For tribes, for nature,
for all humanity

Survival International Annual Report 2021

Thank you Survival forstanding with us. We areresisting
Maasai leader Tanzania

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Survival International
Charitable Trust
TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORTAND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the year ended 31 December 2021
Table of Contents
Survival International Charitable Trust.................................................................... 1
TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT ................................................................................ 3
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS3OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 4
OBJECTS AND PURPOSES

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PUBLIC BENEFIT

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE .................................................................. 5
HIGHLIGHTS

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Change in Chief Executive
Coronavirus and the return to in-person working
Uncontacted Tribes Week

KEY CAMPAIGNS

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Uncontacted Tribes
Stop Brazil’s Genocide
Conservation
Mayflowers Kill

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TRIBAL VOICE

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MEDIA

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Press

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EDUCATIONSUPPORTERS .......................................................................................................... 14
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT ............................................ 16
STRUCTURE

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GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT16FUNDRAISING

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FINANCES ................................................................................................................ 18

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TRUSTEES’ STATEMENT

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SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR 2021

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ASSETS & LIABILITIES AT 31 DEC 2021

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TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT
for the year ended 31 December 2021
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILSFull name of the charity and registered address
Survival International Charitable Trust
6 Charterhouse Buildings
LondonEC1M 7ET
Also known as
Survival International, Survival
Status of the Charity
The organization is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 31
May 1972 and registered as a charity on 30 November 1969.
Charity registration number – 267444 (England and Wales)
Company registration number – 1056317
Trustees
The members of the Council, who are also Trustees under charity law, who served
during the year and up to the date of this report, were as follows:
C Braggio
S Branford
H Chandès
M Davis (Honorary Treasurer)
C DixonG de Give
D de Horna
T Fraine
R Hanbury-Tenison (Honorary President)
T Hugh-Jones
C Pearce (until January 26)
J Sainsbury
J Walker
J Wilson
J Wood (Honorary Chair)Chief Executive
Stephen Corry (until March 15), Caroline Pearce (from March 16)
Bankers
The Bank of Scotland plc.
33 Old Broad Street3Survival International
LondonEC2 1HZ
Auditors
Saffery Champness LLP
71 Queen Victoria Street
LondonEC4V 4BE

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIESOBJECTS AND PURPOSES
Survival International is the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights. We help tribal
peoples defend their lives, protect their lands and determine their own futures. Our
principal objects and purposes are:• to promote good race relations for the public benefit between Indigenous andnon-Indigenous peoples by endeavoring to eliminate discrimination on the groundsof race, nationality, or ethnic or national origins.
• to relieve poverty malnutrition and ill health among Indigenous peoples.
• to promote for the public benefit the human rights of Indigenous peoples (as set
out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations
conventions and declarations including ILO Conventions 107 and 169).
• to promote education and research into the history, institutions and ways of life of
Indigenous peoples and to publish and disseminate the results of that research.
• to promote and support such other charitable purposes for public benefit
pertaining to Indigenous peoples as the directors shall think fit.
ACTIVITIESIn order to achieve these objectives, Survival:• works in partnership with tribal peoples, offering them a platform to address theworld;• carries out research into tribal areas, particularly where the survival of tribal
peoples is threatened or where violations of their human rights are taking place;• uses this information to educate the public about tribal cultures, and to publicize
the problems which tribal peoples face;• makes representations to governments, companies and other institutions andindividuals whose activities may affect tribal peoples, and seeks to influence theminto acting in tribal peoples’ interests;• seeks to eliminate all discrimination and prejudice against tribal peoples, andpromotes legislation which protects their rights;• supports the activities of representative Indigenous organizations and otherorganizations with similar aims;• supports appropriate projects in tribal communities.

