The number of people in Brazil living below the extreme poverty line has broken records and is already equivalent to the total populations of countries such as Greece and Portugal. Extreme poverty reigns champion – the base of the social pyramid hasn’t stopped growing. In 2018, Brazil broke the record for the number of people […]
For the first time, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is presented with the agenda of gender policies and human rights from the perspective of the advances of fundamentalism in Latin America and the Caribbean. On November 11, 2019, in Quito, Ecuador, the organizations Peace and Hope and IPRODES, Peru, and Koinonia Ecumenical Presence […]
In recent weeks, the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE) has visited indigenous communities affected by fires in the Amazon, in order to deliver emergency humanitarian aid from the ACT Brazil Ecumenical Forum (Fórum Ecumênico ACT Brasil: FEACT). The activity was supported by the ACT Alliance in order to equip indigenous […]
“During this week I was able to learn and undertake the meaning and value of networking. It is important to catalog and to register the small, medium and large size key partners, as well as individuals and local businesses. Each organization, each person always has something to offer: it can be labor, material or money. Jean […]
“Although as a Church our main funding source comes from the tithes and offerings we have, for the most part, the demands overlap the amount of resources. With the training offered by the CESE, I realized that through mapping potential partners, good negotiation and maintaining relationships, our possibilities for support expand.”Ayce Emmanuela – Fazenda Grande […]
“It is not easy for indigenous people to receive support from organizations with the current government. With this course I realized that we ourselves can do our resource mobilization actions through events and workshops. Important for our autonomy and for strengthening other organizations working with indigenous movements. ” Marciely Ayap Tupari – Coordination of Indigenous Organizations […]
