Panama’s Galindo Arias helps win recognition for indigenous language
From left to right: GALA associate Anna Cristina Valdés, NGO President Adelaida Miranda, GALA partner Ramón Arias, NGO Treasurer Luciana María Aguilar and NGO Secretary Faustino Miranda (second from right)
Galindo, Arias & López has helped the 200,000-strong Ngäbe community in western Panama obtain government recognition for their newly alphabetised language and create a private interest foundation to help finance its teaching in local schools, as the community fights the construction of a hydroelectric dam on their land.
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