Indigenous people and Quilombolas against the Coronavirus

Mobilized groups: Collectives , Indigenous and Quilombolas

Out Garimpo, Out Covid

Types of mobilization: Communication , Public Manifestos , Online Petitions

The #ForaGarimpoForaCovid campaign is an initiative of the Yanomami and Ye'kwana Leadership Forum and the Hutukara Yanomami Association (HAY), Wanasseduume Ye'kwana Association (SEDUUME), Yanomami Kumirayoma Women's Association (AMYK), Texoli Ninam Association of the State of Roraima (TANER), Yanomami Association of the Cauaburis River and Affluents (AYRCA). The action was motivated by the threats generated by the impact of Covid taken to indigenous territories by illegal miners.

On the website of the online petition, the Yanomami Indigenous Land Leadership Forum asks for the right to live without mining and in health. In view of the situation, it requests that the authorities of the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Health take urgent measures together with other government bodies for a coordinated action and with due technical sanitary precautions in order to promote the total deintrusion of the miners who are still on the lands. indigenous.

There have already been more than 439 thousand signatures and two projects in progress ( PL 776/2020 , PDL 136/2020 ) that address this issue, but which had less than 20 support on the websites of the Chamber and Senate until April 2021.

Access the Fora Garimpo, Fora Covid petition .

Amazon , health , indigenous territories

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Help protect the peoples and indigenous people of the Amazon from Covid.

Types of mobilization: Online Petitions

The online movement to protect indigenous peoples from Covid , created by Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado. He who worked in the Amazon for the last decade, along with his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado, who designs his books and exhibitions, created the petition in support of the needs of indigenous peoples during this period.

According to the author and the author, the indigenous peoples of Brazil have long suffered from deforestation, forest fires, poisoned rivers and invasion of their lands. Faced with the coronavirus, the indigenous people ran the risk of being decimated by Covid-19, as there were no urgent measures to protect them and they were exposed to the coronavirus carried by invaders of their lands. The appeal was addressed to the three Powers of the Brazilian State.

With great international repercussion, the undersigned reached more than 295 thousand signatures, but the PL 1142/2020 that became Law 14021 of 2020 , which provided for specific actions for indigenous peoples in the pandemic, had just over 3500 support signatures in the House and Senate websites, just over 1% of the total reached by the online petition. The approved law had vetoes from the Federal Government that would significantly hinder its reach and that were rejected by Congress.

Despite the legislation, the results and prevention of Covid in indigenous territories was considered insufficient and the Brazilian government was internationally accused of indigenous genocide in the coronavirus pandemic.

Discover Sebastião Salgado's online petition to protect indigenous peoples from Covid-19.

Amazon , Environment

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Rede (CO)Vida: Mapping Network for the Covid-19 Pandemic among Indigenous Peoples in Maranhão.

The (CO)Vida Network is an initiative of the Mururu collective, formed by anthropologists, historians and indigenists who work directly with indigenous peoples, both in research activities and in indigenist actions. The objective of the collective is to systematize the epidemiological data that are released about Covid-19 in the State of Maranhão and reflect on the reality of health care, among other public policies, aimed at indigenous peoples who inhabit the State. They seek to group data from different sources to make the information more qualified and easy to view. The activities take place in communication with members of the different peoples that make up the indigenous collectives in the State of Maranhão. Check out more information on 's website .

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Indigenous Emergency

More than 1200 indigenous people have died from Covid-19 in Brazil. The Indigenous Emergency of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (Apib) is a Front that “organizes plans, projects and actions created from the need to monitor and analyze the impact of the virus on indigenous peoples, provide inputs and develop specific coping strategies. and differentiated, and protect the memory and knowledge threatened by the death of our relatives.” In addition to the progressive count of cases and deaths, the Frente website presents various information on the situation of indigenous peoples in the face of the pandemic, as well as a detailed report

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Fulni-ô community kitty

In the midst of the pandemic, the Fulni-ô People continue to resist in Pernambuco lands, despite having their economy intensely affected. To help solve the economic problem of the community, the Vakinha “Núcleo Fulni-ô de Confrontamento ao Covid-19 2021” was created by the Coletivo Fulni-ô de Cinema group together with the Indigenous Association Taidjoah.