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PUBLIC BENEFITThe Trustees of Survival International confirm that they have complied with the duty
in section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission
guidelines on public benefit and the need to provide an explanation of theachievements during the year under review.
All our activities focussed on defending the lives and protecting the lands of tribal
peoples benefit both specific peoples and the public in general. Tribal peoples
number more than 150 million individuals worldwide and add hugely to the diversityof humankind. We also believe that campaigning to put tribal peoples – the best
guardians of the natural world – at the forefront of the environmental movement
benefits all humanity.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCEHIGHLIGHTSThis year, Survival secured some major victories in our key campaigns with
Indigenous peoples for their rights to be respected. (See below). Additionally, somekey events and developments included:
Change in Chief Executive
In March 2021, Stephen Corry stepped down as Director (Chief Executive) ofSurvival International, after nearly 50 years of service to the organization. This
began when he joined as a volunteer in 1972, in time becoming Projects Director. In
1984, he was appointed Director General, a position he held until March 2021.
Throughout this time, Stephen demonstrated unflinching dedication to the rights oftribal peoples. His guidance, determination and creativity enabled Survival to makea huge impact in favor of tribal peoples’ rights over decades, while also ensuringthat he left the organization financially stable and well prepared for challenges
ahead. The Trustees of Survival express their huge gratitude to Stephen for all he
did for the organization and the cause.
On Stephen’s departure, the Trustees appointed Caroline Pearce to serve as the
new Executive Director (Chief Executive). Caroline has a long history with Survival,
having served on staff from 1999 to 2003, and as a Trustee from 2007 to thebeginning of 2021.
Coronavirus and the return to in-person working
Survival has worked hard to continue raising awareness of, and fighting against, thehuge threat that Covid-19 poses to the survival of tribal peoples around the world.
Meanwhile, the global rollout of vaccines and treatments meant that some in-person
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conduct some face-to-face working again for the first time in over a year, and theorganization as a whole held a number of important events that boosted our
campaigning for Indigenous peoples worldwide.
Uncontacted Tribes Week
Earlier in the year while restrictions were still in place, Survival organized its firstever Uncontacted Tribes Week. During the week we raised awareness about theexistence of uncontacted tribes, gave supporters a chance to learn more and ask
questions, highlighted key campaigns, and cemented Survival’s role as a global
source of expertise on the subject. Our Instagram Takeover with Extinction
Rebellion for Uncontacted Tribes Week facilitated this, with our uncontacted
explainer graphics being seen by almost 400,000 people – the third most successful
post on XR’s account ever.
#RunForSurvival
In May, the Supporter Department organized the first ever #RunForSurvival, in
which hundreds of supporters all over the world took a step further for tribal
peoples by walking, swimming, biking and running to raise money for Survival.
“Our land, our nature” Congress
In September, along with other partners and allies, Survival organized the “Our land,
our nature” alternative congress in Marseille, France, to speak out against humanrights abuses in the name of conservation, and amplify Indigenous voices, against
the backdrop of the IUCN World Congress taking place then in the same city. Thirty
speakers, many Indigenous, from more than 18 countries participated, with over ahundred in-person attendees and more than 3,000 attending online. The congress
made a striking impact on the debate over the need to decolonize conservation;
generated a huge amount of press coverage around the world; and a “Marseille
Manifesto” – a “people’s manifesto for the future of conservation” – was later
released which laid out a vision for Indigenous-centered conservation.
COP26
The global climate talks known as COP26, having been delayed due to the Covid
pandemic, took place in November 2021, in Glasgow. While not participating in theformal agenda, Survival co-organized two events as part of the People’s Summit,
the counter-conference taking place in Glasgow at the same time. Our seminar on
mining on Adivasi (Indigenous) land in India brought Adivasi voices to Glasgow, andwas the only event at the Summit to be translated into Indigenous languages. We
also attended protests and other events, gave media interviews, met with
Indigenous delegates and contacts, and connected journalists interested to
Indigenous representatives present in Glasgow.
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In 2021 we launched a major new campaign, “Adivasis Against Coal,” to expose
