Brazil
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Davi Kopenawa Yanomami has been fighting for the rights of his indigenous community for the past 25 years.
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Children attending a meeting in the courtyard of the Maua Building.
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Homeless families celebrate moving into brand new homes. Our partner lobbied the city government for social housing.
Brazil is one of the world’s largest economies, but also one of the most unequal. The poorest ten per cent of Brazilians receive just one per cent of national income.
About a quarter of Brazilians, over 48 million people, are living in poverty and unable to meet their basic needs. The pressure on land for massive agro-export farming has caused widespread migration from the countryside to cities. Urban poverty is characterised by over-crowded shanty towns, low wages and poor public services. In the countryside, there are many land conflicts because of the struggle between economic profit and environmental protection.
CAFOD is working with our Brazilian partner organisations to help some of the poorest and most vulnerable groups respond to these challenges. Together, we are:
- working with indigenous people to help them improve their living conditions and defend their land rights
- supporting educational and peace-building work with children and young people in violent shanty towns
- helping homeless families in São Paulo and landless families in the north and north-east of Brazil to have a more secure place to live
- lobbying the government to provide vulnerable people with greater access to basic social welfare