The purpose of the fundraiser is to purchase basic food baskets and hygiene items for the villagers. Go here to help .

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Covid mission

Covid-19 Mission is a platform aimed at combating the coronavirus, developed for free medical care by video call for indigenous patients in villages and also those who live in cities and have symptoms of Covid-19.

The project has the support of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil – APIB, the Darcy Ribeiro Foundation, @projectoxingu and the entire indigenous health team at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). Access the platform here.

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

SOS Amazônia – Fridays for Future Brazil

The Fridays for Future movement launched a donation campaign focusing on Amazonian populations. The objective was to donate basic hygiene and food items and invest in health equipment. The donations were distributed among different communities to Alto Rio Negro (Yanomami), Lábrea and Purus (Paumari, Apurinã, Deni, Jamamdi and Jarauwara peoples) and Manaus (various communities and families).

More information about the fund can be obtained through the website .

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Declaration in relation to indigenous peoples on the triple border and the pandemic

The Asociación Americana de Juristas issued a statement warning of the high rate of contagion and deaths from Covid-19 among indigenous peoples, especially among those residing in territories not officially recognized. The statement can be read on the association's official website

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Petition to remove miners from Yanomami indigenous lands

The petition can be accessed through the link . Also access the video “The Shaman's Message | #ForaGarimpoForaCovid” , carried out by the Yanomami and Ye'kwana Leadership Forum and the #ForaGarimpoForaCovid Campaign.

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas , Black Population

UNEAfro and Partners Campaign

The UNEAfro organization and 12 other partners, including quilombola support networks, distributed basic food baskets and hygiene kits in outskirts and in 8 quilombos, located in 5 different states.

In this link you can find detailed information about the campaign stages and the accountability of the resources already collected. You can also access the vakinha here .

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas , Black Population

Quilombolas, caiçaras and family farmers organize and donate food to peripheries during the pandemic

Cooperquivale (Cooperativa dos Agricultores Quilombolas do Vale do Ribeira), in partnership with the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), organized the production and emergency delivery of baskets of products from the caiçara and quilombo farms to help supply the basic needs of 716 families in the Vale do Ribeira region and also in the capital of São Paulo.

The article can be read through the link . See also the Cooperative's Facebook page .

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas , Black Population

Covid-19 Observatory in Quilombos

The National Coordination for the Articulation of Black Rural Quilombola Communities (CONAQ) and the Instituto Socioambiental created an observatory to monitor cases of Covid-19 in quilombola territories.

The initiative can be accessed through the link .

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

indigenous quarantine

The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), in assembly, created the National Committee for Indigenous Life and Memory as the group responsible for monitoring the spread of the coronavirus in communities and its confrontation. As part of the activities, the Committee created the Indigenous Quarantine campaign, which publishes newsletters on the subject, does case accounting and informs indigenous people about the pandemic.

It is possible to contribute to the campaign by doing actions through vakinha online and PayPal, visit the campaign website to learn more.

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas , Women

Women of the waters: the fisherwomen who protect the Island of Maré

The population of Ilha de Maré (BA) is very concerned about the pandemic, especially with the arrival of tourists and people from other cities who choose the place to protect themselves from the disease.

Eliete, shellfish gatherer, fisherwoman, quilombola and resident of the Porto dos Cavalos Community, one of the five quilombos that exist on the island of Maré, exposes, in this news item , the difficulties she and other residents face.

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Amazon indigenous organization launches emergency fund

The Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), in partnership with the Rainforest Foundation US, launched an emergency fund aimed at the prevention and urgent and immediate care required by the coronavirus in relation to the indigenous population.

More information about the measurement can be found at this link . The press release was published on the Coordination's Facebook, in addition to the website for collecting donations.

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Entities launch a manual to guide indigenous people for prevention

The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) and Indigenistas Associados (INA) have released a manual of guidelines for indigenous people on the Coronavirus, also including a guide to accessing Emergency Aid from the federal government.

