Charitable Impact & Projects

The Earth Center is dedicated to preserving and promoting indigenous African culture, wisdom, and sustainable practices. Since 1995, our work has empowered communities across Africa and beyond, fostering a future where indigenous knowledge thrives and sustains generations. Through our core initiatives, we work alongside indigenous communities to safeguard cultural heritage, support community health, nurture environmental harmony, and provide quality education for children. Below, explore our impactful projects and how they address pressing needs across ecological sustainability, community health, cultural preservation, and education.

1,000+
Assisted Cultural Exchange
Students
400
Acres Sacred Land Preserved
$840K
Donated To Indigenous Villages
2,000+
War Victims Assisted

Ecological Initiatives

Goal: Restore harmony between communities and the environment by protecting land, water, and natural resources for future generations.

Impact Summary:
Our ecological projects are designed to protect the land, water, and biodiversity essential to indigenous life. By supporting land reclamation, seed preservation, and indigenous agriculture, we work to sustain traditional practices that support the health of both communities and ecosystems. These efforts include protecting native plants with medicinal properties and preserving sacred lands to foster resilience against environmental challenges.

  • Indigenous Agriculture and Seed Programs: Empowering communities to cultivate native crops and save traditional seeds, preserving biodiversity and food security.
  • Land and Medicinal Plant Preservation: Reclaiming and protecting land to safeguard sacred sites and medicinal plants vital for indigenous healing traditions.
  • Water Conservation: Implementing sustainable water practices to ensure access to clean water for indigenous communities.
400
Acres of Sacred
Land Reclaimed
5000+
Given Access
To Clean Water
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Community Health and Wellness 

Goal: Strengthen indigenous communities by supporting health, resilience, and family unity, with a focus on women and children.

Impact Summary:
Our wellness projects address the unique needs of indigenous communities, especially women and children, who often face the most significant challenges. Through wellness centers, family support, and resettlement programs, we offer resources that empower individuals and strengthen community bonds. Initiatives focus on holistic wellness, access to healthcare, and support for those impacted by displacement and conflict.

  • Protection of Women and Children: Providing essential resources and protection for families to support unity and resilience within Indigenous communities.
  • War Victims and Displaced Indigenous Resettlement: Helping families affected by conflict rebuild their lives and find safe resettlement options.
  • Healing Centers: Establishing wellness centers that integrate traditional healing practices to support physical and spiritual health.
$840K
Donated To Indigenous Villages
1,000+
Families Fed
2,000+
War Victims Assisted
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Cultural Preservation

Goal: Safeguard indigenous African cultural knowledge and ensure its accessibility for future generations.

Impact Summary:
Our cultural preservation projects focus on education, spiritual centers, and documenting indigenous knowledge to keep traditions alive for generations. We support schools, temple development, and publication projects that educate the public and promote the enduring wisdom of indigenous cultures. Our efforts include special programs for children, providing them with educational resources rooted in ancestral knowledge.

  • Education Programs for Children in Africa: Offering quality education that connects young people to their cultural roots and empowers future generations.
  • Publication Projects: Producing books, multimedia, and other resources that document and share indigenous wisdom worldwide.
  • Temple Development: Supporting local and international temples as cultural and spiritual centers for indigenous communities.
1M
People Educated
5000+
Cultural Exchange Travelers
$325K+
Donated To Cultural Reclamation
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Our Collective Impact

Through our ecological, health, wellness, and cultural preservation projects, The Earth Center has empowered over 1,000+ Cultural Exchange Travelers, reclaimed 400 acres of sacred land, and donated $840,000 to support indigenous villages. Our work reaches far beyond numbers, creating a lasting legacy of resilience, cultural pride, and harmonious coexistence with nature.

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Your contribution helps expand our impact and bring essential resources to indigenous communities. Together, we can protect cultural heritage, support sustainable practices, and build a legacy of resilience and wisdom.

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Cultural Impact

1,000+

Cultural
Exchange
Travelers

Since the late 90s, Kebtah has led annual pilgrimages to the Niger Valley of the African continent. Spirituality is about honoring one's origins and creation. Our pilgrimage takes pilgrims to humanity’s motherland to experience its rich cultural heritage and human roots.

Testimonials from our Community

“My life has been so enriched from each lecture, forum, live event, and pilgrimage that I have had the opportunity to attend.”

- Carrie C.
California, USA

"The pilgrimages are literally life-changing in the best way."

- Natalie P.
Montreal, QC, Canada

1+
Million

People
Educated

Kebtah started its activities by distributing works published by its publishing house, Rising Firefly Productions, to share an authentic cultural perspective and raise awareness of indigenous technologies.  
Since then we have led workshops, retreats, initiation classes and countless other educational events and programs. Kebtah has continued to expand its reach online on social media and especially on YouTube where our podcasts, lectures and interviews have reached hundreds of thousands.

Testimonials from our Community

“As an African Indigenous woman, it is Kebtah that gave me the philosophical knowing of those [indigenous] ways so that I can embrace with so much dignity.”

- Osholene U.
Toronto, ON, Canada
Birthplace: Nigeria, West Africa

"Overall, Kebtah has shown and given me guidelines, that have been practiced since the beginning of time, to live a balanced life that is mentally, spiritually and physicallly edifying so that I can become a better human being."

- Safiya A.
Baltimore, MD, USA

Social Impact

1,000+

Families Fed

Kebtah’s initiatives to revitalize indigenous life include farming projects, seed banks and donating equipment for farming and food production.  We target food sovereignty not only in indigenous areas but also in the modern cities where we are located.

Testimonials from our Community

“In the Seeds of Indigenous Life project, I benefit from the tools and know-how which enables me to engage with other small farmers in my family and neighboring community on the importance of seeds and food security.”

- Anthony S.
Guyana, South America

"I volunteer feeding the homeless, tending a community garden and checking in with the Elders. All these play a great part in strengthening our surrounding communities."

- Leslie S.
USA

2,000+

War Victims
Assisted

Kebtah is involved in providing relief funds, resources and housing assistance to internally displaced families affected by terrorist activities in the Sahel region.  Additionally, we support the Burkina Faso government and traditional societies in their initiatives to protect their country's people.

Testimonials from our Community

“Culture, education,
remembering our Ancestors
and a free fight towards the liberation of the mind.”

- Ken Frye
United States of America

"Before he left, we told the Maakheru to go fight for us. We told him to reclaim our name.... He didn't fail."

- Elder Mola
Tahbalo village, Central Togo

Environmental Impact

5,000+

Granted Access
To Clean Water

We strategically install covered, pump-operated clean-water wells in various villages to ensure continuous access to clean water throughout dry seasons.

Testimony from our Community

“Culture, education,
remembering our Ancestors
and a free fight towards the liberation of the mind.”

- Ken Frye
United States of America

"Before he left, we told the Maakheru to go fight for us. We told him to reclaim our name.... He didn't fail."

- Elder Mola
Tahbalo village, Central Togo

400
acres of

Sacred Land
Reclaimed

We purchase lands with sacred sites in order to protect them from modern infrastructure development, resource extraction and governmental policies that value national interests above indigenous cultural heritage.  We donate to families and communities who are at risk of losing their sacred lands or sacred temple structures due to unmanageable governmental fees.

Testimony from our Community

“Culture, education,
remembering our Ancestors
and a free fight towards the liberation of the mind.”

- Ken Frye
United States of America

"Before he left, we told the Maakheru to go fight for us. We told him to reclaim our name.... He didn't fail."

- Elder Mola
Tahbalo village, Central Togo

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