Cultural heritage connects communities with their past, helping them understand the present and shape the future. It is a fundamental need—yet often under threat or deliberately weaponized. Storytellers, writers, poets, visual artists, filmmakers, and journalists play a vital role in safeguarding heritage by recording narratives and preserving memory.

 

The CIE Fund for Exceptional Voices is dedicated to protecting and supporting those in our trusted network who courageously document and preserve memory and heritage under challenging—and sometimes dangerous—circumstances. Whether through art, journalism, writing, oral histories, photography, or social media, these voices ensure the world bears witness and that communities maintain their vital link to the past.

 

This fund is used 100% to support our trusted nework on the ground:

• To provide emergency aid, education, and safe evacuation when necessary; 

• To equip journalists and storytellers with tools to continue their work; 

• To protect and preserve testimonies, so that truth survives even when people are silenced. 

 

We invite organisations, institutions, and individuals to contribute. Your donation goes directly to those risking everything to speak out, write, film, and remember. In saving lives, we also save the stories. In saving the stories, we honour the lives.

 

Our commitment to full transparency is central to the fund:

• Each donation is directly allocated to the featured project.

• All funding use will be clearly justified and reported to donors.

• We maintain open communication with both creators and donors.

 

By supporting the CIE Fund, you are helping build a more inclusive, representative heritage landscape—one where silenced voices have the chance to be heard.

 

Please donate, no amount is too small or large. Help us protect the voices the world cannot afford to lose.