and oppose plans for a massive expansion of coal mining on Indigenous lands in
India. Adivasi people have been bravely resisting this assault, in the face ofharassment, arrests, evictions and worse. The unique Hasdeo Forest in
Chhattisgarh, home to 20,000 Adivasis, is a key target for the coal miners.
The campaign has garnered press interest around the world, especially in the runup to COP26 (which Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended), and Survival has
helped foster new connections between Indigenous movements fighting to protect
their lands.
KEY CAMPAIGNS
Uncontacted Tribes
There are more than a hundred uncontacted tribes around the world today. They area vitally important part of humankind’s diversity, but they face catastrophe unlesstheir land is protected. We're doing everything we can to secure their land for them,and to let them live. Where their land rights are respected, uncontacted tribes thrive.
Right now, whole populations are being wiped out by violence from outsiders whosteal their land and resources, or by diseases like flu and measles to which they haveno resistance. This year, Covid-19 has posed a new lethal threat to their survival.
Survival is a world authority on uncontacted tribes and has been successfully
campaigning for their lands to be protected since 1969.
Uncontacted tribes of Brazil
This year we shone a spotlight on Land Protection Orders (LPOs): little-known but
vital protections for uncontacted tribes in Brazil whose lands have not yet been
officially demarcated. Alongside a series of campaign and lobbying actions
throughout the year, we mobilized thousands around the world to demand thatimportant LPOs that were about to expire be renewed; more than 17,000 urgent
action emails were sent across six languages.
We also released a new Tribal Voice video of Rita Piripkura, the only person from
Brazil’s Piripkura tribe in regular contact with outsiders. This unique footage, alongwith a new Survival video on the topic, allowed us to raise the profile of thecampaign on social media and with press.
With our allies in Brazil we scored two pivotal victories, as the LPOs for the
Piripkura and Pirititi territories were renewed. Had they not been, the peoples
concerned could well have been wiped out. 2022 will be an important year for the
campaign, however, with more LPOs up for renewal and an administration that’s
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In 2021, we kept up our work on other key uncontacted Brazil cases, including the
Yanomami, tribes of the Javari Valley, and the Awá, where we also continued ourlong-standing support for the Amazon Guardians, and their fight to protect theforest for their uncontacted Awá neighbors.
Uncontacted tribes of Peru
Survival supporters sent over 7,000 emails to the Peruvian government, demanding
it protect uncontacted tribes’ territories before they’re destroyed. This effort,
together with campaigning by Peru’s Indigenous organizations, saw two of theterritories finally recognized and protected in law: the Yavarí-Tapiche Indigenous
Reserve and the Kakataibo Indigenous Reserve, a total of 1,244,873 hectares.
Uncontacted tribes of Paraguay
The Ayoreo-Totobiegosode are the only uncontacted tribe in South America living
outside the Amazon. Survival has campaigned for the Ayoreo’s land claim for morethan 25 years, and while a part of their land has been protected, the uncontacted
Ayoreo-Totobiegosode won’t survive unless their remaining forest is recognized andprotected also.
In 2021, their representatives withdrew from negotiations with the Paraguayan
authorities aimed at trying to reach a settlement of their land claim: the talks had
been going on for five years, but had made almost no progress, and in themeantime the authorities had done little to stop the rampant destruction of Ayoreo
territory by ranchers.
The Ayoreo decided instead to request a formal intervention from the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights, and have asked it to order theParaguayan state to finally return their land to them. Survival has worked with themto publicize this request.
At the same time, Survival has put direct pressure on the Paraguayan governmentby writing to key people and ministries. Our supporters also sent thousands ofemails urging the Government to return the Ayoreo’s land to them.
In addition, we wrote to the Public Ministry asking it to pay urgent attention to the
Ayoreo-Totobiegosode's complaint of invasion and deforestation in their territory;
this prompted the state attorney to get involved in the case, and local publicprosecutors to investigate, and take action to expel some of those responsible.
Stop Brazil’s Genocide
The situation for Indigenous peoples in Brazil is critical: President Bolsonaro openly
boasts of his desire to destroy the country’s Indigenous peoples for good, and isdoing everything he can to achieve it, including attempting to push several
controversial bills through Congress, and backing other measures that together
