Boat Trip to Quilombo People of the Amazon
A quilombo (from the Kimbundu word kilombo) is a Brazilian hinterland settlement founded by Quilombolas, or Maroons and, in some cases, a minority of marginalised Portuguese, Brazilian aboriginals, Jews and Arabs, and/or other non-black, non-slave Brazilians that faced oppression during colonization. Quilombos was in fact a group of African fugitive slaves and their descendents.
The Brazilian 1988 constitution granted the remaining quilombos the collective ownership of the lands they have occupied since colonial times, thus recognizing their distinct identity at the same level of the Indians.
The Brazilian 1988 constitution granted the remaining quilombos the collective ownership of the lands they have occupied since colonial times, thus recognizing their distinct identity at the same level of the Indians.
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iverboat, equipped as a medical clinic, monthly makes a five day trip, staffed by Fundacao 
Esperanca, a public health medical clinic organization in Santarem (which helps fund the university IESPES, my sponsor). This project is subsidized by a bauxite mining company, Mineracao do Rio Norte. This boat reaches the remote Quilombo communities along the Rio Trompetras, a tributary of the Amazon, where the bauxite mining exists. The boat is filled with medical r
ecords, supplies and public health personnel.
iverboat, equipped as a medical clinic, monthly makes a five day trip, staffed by Fundacao 
Esperanca, a public health medical clinic organization in Santarem (which helps fund the university IESPES, my sponsor). This project is subsidized by a bauxite mining company, Mineracao do Rio Norte. This boat reaches the remote Quilombo communities along the Rio Trompetras, a tributary of the Amazon, where the bauxite mining exists. The boat is filled with medical r
ecords, supplies and public health personnel.
posted by Marina @ 4:52 PM
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