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Iʼve raised £7,969 to Combat COVID-19 and hunger in Amazonia
- Funded on Friday, 9th July 2021
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The Brazilian Amazon’s population was one of the hardest hit by COVID-19 in the world during the first wave, and then saw complete health system collapse and oxygen running out in hospitals during the second.
Our 'Ajuda Amazônia' campaign responded by buying and distributing 20 tonnes of food, thousands of reusable masks and hundreds of packages of cleaning products to over one thousand families in the Tefé region. We work in collaboration with local groups and associations to leave power and agency in local hands, and direct donations to the families most in need.
Photo: Receiving some of our donations in the Jaquiri indigenous village in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve - August 2020
The pandemic is exacerbating existing food insecurity during this time of year (~April-July), when the seasonal flood makes it tough to catch the local staple food of fish. This year the waters have already (as of May 20th) reached the second highest level since records began nearly 120 years ago. This is causing widespread flooding to houses, destroying crops, and making canoes the only means of transport even in many urban streets, which makes can make vaccination efforts even more challenging.
Photo: Vaccination with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab in the Amazon
With your donation we will buy food parcels and basic hygiene kits to be distributed by our local partners
Please give what you can
More information
Our Instagram with photos of our donations arriving in Amazonian villages
My work on Amazonian food insecurity and COVID-19 in English (News story and Scientific paper) or in Portuguese (News story and Podcast).
Our local partners: The Association of Indigenous Women of the Middle Solimões, The Association of Agro-extractive Producers from Tefé National Forest, The National Women's Council, The Tefé Municipal Health Secretary, The Tefé Municipal Social Assistance and Citizenship Secretary, Cáritas Tefé, The Indigenous Missionary Council, The Brazilian Environment Secretary, AAGEMAM/Uakari Lodge and The Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute.
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- 4 years ago
Ajuda Amazônia
4 years agoA fantastic £2,000 has now been raised on this page! Most of this has already been spent on food and hygiene kits for families in Tefé and the region's communities. In the past few days, indigenous families in the Caiambé District have been some of the most recent recipients of our donations. We have also made a new partnership with a local union that supports fishing dependent families (colônia de pescadores), who have made a list of the families most in need of help, and will be delivering our donations to them later this week. Thank you!
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155
Hayley
May 24, 2021
£40.00
Baxos
Apr 7, 2021
£20.00
Diego
Mar 14, 2021
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Mar 11, 2021
Second donation on behalf of All for Nature Travel customers. Take care!
£86.00
Anonymous
Mar 8, 2021
£50.00
Anonymous
Mar 8, 2021
Keep looking after your beautiful forest and lovely people! Solidarity from Europe.
£30.00
Anonymous
Mar 7, 2021
Happy to support good work.
£25.00
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Ajuda Amazônia
Food security researcher at Tefé’s Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute, in the Brazilian Amazon