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Indigenous peoples across Brazil have protested, marched and mobilized in
response. Survival has stood shoulder to shoulder with them, organizing solidarity
protests across Europe and the US, lobbying the government and publicizing thestruggle.
One of the most pernicious attacks on Indigenous peoples in Brazil – known as theTime Limit Trick – is a proposition instigated by President Bolsonaro’s agribusinessallies and now being heard in the country’s Supreme Court. This says that if
indigenous peoples were not living on their land on 5 October 1988 (the date of thesigning of Brazil’s constitution, which obliges the government to demarcate
Indigenous lands), they don’t have the right to live there.
Survival has campaigned vociferously against the Time Limit Trick. We live-tweeted
during the Supreme Court hearings (which have not yet reached a conclusion); havecarried out numerous media interviews about it; and have continued to lobby theauthorities.
Conservation
Tribal peoples have been dependent on and managed their environments formillennia. Evidence proves that they are better at looking after their environment
than anyone else. They are the best conservationists and guardians of the natural
world, and we are working to ensure they are at the forefront of the environmental
movement.
But tribal peoples are being illegally evicted from their ancestral homelands in thename of conservation. With eco-fascist narratives on the rise, fueled by thecoronavirus pandemic and false solutions to climate change, and with a plan to turn
30% of the Earth’s surface into “Protected Areas,” the conservation industry posesan ever greater threat to tribal peoples’ survival.
Survival International is leading the fight against the abuse of tribal peoples in thename of conservation: for tribes, for nature, for all humanity.
Decolonize Conservation
Survival’s Decolonize Conservation campaign is challenging the narrative of theconservation industry, changing minds, influencing policy, denouncing human rights
abuses, and putting the big conservation organizations under pressure to respecthuman rights as never before.
#OurLandOurNature
In September, as outlined above, we organized the world’s first congress on
decolonizing conservation. It brought together more than 30 speakers, many
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There were linked protests in France, Spain and Italy, and taken together the eventshone a powerful spotlight on the catastrophic effects of traditional “fortressconservation.”
30x30: the biggest land grab in history
In the teeth of Covid-19, we launched our #BigGreenLie campaign, showing howplans to turn 30% of Earth into Protected Areas by 2030 would mean the theft ofIndigenous lands on a huge scale. If passed, this would lead to severe human rights
violations, cause irreversible harm for some of the world’s most vulnerable people,
including tribal peoples, and do nothing to prevent loss of forests and otherhabitats.
Thousands watched our launch video online, and our campaigners met with officials
and parliamentarians in Germany, France, the US and at the European Commission
to discuss the proposal and explain its profound flaws. Our lobbying activities were
instrumental in getting politicians and even the UN Special Rapporteur on Human
Rights and the Environment to question the implications of the 30% proposal, andhave led to some proposed changes in the wording of the draft post-2020
Biodiversity Framework (though it remains far from acceptable).
“Deceit, cover-ups, dishonesty”
In an unprecedented hearing in the US Congress – prompted by Survival’s
lobbying – members of the House Natural Resources Committee interrogated asenior WWF official over abuses of tribal people in conservation areas. ‘Dishonest,”“embarrassing,” “irresponsible,” “shocking”: Representatives lined up to denounce
WWF’s persistent use of US tax dollars to fund horrific abuses in the name ofconservation. The hearing was an important step in preparations for a forthcoming
US bill to ensure US financial support for conservation projects are never again
used to finance human rights abuses against Indigenous and local communities.
Nature Based Solutions
In 2021, Survival also took on the challenge of exposing carbon-offset schemes,
branded as Nature Based Solutions (NBS) and Net Zero, as false solutions to theclimate crisis that will result in massive theft of Indigenous Peoples’ land. Detailed
research clearly reveals that claims that NBS can deliver 37% of necessary climate
mitigations by 2030 are scientifically fraudulent. To achieve this would require anarea of land almost the size of Australia – likely to be stolen from Indigenous andlocal people from the Global South. These supposed solutions would massively
increase funding for conservation, including through selling “carbon credits” fromProtected Areas, leading to more evictions and abuses while allowing companies tokeep on polluting. In 2021, Survival drew public and political attention to thisdangerous deception, including in partnership with organizations from the Global

