We seek to improve the engagement and dialogue between the different Global South partners at the national and international level for the protection of biological and cultural diversity and to protect the integrity of our ecosystems.

We support community lead initiatives that enhance cultural and biological biodiversity through networking, information campaigns, green enterprise development, promotion of positive social change and voluntarism.

Sustainable Development is a two way process. In this regard, SHALIN Suomi ry is convinced on the need to focus our attention at developing innovative and empowering strategies with local communities whose livelihoods concerns are not well represented at various levels of dialogue either at the national or international level.

SHALIN ry has a keen interest in global development trends and specifically the interpretation of development concepts by vulnerable communities, to this end, we seek to network different groups or individuals who play a catalysts role in this area with a view of building a critical mass that translates those concerns into action and support positive inclusion. We also focus of highlighting the conceptual differences in the understanding of development and how different development paradigms contribute to the strengthening or to the weakening of counterpart cultures, societies or the global communities

Visit our sister community networking site Friends of Udongo where we compile information based on feedback from the field on the different aspects of our projects, global politics, and specific community driven initiatives that support their livelihoods, environmental governance, ecosystems regeneration and revamping of traditional livelihoods in the boosting of resilience to Climate Change.SHALIN Suomi ry is working closely with various partners that include Porini Trust, ERMIS Africa, IPACC, BEA International, IIED and RESCUE Network in Kenya. Through these partnerships, we are seeking to empower communities and the civil society so that they are able to engage better at all levels and in the different areas of global concern. While our work is to actively support networking activities of groups primarily based in the Global South we have a global outreach which allows us to triangulate our knowledge base.

Besides our MFA (FORMIN) supported project in Kenya, SHALIN Suomi ry has other initiatives that rely on volunteers. We have a Community Tourism Initiative in Maralal, which in 2007 due to insecurity was scaled back. Our volunteers are now working in Tanzania Musoma with our partner NGO- Foundation HELP.

On climate change, our target is the global civil society to enter into a conscious climate change mitigation contract with local communities as direct action. For example, our RESCUE Network projects are working on improving access to off-grid energy for local groups and offers such an opportunity.

We see this sort of collaboration as the way to go in the future, where partners in developing countries will enter into private deals with “those in the North” in a business venture that promotes the livelihoods of those in the South and at the same time a Carbon Footprint Management strategy. This kind of partnership delivers direct benefits to the environment, supports access to education, is a climate mitigation measure, and promotes enterprise development for the rural communities in the global South.