# Friends of Inti Wara Yassi

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1218345 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1218345)
- Website: https://www.intiwarayassi.org
- What it funds: General charitable purposes
- Who it helps: Other charities or voluntary bodies
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Bolivia
- Trustees: 6
- Last verified: 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/friends-of-inti-wara-yassi

Friends of Inti Wara Yassi supports the work of the Communidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY) by raising funds and awareness of their work. CIWY is a Bolivian organisation created in defence of human and animal rights, and environmental justice. It manages three separate refuges for wild animals in different parts of the Bolivian Amazon and is devoted to the education of environmental awareness.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> To support the principles of the bolivian Inti Wara Yassi community, that is to say:1 to advance the education of the public, in particular but not exclusively, young bolivian people from disadvantaged backgrounds, in environmental and ecological issues.2 for the benefit of the public, to relieve the suffering of wild animals in need of cae and attention, in particular but not exclusively, by the running and development of the Inti Wara Yassi community's wild animal refuges in Bolivia, where animals ae rescued and, where possible, rehabilitated and reintroduced into the wild.

## What it funds

Friends of Inti Wara Yassi is registered under general charitable purposes for other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Bolivia.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Friends of Inti Wara Yassi in its sources (last checked 5 Nov 2026). Its website (intiwarayassi.org) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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