Impact · Impacto · インパクト

Numbers tell part of the story.

Thirty-three years of community practice, land stewardship, and education. Here's what that looks like in numbers — and what it means on the ground.

§ 01 — Key figures

Thirty-three years in.

120 ha

Land in stewardship · Bahia agroforestry system

Local jobs supported · year-round and seasonal

1,420

Active members across 14 countries

33 yrs

Of continuous community practice since 1993

Land & Ecology

120 hectares of living agroforestry.

Kilometres of degraded Atlantic Forest have been transformed through three decades of patient, intentional practice. The result: a productive agroforest system that supports local biodiversity, sequesters carbon, and produces food — cacao, cinnamon, clove, dendê palm, jackfruit, and over forty other species.

This land is not a protected reserve kept away from human use. It is actively farmed and lived in. That is the point. Regenerative practice is not absence — it is care.

[ agroforest · year 10 · south plot ]

Livelihoods

37 jobs · directly sustained.

Year-round and seasonal employment at the kilombo: land workers, capoeira practitioners, administrators, kitchen and hospitality staff for the retreats. In the Valença region, employment options are limited — the kilombo is one of the most consistent local employers.

Beyond direct employment, the school generates income for local suppliers, transport providers, and specialist craftspeople who maintain the instruments used in classes.

Community

1,420 members · 14 countries.

The digital school has brought together a global community of people practising capoeira angola, studying agroforestry, or working through decolonial philosophy in their own contexts. Members from Japan, Brazil, Germany, the United States, Portugal, and elsewhere engage with the school each month.

Monthly membership revenue directly funds the land operations, the mestres' compensation, and the ongoing development of new course material.

Transparency

Monthly impact reports.

Every month we publish a breakdown of how membership revenue was used — on the land, with the people, for the school. Read the archive.

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