Indigenous Organisations Launch a Fundraising Campaign to Help Altamira Indigenous Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil
In the Amazon region of Brazil, indigenous populations are facing a myriad of challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. Living in a very vulnerable situation, they are highly dependent on informal work to support their families by selling food and artisanal products. The northern region of Brazil was hit hard by the pandemic and, with strict lockdowns, most of them lost their only source of income. To help alleviate the negative impacts on indigenous communities, Brazilian Non-Profits are working in the region of Movimento Xingu Vivo Para Sempre (Xingu Alive Forever Movement), Movimento dos Atingidos Por Barragens (The Movement of People Affected by Dams), Coletivo de Mulheres Negras Maria Maria (Collective of Black Women Maria Maria), Movimento de Mulheres Trabalhadoras do Campo e da Cidade (Urban and Rural Women Workers Movement), and e Centro de Formação do Negro e Negra da Transamazônica e Xingu (Formation Center of Transamazônica and Xingu) mapping 200 families in need of food distributions and hygien items.
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