Hi everyone,

I'm Oliver Frohling, the director of SURCO, an organization that's been around since 2011, working on education, indigenous languages, data access and governance, and the issues around sustainability and of course climate change.

The reason why we're doing this fundraiser is simple: We need money. We have been struggling for the last few years, largely because the pandemic severely damaged our funding model that to a large extent depended on working with study abroad groups. While  have been restructuring and the situation has been getting better, we're still a year away from getting back to a pre-pandemic situation.

AS part of this restructuring we have also increasingly been relying on grants, which offer us the chance to develop our latest initiatives like Indigital,  supporting local  education, and facilitating  local adaptation to climate change(coming soon!). Unfortunately these funds often only apply to projects and don't cover our basics like salaries and health care, rent, electricity etc.

This is why we are asking you for your contribution: To  cover the basics for us here at SURCO, so we can continue with our work here in Oaxaca and beyond.

Thank you so much for your support.