Global Voice Foundation emerged out of a deep necessity, perhaps even a need, a want of reciprocity toward the indigenous for the privilege of being allowed into their communities and from receiving their offerings.

Since the dawn of time, the indigenous have been the keepers of the great cosmogonic myths, of those stories from which we all arose from the beginning. With this in mind GVF continues as a thanksgiving to the beauty of the ever-growing, ever-changing story of humankind through the recording and sharing of tales, art, music and film—from three people groups—the BaBenjellé (BaAka) Pygmies of Central African Republic, the Kalahari San Bushmen of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, and the Maasai Warriors of Kenya.

The mission of the Global Voice Foundation is to produce educational opportunities and experiences—books, film, radio broadcasts of their music— that promote cross-cultural sensitivity, understanding, and knowledge of indigenous cultural myths, a lifestream of universal wealth and wisdom culled from their extreme experiences from time immemorial yet always and forever applicable to the present.

Over the course of twenty years, GVF has gifted over $225,000 (see Projects). At present, we donate all our time for the business administration of the organization. Our only employees are two BaAka at Radio France’s Radio Ndjoku, Bayanga, Central African Republic—$4200 gifted annually to broadcast the BaAka music and forest rituals recorded by Louis Sarno. One percent of our funding goes to Legacy Global our fiscal sponsors (see details at bottom of this page).