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Babassu coconut breakers construct their first processing unit in the north of Piauí

News - 27.10.21

The fleshy mesocarp and oil extracted from babassu coconut are used by a number of women from the Brazilian northeast to produce cakes, porridges and a multitude of other products.  The method used to extract these raw materials is called processing. In the community of Riacho de Santa Maria, located in the Território dos Cocais […]

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Small-scale Farmers’ Movement distributes food in Bahia

News - 17.10.21

Coalition provides food from family farming to peripheral movements in Salvador and the Reconcavo Bay through CESE’s Small Projects Programme Family farming is a fundamental ally for effective food security and sovereignty.  This is demonstrated in the actions of the Small-scale Farmers’ Movement (Movimento de Pequenos Agricultores: MPA) though its Campaign for Permanent Food Collection, […]

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Movement of women from the Northeast reflects on mobilising support through cooperation and philanthropy relationships at 1st meeting of Giving for Change programme

News - 04.10.21

CESE held the 1st Giving for Change Meeting on 29 and 30 September on an online platform.  The meeting was attended by 36 women from the Northeast, including black women, activists, quilombolas, indigenous women, peasant women, coconut breakers, mangaba fruit pickers, young women, communicators, domestic workers, evangelicals, women from African-origin religions and LGBTQIA+, who, on […]

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Project preserves and reclaims native seeds in Maranhão

News - 28.09.21

Supported by CESE’s Small Projects Programme, the NGO ACESA strengthens families’ food autonomy and sovereignty through the propagation of native seeds Cultural and ancestral richness preserved in seeds.  This is the meaning native seeds have for farmers from Maranhão who, by valuing and preserving them, also conserve their ancestors’ knowledge.  Supported by CESE’s Small Projects […]

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CESE and COIAB begin one more cycle of institutional strengthening for indigenous organizations with 19 selected associations

News - 24.09.21

Nineteen more associations from the Brazilian Amazon are taking part in an Institutional Strengthening activity for Indigenous Organizations promoted by CESE in partnership with COIAB – the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira) and DH Advocacia (both in Portuguese). The first meeting was held virtually on […]

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2021 Spring for Life Campaign is launched with wide-ranging debate about fake news within faith communities

News - 23.09.21

The 21st edition of the Spring for Life Campaign was launched on 22 September with a virtual seminar.  The theme of the meeting was “Seeking the truth: a commitment of faith” and participants included journalist Dr Magali Cunha, Pastor Romi Bencke and activist Ana Gualberto, as well as diverse members of the ecumenical movement. The […]

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