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South. We co-hosted a panel on False Solutions, with Indigenous speakers, at thePeople’s Summit event linked to COP26 in Glasgow, issued press releases,
publicized data, and released articles debunking the NBS claims and explaining
their dangers.
Tiger Reserves in India
Survival continued to support the rights of Adivasis (Indigenous Peoples) living inIndia’s tiger reserves in 2021. We ensured that when the Jenu Kuruba, whose landhas been turned into Nagarhole Tiger Reserve and National Park, courageously
staged a huge protest, demanding their rights to their land and to be able to protect
and manage their own forest, it was covered by both the Indian and International
media.
Thousands of Survival’s supporters wrote to the national and local authorities
urging them to respect the Jenu Kuruba’s rights. When forest guards harassed Jenu
Kuruba leaders and filed false criminal charges against them in retaliation fororganizing their protest, we made sure that this too gained national andinternational attention and helped put pressure on the authorities not to arrest theJenu Kuruba’s leaders.
In a major success, the Indian government dropped its plan to explore for uranium
in Amrabad Tiger Reserve, home to the Chenchu tribe. This decision followed earlier
rejections of the plans by the state government in response to protests from the
Chenchu, environmentalists and local politicians. Survival had helped expose thehypocrisy of attempting to evict the Chenchu in the name of tiger conservation,
while allowing exploration for uranium mining.
Adivasis against coal
2021 saw the launch of a major new campaign, “Adivasis against coal,” to expose
and oppose plans for a massive expansion of coal mining on Indigenous lands in
India’s central belt. Adivasi (Indigenous) people have been bravely resisting thisonslaught, in the face of harassment, arrests, evictions and worse. The unique
Hasdeo Forest, home to 20,000 Adivasis, is a key target for the coal miners.
The campaign has garnered press interest around the world and Survival has
helped foster new connections between Indigenous movements fighting to protect
their lands. We’ve also been amplifying Adivasi voices through the production ofseveral new Tribal Voice videos, and campaigned for the release of Adivasi activists
imprisoned simply for defending their people’s lands.
Speaking out at #COP26
While India’s Prime Minister Modi tried to proclaim his green credentials at #COP26,
Survival ensured that Adivasi voices were heard. Our event at the parallel People’s
Summit offered a platform to Adivasi activists and leaders, and was the only eventat the Summit to be translated into multiple Indigenous languages. And like