The initiative, according to the organizations, is part of Abril Vermelho, the month in which the Day of Indigenous Resistance is celebrated (19/04), dedicated this year to the mobilization and articulation of actions around the “defense of the lives of indigenous peoples”. in the context of the pandemic. In this link , it is also possible to access special APIB and INA pages on the subject.

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Kanindé Ethnoenvironmental Defense Association

Types of mobilization: Public Manifests , Online Protests

Kanindé Ethnoenvironmental Defense Association , a civil society organization created in 1992 in Rondônia, created a page, explaining the importance of helping indigenous peoples to face the pandemic:

“Due to the New Coronavirus pandemic, the situation of indigenous peoples, which was already very difficult, got even worse. Many villages depend on the sale of their products (flour, nuts, coffee, handicrafts, etc.), and this trade has been hampered or, in most cases, completely stopped. In addition, many indigenous people who receive some type of benefit such as Bolsa Família or Aposentadoria are not withdrawing these amounts because they now avoid going to the city. It is also worth remembering that the indigenous immune system is different from other populations because their bodies were not or are used to many diseases. To make matters worse, in most cases, access to health care is more difficult for forest peoples, who have historically been massacred by previously unknown diseases and are now at risk of genocide”.

In addition to Kanindé's bank details, the page also offers a list of other options – other organizations and initiatives to help indigenous peoples.

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Lélia and Sebastião Salgado make a petition demanding protection for indigenous peoples

Types of mobilization: Online Petitions

Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado and Lélia Salgado, who design their books and exhibitions, have created an online calling for immediate attention to protect indigenous peoples from the threats of COVID-19.

The petition , which is addressed to the Three Powers, can be read and signed here .

Mobilized groups: Collectives , Indigenous and Quilombolas

COVID-19 in Indigenous Amazonian Pueblos

Types of mobilization: Catalogs, Observatories and Maps

A REPAM project (Red Eclesial Panamazonica) created a website that, in addition to mapping data on the impact of Covid-19 on indigenous peoples in the Amazon, has been publishing a series of bulletins to periodically make visible the situation of indigenous peoples and communities in the Amazon. Amazon right now.

Check the page here.

Amazonas , cataloging , indigenous territories Resumen

Mobilized groups: Academia , Indigenous and Quilombolas , Women , Black Population

Training courses and social activism reXistance

Types of mobilization: Other mobilizations

reXistência.coletiva is a social activism initiative that is part of a network of graduate academics and professors at different universities in Brazil.

The group offers online courses for complementary training, whose income in registration fees was 100% donated to organizations that assist trans, black and indigenous communities. Access more information here.

Mobilized groups: Collectives , Indigenous and Quilombolas , Women , NGOs

Covid-19 – Solidarity in the Amazon

Types of mobilization: Other mobilizations , Urban peripheries

#TVPeriferiaEmFoco accompanied on the island of Cotijuba, in Belém, the solidarity action in the face of Covid-19 with the riverside families of Pará. The solidarity effort is part of the national campaign “We are Ready” which has already served more than 740,000 people in Brazil. In Pará, the campaign was integrated with the Central de Movimentos Populares – CMP through the “COVID 19: SOLIDARITY IN THE AMAZON” Campaign, an initiative aimed at assisting families from riverside communities, quilombolas, indigenous people and the outskirts of cities, who are experiencing financial difficulties and have been suffering from the economic crisis and unemployment.

The actions take place in partnership with the Brazilian Red Cross – Pará, SEBRAE, UNICEF, FORD, Natura, Citizenship Action, Military Fire Brigade, Brazilian Navy and other public bodies together with organized civil society. Access the video here.

traditional communities , employment , income , solidarity , indigenous territories

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Vagalumes Memorial

Types of mobilization: Mourning, Memory and Justice

Vagalumes is formed as a network of volunteers, with the aim of paying tribute to the dead and solidarity with the families of indigenous peoples affected by Covid-19 in Brazil and neighboring countries. Access here.

memory and farewell , indigenous territories

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas , NGOs

Virtual act: Defending the Amazon is defending life

Types of mobilization: Digital Activism , Lives about Activism , Public Manifestos

The virtual act “Defending the Amazon is defending life” was promoted by an articulation of organizations that work in the nine states of the Amazon region: Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB), Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), Via Campesina, Ninja Media, Terra de Direitos, National Council of Christian Churches in Brazil, Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network, International Rivers and Friends of the Earth. The act brought together community leaders in testimonies and cultural actions to celebrate September 5: Amazon Day. Access here.

