Landesa
Landesa Rural Development Institute is a nonprofit organization that works with governments and local organizations to obtain legal land rights for poor families. Since 1967, Landesa has helped more than 180 million poor families in 50 countries gain legal control over their land.
| Founded | 1981 |
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| Founder | Roy Prosterman |
| Type | Non-operating private foundation (IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Land rights, Women's rights, Ending poverty |
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Key people | Chris Jochnick, President and CEO Roy Prosterman, Founder and chairman Emeritus Tim Hanstad, Co-Founder and Senior Advisor |
| Website | www.landesa.org |
Landesa partners with governments, world leaders, NGOs, foundations, donor agencies such as the World Bank, USAID, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and others to design and implement land laws, policies and programs that provide opportunity, further economic growth, and promote social justice through land rights.
Headquartered in Seattle, Landesa has program offices in Beijing, China; Bhubaneswar, Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Patna, India; Yangon, Myanmar; and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Landesa currently works in China, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Rwanda, and Tanzania.