention in Italy village and school. All work, projects and collaborations in Itaty village have been carried through with communication and authorization from cacique, (village leader), Teofilo.

In 2022 we connected with Rayanna from Tatandy Rupa and started helping her village as they were in a state of emergency after heavy rains destroyed many houses and family farms. Luckily all the houses have been rebuilt and some of the vegetable gardens have been replanted. This is where we have been buying organic greens from and donating them the children of Itaty school.

“Grupo Assistencial Alvorada Nova” orphanage in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Grupo Assistencial Alvorada Nova is a shelter for children (from 0 to 17 years old) in a state of extreme social vulnerability who were referred by the Childhood Court. Located in São Paulo, Brazil, and founded 26 years ago, it does not receive any assistance from the government and is maintained through donations and charitable events only.

All the children receive psychological counselling, go to school, take vocational courses and live in the shelter until their future is addressed. It is volunteer work of a lot of dedication and love. However, to keep the house functioning with the pandemic being unable to hold the events that were the biggest source of income, for the first time, the Abrigo is threatened to close. We count on everyone’s help to maintain this mission.

Founded by Sueli Gracia voluntarily and who already passed away 2 years ago. Current Director Dalva Maion is also a volunteer. Public institutions oblige, in order to have the operating license, to hire some employees for specific services. This is also supported financially by donations.

Kalunga family in Vão de Alma, Brazil Chapada dos Veadeiros.

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In the northeast of Goiás, in the municipality of Cavalcante, in an area of more than 230 thousand hectares, live the Kalunga, the largest community of quilombo remnants in Brazil. About 300 isolated years, there are five nuclei, housing about fifty groups of family base: Vão de Almas, Vão do Moleque, Ribeirão dos Bois, Contenda and Kalunga.

The Kalungas, people of African descendecne, for generations have been hiding not knowing slavery had been abolished until roughly 80 years ago. Their families and children live in very underprivileged conditions. Many Kalungas are abandoning their lands to find work. We want to invest energy into them and their lands to help strengthen their community, economy and ecology. They have been organic farmers for many generations and we want to help them maintain this tradition.

Like all Agami Agami Seeds of Light Projects, we want to plant seeds of light to create a better world and better conditions for their future generations. Currently we are doing this through agroforestry.

For donations over €1,000 please send an email or a whatsapp to;

Cristoforo Gaetani cg.agami@gmail.com
+447802421607

SEED1 BUNDLE

Another way you can support is by downloading our SEED1 Music bundle. An eclectic sound journey of many different artists from around the world, all dedciating their music to “Planting Trees”. 100% all royalties and donations go to support the SEED1 campaign and communities.

“Thank you for being part of this and helping to transform the world”.

This campaign uses Welight solutions to raise funds. An organization that goes beyond technology to accelerate the transformations needed for a more just and sustainable future.