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thousands of others at COP, we marched on the streets for climate justice andAdivasi rights, holding signs in both English and Hindi.
Mayflowers Kill
Thanks to our ongoing collaborations with Indigenous peoples in what is now the
U.S., #MayflowersKill created and launched two Activist Kits: an Educator Toolkit
and a Social Media Toolkit that provide resources for people of all ages to learn andeducate others about Indigenous history of the U.S, and how colonialism continues
and is being replicated in other parts of the world.
Each toolkit contains a variety of multimedia resources that highlight the testimonies
of Indigenous peoples in the U.S. on the Mayflower, Thanksgiving (National Day ofMourning), and other colonial myths. The Educator toolkit includes lesson plans for
middle and high school students and book recommendations for all ages, and bothalso contain resources about our Uncontacted Tribes and Decolonize Conservation
campaigns. We continue to disseminate the toolkits, which were utilized this fall in a
handful of U.S. (east coast) classrooms.
We also hosted two Indigenous Peoples' Day livestreams in October on Facebook
and Instagram. Both focused on decolonizing conservation with Indigenous leadersfrom organizations that work in Indigenous land stewardship advocacy andpractices. These brought in many viewers and new networks to our campaigns.
TRIBAL VOICE
Survival’s Tribal Voice project invites indigenous people around the world to record
videos speaking about what matters to them. Survival then releases these videos
globally, subtitled in several languages.
Survival released 32 Tribal Voice videos in 2021. In a time of lockdowns and travel
restrictions, Tribal Voice videos have been an invaluable resource for spreading theword on Indigenous issues and engaging people in their and Survival’s campaigns.
In July, we released a special Tribal Voice video of Rita Piripkura, the only personfrom Brazil’s Piripkura tribe in regular contact with outsiders. This unique footage
allowed us to raise the profile of the Uncontacted Tribes campaign on social media
and led to some major news coverage in outlets such as the BBC, Open
Democracy and Mongabay, which further pushed the Brazilian government torenew crucial Land Protection Orders.
Straight from COP26, we filmed a Tribal Voice video of Alessandra Munduruku, whocalled for Indigenous Peoples to be recognized as driving the solutions to theclimate crisis, and demanded an end to the false solutions governments andcompanies are pushing while they continue to pollute the planet.
In December, our newly released Tribal Voice video of Phillip Kujur from the Oraon
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times. This also led to the biggest increase in over 2 years for Survival’s Facebook
page and brought significant attention to our Adivasis Against Coal campaign.
MEDIA
Press
In 2021, Survival secured a huge amount of media coverage, including 171
mentions of Survival and our work in the press, and dozens of TV and radio
interviews around the world.
Some of our most-covered stories of 2021 included the Land Protection Orders
campaign, and especially the effort to protect the Piripkura territory in Brazil. Major
news outlets that covered this story were the BBC, Open Democracy, Mongabay
and The Intercept.
Claudia Andujar’s landmark exhibition on the Yanomami held at the Barbican during
the summer generated a great deal of media interest in both the exhibition itself,and Survival’s longstanding relationship and campaign with the Yanomami people,
from print and online media like the Guardian, The Independent and Mongabay.
Our Decolonize Conservation campaign has increasingly been discussed alongsidemainstream coverage of climate change, nature protection and biodiversity. We saw
a steady stream of press interest in the “Our land, our nature” alternative congress
held in Marseille in September, from outlets such as the Guardian, Mongabay andClimate Home News.
The WWF US hearing was also mentioned in the BBC, CounterPunch andMongabay, while Survival’s various press statements released during COP26 on thepolicies being discussed were featured in major international outlets like Deutsche
Welle, Vox, the National Herald (India), the BBC and the Guardian, allowing us tohighlight Indigenous rights and our campaigns in the media surrounding the climate
talks.
Social MediaSocial media continue to be a vital tool to communicate and promote ourcampaigns, with supporters and journalists alike.
Survival’s Instagram channel is still our fastest growing platform. In 2021, we
became ‘verified’ and gained over 14,000 followers, as well as hosted two
successful “takeovers” with Extinction Rebellion, for Earth Day in April andUncontacted Tribes Week in June. Both boosted follower numbers and allowed us
to reach our key target audience of young climate activists, with, among othercontent, our #BigGreenLie video for Earth Day, and our Uncontacted explainer
graphics for Uncontacted Tribes Week, which were the third most successful post
on XR’s account ever, being seen by almost 400,000 people.
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We also continued to work effectively with climate activists and influencers, such as
Peter Gadiot, Mikaela Loach, Tori Tsui and Tony Riddle, to help bring our key
messages to the forefront of online conversations around Indigenous rights.
On Twitter, our engagement rate grew for a large part of the year and we gained asignificant number of impressions. Live-tweeting proved to be a useful format withwhich to communicate Survival’s campaigns and insert ourselves into online
conversations, such as at protests and events throughout the year, including theprotests in London to Stop Brazil’s Genocide, in Glasgow during COP26, during theTime Limit Trick Brazilian Supreme Court case, and the “Our land, our nature”
alternative congress in France.
In 2021, several of our posts went viral on Twitter and Facebook, such as the
Hasdeo Tribal Voice video on Facebook, which reached almost 800,000 people,
gained over 12,000 likes and was shared 2,000 times. This also led to the biggest
increase in over 2 years for Survival’s Facebook page. Another example was our
tweet on Prince William’s comments on overpopulation in Africa which was seen byover 180,000 people, liked almost 2,000 times and retweeted almost 1,000 times. It
also featured in several major news outlets, such as CNN, Al Jazeera and Joe.
During the pandemic, as before, Survival mobilized its supporters online. The
Mayflowers Kill team hosted live streams on Survival’s Facebook and Instagram forInternational Peoples’ Day and the #RunForSurvival, while Survival’s alternative
congress in France was live-streamed to YouTube, with thousands watching online.
EDUCATION
