THIS GREAT PICTORIAL REPORT REFLECTS SOME OF THE WORK OF THE FOUR WORLDS FOUNDATION (FWF), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF PANAMA, LED BY FWF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GIUSEPPE VILLALAZ. FWF IS CENTERED AT THE CITY OF KNOWLEDGE, IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA. DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND:
The Four Worlds International Institute
The Four Worlds International Institute (FWII) was established in 1982, at the University of Lethbridge, by Indigenous elders, spiritual leaders and community members from across Canada and the US. FWII is an internationally recognized leader in holistic human, community and economic development because of the Institute’s unique focus on the importance of culture and spirituality in all elements of development. During the past 32 years FWII has worked extensively with Indigenous Peoples across the Americas and SE Asia.
During the past four years, the primary focus of FWII’S North American work is stopping the Alberta Tar Sands through supporting direct action, innovative social media approaches and actualizing International Treaties between Indigenous Nations and Alliances with Allies. These support efforts include: The International Treaty to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects, the International Treaty to Protect the Salish Sea and the Nawt-sa-maat Alliance.
In June, 2013, FWII officially opened the Four Worlds Foundation (FWF) at the City of Knowledge, Panama City, Panama. FWF serves as an international organizing and educational Hub for actualizing the Reunion of the Condor, Quetzal, and Eagle via the Fourth Way across the Americas and beyond! This unification effort, initiated in 1970 in Bolivia, was crystallized at the 5th Indigenous Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama in April, 2015, held in parallel with the 7th Summit of the Americas.