Amazon , traditional communities , indigenous territories

Mobilized groups: Churches and Religions , Indigenous Peoples and Quilombolas

Amazonize yourself!

Types of mobilization: Communication , Public Manifests

The proposal of the Amazoniza-te campaign is to be a prolonged and urgent action that articulates the Leaders of Indigenous Peoples, the Church in the Amazon, the different ecclesial bodies, artists and opinion makers at national and international levels and scientists, enhancing complaints about the severity of the situation faced by Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon, aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and consolidating the proposals and claims of the peoples themselves and the land. Access here.

Amazon , traditional communities , health , indigenous territories

Mobilized groups: Collectives , Indigenous and Quilombolas

#LiberteoFuturo: 5 proposals to postpone the end of the world

Types of mobilization: Public Manifests

With the support of artists, intellectuals, activists and citizens from around the world, the movement invites you to imagine the post-pandemic future to provoke action in the present.

The objective is to encourage participation and engagement in the networks of those who want to build a future that is not the past and prevent the return of the abnormality that condemns ours and other species. Access here.

Environment

Mobilized groups: Class Associations and Unions , Collectives , Indigenous and Quilombolas , NGOs

Field movements launch an emergency platform in defense of life

Types of mobilization: Public Manifests , Field mobilizations

The platform was created by social movements, unions and organizations organized around family farming, agrarian reform, traditional peoples and communities, agroecology and food sovereignty to present to Brazilian society a set of emergency proposals to deal with the effects of novel coronavirus pandemic. The action is aimed at the population of the countryside, forests and water, aims to recover productive capacity and resume a supply policy to rebuild food stocks and face the threat of worsening hunger that is announced in the face of the health crisis. and economy, due to Covid-19. Access here.

traditional communities , Environment , health

Mobilized groups: Collectives , Churches and Religions , Indigenous Peoples and Quilombolas

Note of rejection: Against the attempt to legalize religious missions in indigenous territories in voluntary isolation

Types of mobilization: Public Manifests

The Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon – COIAB, the largest regional indigenous organization in Brazil and which covers the nine states of the Brazilian Amazon, expressed its indignation and repudiation for the sneaky inclusion of Article 13 in chapter 4 of PL No. 1142, of 2020, which deals with emergency care for indigenous peoples in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Access here.

Amazon , health , indigenous territories

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas , NGOs , Black Population

Public note: Support for the quilombola population in the face of COVID-19

Types of mobilization: Public Manifests

The National Observatory of Socio-Environmental Justice Luciano Mendes de Almeida (OLMA) issued a public note in support of the quilombola population in the face of COVID-19. Check it out here.

health

Mobilized groups: Collectives , Indigenous and Quilombolas , Women , Black Population

National Campaign All Lives Are Worth!

Types of mobilization: Public Manifests

“The Toda as Vidas Valem was launched by the National Human Rights Movement (MNDH) on May 15, 2020. The Campaign's main objective is to mobilize human rights organizations to guarantee human rights in the context of Covid-19. -19. As specific objectives, the Campaign aims to: a) organize solidarity to care for groups and segments with the greatest need for protection; b) promote actions to monitor human rights violations in the context of the pandemic; c) carry out training actions to strengthen human rights organizations. […]”. Check out the full document here.

combating violence , human rights

Mobilized groups: Indigenous and Quilombolas

Organizations in Portugal launch the international campaign “Covid-19 – SOS Indigenous Peoples of Brazil”

Types of mobilization: Public Manifests

“Indians of Brazil are being decimated by the arrival of Covid 19, associated with the lack of health care and protection of territories by the State. The complaint is made by the traditional communities themselves that launch campaigns with requests for support throughout Brazil. To give visibility to local initiatives and facilitate foreign donations, the International Campaign “Covid19 – SOS Indigenous Peoples of Brazil” will be launched this Sunday (2/8).” Download the document here.

Amazon , health , indigenous territories