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The most beautiful Brazilian landscapes also hide difficulties and suffering of its people
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Isolated in the jungle and between meadows, men, women and children live by the mercy of difficulties and natural dangers
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n many Amazonia communities, float airplanes are an important alternative for access. Located distant from the urban areas, the people can take weeks on a boat to the nearest city. The huge area of forests and rives of the
Amazon takes in thousands of Indians and riverbank people, that wait to be assisted socially and transformed spiritually. Kids suffer with the effects of worms, caused by the lack of treated water, sanitation and health centers. These communities are marked by high rates of infant mortality, illiteracy and difficulties caused by tropical diseases. Also a great number of cases of sexual assault against children.
SCHOOL DROPOUT
160.000
BIBLIOGRAPHY: . Min. da Saúde (2004) . IBGE (censo 2000) . UNICEF (2009) . Min. da Justiça (2007) . Veja (09/2009) . Univ. de Coimbra (05/2010)
MALÁRIA
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
13%
Children between 7/14 years old out of school
99%
Girls between 15/17 years old
Of malaria cases in the country
INFANT MORTALITY
36,4 per 1000
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
AIDS
19,5%
4.978
ILLITERACY
90.000 Illiterate teenagers
Complaints per 100 thousand habitants
The highest rate in Brazil
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Asas de Socorro works in the Amazon over more than 60 years and with your help will go on helping thousands of families WE PROMOTE THE INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SEVEN PRACTICE AREAS:
Logistic air and water transport support Volunteer mobilization Health and sanitation Defense of rights Spiritual care Education Partnerships Programs carried out or supported by Asas de Socorro: IDE, AMDE, Treated Water for Indigenous Children, FPL, Claves, Network Holding Hands, UNICIDADĂƒ, ESM, RENAS, S.O.S. Flood (2013/2014)
NAVIGATION IN THE AMAZON
621 h Healthcare and logistics
CHILD CARE
5000 Children and teenagers
FOOD BASKETS
500
Food baskets for flood victims
HEALTH AND CALLS
504 h Attended by professionals
FLIGHTS STRATEGIC
1200 h
COMMUNITIES SERVED
77
in isolated locations
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FAMILY CARE
3500
Emergency actions and planning
INVOLVEMENT OF VOLUNTEERS
800
In many professions
People served
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Diffuser plate Biological layer
Filtration sand
Coarse sand
Separation gravel Underdrain gravel Purified water
MOST OF AMAZON HEALTH PROBLEMS IS GENERATED BY POLLUTED WATER
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In the riverside communities, the lack of basic sanitation and untreated water consumption causes various diseases such as: cholera, hepatitis A, leptospirosis.. etc. Untreated water contaminated by waste , human and animals feces, cause innumerable problems in adults and children, the microorganisms present in the contaminated water gets in contact with the population through the skin during the shower, while preparing the meals, or even, directly, by water intake from the river.
TREATED WATER: only 58,5 % the amazon's houses are connected to the water supply. The national index is 83,1 %. SEWER - only 9,4% of the houses count with sewage system, while the national index figured 52,5 %. To make the problem even bigger, this index from IBGE (2009) applies for urban areas. The regions where we operate do not have any type of treated water, nor sewage treatment.
ASAS DE SOCORRO TAKES SUPPORT BIOACTIVE FILTERS TO RIVERSIDE PEOPLE
The joint work of Asas de Socorro and community leaders from each region enable a greater range of help. Therefore, our work provided the construction of toilets and installation of sand bioactive filters for water purification for hundreds of families in several communities. In all over 2000 people benefited.
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Photos by: Reyner, Rodrigo Santos, James Gilbert, Jordana Barale, Mara Dantas and personal archive
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