With in-person outreach sessions paused due to the pandemic, this year has beenan opportunity to work on the all-important task of building up our range ofeducational materials. We’ve continued to develop exciting new content, and now
have a wide range of audio-visual resources suitable for primary school children. In
this way, we can empower educators to bring an understanding of Indigenous rights
and Survival’s work to the classroom, and ultimately help ensure as many primaryschool children as possible are able to learn about these crucial issues.
Feedback from an online outreach session with a primary school:"It was really fabulous this morning and the children loved it. Thank you hugely forthe great session. We will send you in due course our pieces of work to help protect
rainforests. Some of the children were very moved by the slides.”SUPPORTERS
Survival is a global movement which draws its campaigning strength from our many
thousands of supporters. We depend on them. From donating to our appeals,
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emails, spreading the word on social media and attending protests, their money,
energy and enthusiasm is what enables us to fight one of the most urgent andhorrific humanitarian crises of our time. Here are just a few examples of the ways inwhich our supporters got involved in 2021:
Run for Survival
In May, the Supporter Department organized the first ever #RunForSurvival, in
which hundreds of supporters all over the world took a step further for tribal
peoples by walking, swimming, biking and running to raise money for Survival.
London Marathon
Seven runners took part in the London Marathon for Survival, raising nearly£10,000.
Community Fundraising
Friary bar in Cork raised £1,168 from their fundraising night for tribal peoples.
They’ve previously held Brazilian-themed fundraising events in 2017, 2018 and2019.
Donating through business
Drinks company Abacaty are donating 2% of all sales from their Avocado spirit.
Survival’s Ambassadors
Actor Peter Gadiot’s Instagram fundraiser continues to raise awareness and vital
funds.
Quentin Blake donated his fee from the Barbican Arts Centre for one of his stunning
illustrations.
Survival Calendar
There were more images by Indigenous photographers in the 2021 calendar than in
any previous edition. We sold around 2,300 of them.
Supporting our online shop
Our online shop continues to be our single largest annual fundraiser, and largest
source of new supporters.
All images continue to be donated by artists and photographers, meaning moremoney can be spent fighting for tribal peoples’ rights.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENTSTRUCTURE
Survival International is an unincorporated worldwide movement which has as its
objective helping tribal peoples defend their lives, protect their lands and determine
their own futures.
The movement consists of an International Secretariat in London and six country
offices in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the USA.
On 3 May 2021 the Italian office branch became a stand-alone entity with its own
legal status in Italy. Therefore, income and expenditure from the Italian branch up to
3 May 2021 only have been included in these consolidated accounts. The net assetsof Italy at this date have been gifted by Survival International UK to the Italian office.
This totals £474,788 and is shown on the Statement of Financial Activities as‘Disposal of Italian Operations’.
Since this date, the Italian office has joined the other offices in being governed
under charitable law in their respective countries. Their use of the Survival nameand logo is ultimately subject to the authority of the Council. Each office publishes
its accounts separately.
GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Survival is registered under the name Survival International Charitable Trust as alimited company (no. 1056317), and a charity (no. 267444) governed by amemorandum and articles of association.
Survival International Trading Ltd is registered as a limited company (no. 2844785).
It has a memorandum and articles of association. Its object is to sell appropriate
goods at a profit, which is given to the charity, and to promote the charity in otherways.
Survival and all its components are governed by the Council. Council members are
the Trustees of the charity. Members are chosen for their expertise and experience
in relevant fields and their support for Survival’s objectives. They are elected forthree-year terms by existing Council members. Induction training is provided for
new Council members, who are updated on legislation and Trustee responsibility asnecessary. The Council meets at least three times each year.
The Council is responsible for monitoring the charity’s activities, overseeing
governance, and ensuring the charity meets its aims and objectives.
The Council employs the Chief Executive to implement policy, raise and manage
funds, and supervise the office and employees of Survival. The Chief Executives in
2021 were Stephen Corry (until 15 March, when he retired) and Caroline Pearce(from 16 March). The pay of all Survival personnel (including key management
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personnel) is established annually by the Treasurer and Chairman in consultation
with the Chief Executive and another senior staff member. Comparable NGO
salaries are taken into account.
FUNDRAISING
Fundraising is largely carried out by appeals for financial support from existingsupporters, through email or letters, at a frequency of around four times a year. We
receive less than ten complaints per year that the frequency is excessive. Those
who request not to be contacted are immediately removed from our mailing lists.
No pressure is exercised. Much of our income is from unsolicited giving including
legacies.

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FINANCES
Survival rejects government funding. We won’t compromise our independence or
our integrity. We’re proud of all we achieve on such a limited budget. By relying on
donations from the general public, we also keep our fundraising costs extremely
low. In 2021 for every £1 donated, we spent only 5.1p to raise the next £11.
TRUSTEES’ STATEMENT
This summary financial information is extracted from the full unqualified auditedgroup accounts approved by the Trustees on 10 May 2022 and subsequently
submitted to the Charity Commission and to Companies House. They may notcontain sufficient information to allow a full understanding of the financial affairs of
the charity. For further information regarding the full accounts, the Auditors’ Reporton those accounts and the Trustees’ Annual Report should be consulted; copies ofthese can be obtained from 6 Charterhouse Buildings, London, EC1M 7ET.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees. M. Davis, Treasurer, 10 May 2022.
SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR 2021

ASSETS & LIABILITIES AT 31 DEC 2021

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