We support and sustain processes of territorial defence and management together with communities, organizations and partners, with strategy, care and ethical commitment.
We are a Peruvian non-profit organization established in September 2010, accredited by the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI) and a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). We work by providing coordination, analysis and support to strengthen the defence of rights and of life, promoting the autonomy and the decisions of those who inhabit their territories.
History
15 years on the road. The work is only beginning.
From ProPurús to AFRONTA. After 15 years, ProPurús is evolving into the Asociación Fronteras Amazónicas — AFRONTA, as part of a process of maturing and broadening our work. It is not a break, but a transformed continuity: a new cycle responding to the current challenges facing peoples and ecosystems.
This new name expresses more clearly how and from where we act: facing complex realities, together with communities and partners, in territories of ecological and social frontier.
Mission and vision
Mission
To accompany Indigenous peoples, campesino communities and their organizations in the defence of their rights, strengthening processes of management, coordination and knowledge generation that contribute to their autonomy, territorial security, care of ecosystems and sustainable development.
Vision to 2027
To be a point of reference in supporting territorial processes with ethical commitment, knowledge and closeness, contributing to the strengthening of native and campesino communities in building solutions to the challenges of the Amazon and the Andes.
Principles and values
Afronta walks the territory alongside those who inhabit it.
We are guided by six attributes —closeness, care, presence, trust, clarity and collective action— which are expressed in our principles:
Commitment to rights
Respect for and exercise of collective and individual rights: life, territory, autonomy, participation and cultural identity.
Care
People at the centre, from an ethics of care and respectful, dignified and sustainable relationships.
Interculturality
We recognize different forms of knowledge and language; we work through dialogue between ways of knowing.
Active accompaniment
Present in the face of communities' challenges, from respect, listening and commitment.
Cooperative work
Action is collective; based on trust and shared responsibility.
Honesty and transparency
Ethical responsibility and clear communication about our scope and our limits.
A non-violent fighting spirit
Facing reality constructively, without confrontation.