Communities from the Ajarani region of the Amazon campaign against the illegal invasion of indigenous lands by large scale farmers.
CAFOD is working with indigenous people in Brazil to protect their rainforest home, supporting homeless families in their struggle to find housing, and helping young people find opportunities for a better life.
Brazil is the largest country in Latin America, rich in diversity and natural resources. However, it is also one of the most unequal nations in the world and 50 million Brazilians live in poverty.
The government has made cuts to health, education and housing that are affecting the poorest most of all. Legal protection of human rights and the environment has also been undone.
The homes of rural and indigenous communities are vulnerable to the expansion of large-scale farming, mining and timber projects, and this has led to violence against communities who defend their rights. Indigenous people have been murdered, criminalised, threatened and evicted from their land.
CAFOD has been working with local experts in Brazil for over 50 years.
With your support, together we are:
Helping homeless families in São Paulo living in overcrowded shanty towns with poor sanitation, who will find it nearly impossible to follow coronavirus prevention measures, and are very vulnerable to the disease.
Lobbying the government to provide basic welfare for the poorest, who will be affected most by the virus.
Supporting indigenous people to improve their living conditions, and to access health and education during the coronavirus crisis.
The theme of this year's Human Rights Day focuses on how human rights are a pathway to solutions, playing a critical role as a preventative, protective and transformative force for good.
If deforestation continues, the Amazon will lose its ability to produce its own rainfall and the largest rainforest on the planet will become dry grassland.
Unprecedented rainfall left homes and infrastructure wrecked in Brazil, but there is hope amid the destruction, as the most affected families start to rebuild their lives.
In the past, the community was regularly terrorised by armed men who would shoot indiscriminately, kill livestock and set fire to their crops and straw houses.
As we celebrate World Cities Day, find out how CAFOD's partner Semeando is helping some of the poorest families to access safe and affordable housing in São Paulo, Brazil.
lllegal and destructive gold mining is growing on an alarming scale in Yanomami Indigenous Territory (TIY) in the Brazilian Amazon.
Despite some of the most challenging circumstances, Catholics across England and Wales have continued to make their voices as loud as ever to call for a better, fairer world in 2022.
Despite the jubilation and grand expectations from Brazil’s indigenous peoples and environmental activists, Lula’s third term as president is likely to be his most challenging yet.
Environmentally-friendly farming techniques are helping families in Brazil to survive a food crisis brought about by coronavirus and a changing climate.
Your support is making a difference for families and communities who lack access to water for drinking, washing and farming.
