About Us
OREKA is a grant making, as well as an operating private Trust, dedicated to advancing evidence backed ideas and policy dialogue on issues concerning Nature Conservation and Social Resilience.
We aspire to operate at the nexus of social resilience & nature conservation, to strengthen the universal sense of harmony between humanity and nature, which, we believe, is the key for development of progressive consciousness in an individual, and thereby an inclusive, harmonious and progressive society.We strive to achieve our ambitious goals in a timeframe that is consequential for both humanity and nature, and commensurate with the urgency of the challenges facing us all.OREKA, a Basque word for ‘balance’, reflects our intent.
Our quest is inspired and guided by the African philosophy of UBUNTU (Humanness):
‘ I am, because you are’
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Our Values
Our Core Values are summed up in the Japanese word ‘HITOE’- meaning ‘Single’.
Just like the beauty of the seven colors are captured in a single ray, similarly these 5 (five) values, corresponding to each letter in the word HITOE, merge into a single whole to reflect the fundamental spirit of OREKA:
