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Support for PLWHAs in Mangabeira, João Pessoa The Medical and Counselling Centre (CAMP) in Mangabeira was established as a grass roots, community health initiative by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary in 1993.  Initially the work focused on preventative health education and the promotion of alternative and herbal medicines. Counselling and training was also given to local women. Toward the end of the 1990s, there was a rapid growth of the number of cases of HIV in the area, and CAMP adapted to local demand and began to provide support and care services specifically for PLWHAs. CAFOD has been supporting CAMP since 1999.

CAMP seeks to contribute to the integral health of those living in poverty through the provision of medical, psychological and therapeutic services. CAMP promotes educational processes that encourage self-help and the recovery and the exercise of citizenship. A key feature of their work is to provide advice and support for PLWHAS, their families, poor communities and other organisations working with HIV and AIDS. This project focuses on:
- contributing to the integral health of the individual, through the provision of medical, psychological and therapeutic services;
- promoting educational processes that encourage self-help and the recovery and exercise of citizenship; 
- providing advice and support on STD and HIV &AIDS for poor communities and other organisations working with HIV and AIDS.
'Development for All' Programme - Piaui through the formation of community associations:
 ·	The acquisition of fertile land 
·	Access to clean and safe water
·	The construction of adequate housing
·	Access to financial and technical support to enable the development of alternative sources of income to improve family incomes
·	The introduction of preventative health care through the agency of Pastoral das Criancas.
·	The engagement of rural women in the transformation of civil society
·	The engagement of all sectors of society, religious and secular, technical and financial, national and international, in the process of development and mutual understanding
Abril Indigena To lobby the Brazilian government during April (Indigenous Peoples Month in Brazil) on issues that promote the respect to the human rights of indigenous peoples
To raise awareness of the plight of indigenous communities in Brazil
Agroecology and solar energy: ensuring sustainability, solidarity and climate change resilience This project is a continuation of a previous project implemented by Cáritas Piauí with the support of CAFOD and Caritas Brasileira. It aims to mitigate the effects of climate change by providing training on agroecology, environmental sustainability, and renewable energies. The focus is on building concrete strategies for climate change resilience by installing solar energy systems in families' collective agroecological production units. This will help to reduce energy costs, improve environmental sustainability, and increase the economic viability of the groups' production. The training process will also include setting up the Solidarity Fund, which is one of the main areas of expertise of Caritas Piaui. This fund will give families autonomy and security in maintaining the equipment and production. The fund will be established based on the reduction in the value of the energy bill generated by the system. Additionally, the selected communities will be trained with courses and workshops to promote knowledge about renewable energies and environmental preservation. The aim is to promote agroecological practices and crop diversification as a strategy for integrating solar energy systems with sustainable agricultural production. Overall, by integrating renewable energy and agroecology, this project aims to promote more resilient agroecological production. This will help to minimize the adverse environmental effects and also bring social benefits to the communities.
Promotion of sustainable agroecological production for smallholder farmers in rural São Paulo This project will strengthen viability of small farmers' agroecological production through improved production of and training in production and use of bioinputs (natural fertilisers and non-chemical pest control based on ecological principles), and production of research and evidence. This will take place through 1) establishment of on-farm bioinput production unit laboratory and school (composting, liquid biofertilizer plant and biological control laboratory)  at the Paulo Kageyama Agroecological Training Centre, Jarinu, SP for use on a 5 ha experimental area and (2) expansion of Cooperativa da Terra's bioinputs unit (inoculants, bio-defensives, biofertilizers) at Pirituba II Farm in Itaberá, SP for use on a 200 ha area of grain production. The inputs will be used by land reform settlement families practicing agroecological farming or in transition.
Expected impacts include improved knowledge, dissemination and commercial viability of bioinputs for food production, leading to improved food security and sovereignty, preservation and restoration of natural resources, production and incomes of small farmers.

Chosen technological inputs will be proven, small scale, simple and low-tech but scientifically sophisticated, adapted to local ecological and geographical conditions, and suitable for technology transfer.

Activities will include installation of equipment, technical courses, exchange programme, production of evidence about bioinputs, accompaniment of food production using bioinputs, learning. CAFOD's support will enable: acquisition of materials for the units, (e.g. wood chipper, manure tank, steel tanks); technical support; training costs. 

Beneficiary farming families as follows: 30 from training and accompaniment, 60 from access to bioinputs, 270 from dissemination of learning. Indirect beneficiaries from Agroecological production from: 3000 grocery consumers, 2000 people on ENFF courses, 3000 food insecure families in SP receiving donations of fresh food.
HAY - Strengthening the participation and influence of Yanomami Woman This project aims to strengthen HAY's communication strategy of radio installation in isolated communities living in Yanomami indigenous territory, and to strengthen the participation of indigenous women to access their rights.

Despite the fact that the Yanomami people were granted the right to their territory in 1982, illegal gold miners continue to enter their territory, creating violence, disease, and polluting rivers from mercury used in the extraction of gold. Communities are also facing a health crisis in service provision. Both of these challenges adversely affect women. 

Activities include: a) provide women's right training to 60 Yanomami women and girls in order to strengthen their participation and influence on public policies related to their rights to health and land protection; b) promote gender awareness in their communities; and c) installation of a radio and a women's rights awareness workshop in the Komomassipetheri community of 110 people as a form of constant communication with HAY on external threats.
Caritas Brasileira Institutional Strengthening of Environment, Risk Management and Emergencies Dept. The project aims to strengthen the performance of the Caritas Brasileira (CB) Network in their emergency responses, via three main strategies: 1) to strengthen technical support in emergencies;  2) to train Caritas staff and volunteers to respond to emergencies; and 3) strengthen the knowledge management of the Network in its work with the MAGRE department (Environment, Risk Management and Emergencies), especially in the context of emergencies.

The project aims to achieve: 1) the greater presence and performance of the Caritas Network in Brazil in emergencies;  2)  the training of at least 100 Caritas staff and volunteers in the use of network instruments to act in emergencies; and 3) the structuring of a MAGRE module in Caritas' online system (SI) that can respond to the needs of the Network re. emergencies while integrating staff and volunteers from areas where there is limited access to the internet. 

Between 2020-22, CAFOD has supported CB to successfully carry out 7 emergency projects, and the volatile political, environmental and health context mean that Brazil is likely to continue to face further emergencies throughout 2022 and beyond. The publication of the 5th IPCC report, the 2021 Climate Summit and COP26 all point to future climatic disasters, and recent research by the journal, ‘Nature Climate Change’, shows that ‘the Amazon is approaching a tipping point… after which the rainforest would be lost with “profound” implications for the global climate and biodiversity.' This project therefore aims to invest in CB's capacity for the next two years, by tackling three main problems: 1) lack of a national reference in the Network for action with emergencies; 2) little or no use of the available instruments of the Network by Caritas staff and volunteers working in emergencies; and 3) lack of a reference system for the Network that centralises the flow of information during an emergency while being easy to use and based on everyday popular language.
Solar Church This project has the socio-environmental education aim to disseminate among the local population and church leaders in the region and dioceses, alternative, sustainable sources of energy contributing to raising awareness on climate change and the impacts of the current model of generating energy. In Rondônia State, the construction of three major dams and hydro-electric power stations have caused huge social and environmental impacts. More dams are on the planning stage for Rondônia, including a major bi-national dam between Brazil and Bolivia, highly criticised due to its immediate and future socio environmental impact in the area.   

This demonstrative project aims to install solar system producing clean, renewable and sustainable energy in a regional seminary serving 4 dioceses (Guajara-Mirim-ro, Lábrea-AM, Humaitá-AM and Porto Velho-Rondônia). The reason to choose the seminary was to give an educational purpose to the project to raise awareness among students, their families, local catholic communities and the local population through a concrete example of solar energy production and the benefit of generating alternative energy and connecting it to the main electricity grid. This initiative also aims to provide information and arguments for church leaders, community activists and environmentalists to continue lobbying the Brazilian government to change the current energy matrix and policy, based on the construction of mega dams that bring huge socio-environmental impacts. This small project has also the potential to promote among the local population the use of the current legislation which allows decentralised generation of alternative energy to be connected to the main grid, showing that a change in the policy is doable/viable.
Phase 2 - HAY Ye'kuana and Sanoma Emergency COVID-19 response Brazil is in a second wave of COVID-19 with the highest number of weekly cases since mid-August with 6.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 (6,603,540) and 176,941 deaths, the 2nd highest number of deaths in the world. Isolated indigenous groups living in the Brazilian Amazon are among the most vulnerable, due to lack of access to adequate health care and low immunity to external diseases.

This project aims to: a) decrease the risk of COVID-19 of isolated indigenous groups in TIY (Yanomami Territory) in the Amazon by avoiding travel outside their communities and improve nutrition and life conditions, through the distribution of food, tools and clothing; and b) ensure access to education, healthcare, and the means to communicate threats (via radio) within their communities via guaranteeing access to solar energy systems in schools, health posts and radio, to support self-sustainable living and avoid external exposure to COVID-19. It intends to reach a total of 3,574 people from 31 communities located in the Auaris region, of which 26 communities (2,961 people) are Sanöma, and 5 are Ye´kuana, reaching 613 people. 

The main activities are: a) the distribution of food/non-food/hygiene kits to 31 communities located in Auaris, and the installation of 5 solar panels in 5 communities - 3 Sanoma communities: Kalisi, Kolulu and Polasai, and 2 Ye'kuana communities: Fuduuwaduinha e Kuratanha. The Auaris region was chosen because it is the region in Yanomami Territory with the highest demographic density, with more than 3,500 people registering only 9 cases of community transmission of COVID-19, the other 63 cases were in health units in Boa Vista, the majority of cases registered by DSEI-YY on 13/11/20 occurred at CASAI - Indigenous Health Unit in Boa Vista. The installation of solar panels will supply clean energy in community spaces far away from the main landing strip where the Brazilian army barracks are located and the risk of infection with COVID-19 is higher.
Annual Meeting of ISP participants To provide direct support to indigenous groups in Brazil 

To support networking between indigenous groups

To analyse the current situation relating to the indigenous movement in Brazil 

To support secular and religious indigenist organisations in Brazil and analyse their role within the indigenous movement

To define CAFOD's role in relation to its support for the indigenous movement in Brazil and in particular with:
small grassroots indigenous groups
indigenous organisations and networks
national indigenist groups (secular and religious) 
local church representatives/missionaries
international organisations working with indigenous issues

To define CAFOD's role in relation to national and international advocacy and lobbying on indigenous issues
BRA527 - Hutukara Davi and Mauricio visit to the UK - awareness raising This project is to support an awareness raising visit from Davi and Mauricio, from CAFOD partner Hutukara Yanomami Association (HAY), from 20th - 30th September 2014, including media interviews, a meeting with Evan Cornish Foundation, public talks and community visits to the CAFOD diocesan offices of Hexham and Newcastle and Lancaster. The trip aims to raise awareness of the rights violations the Yanomami and Ye'kuana people face living in the Amazon, and the support that communities in England and Wales can give to overcome these challenges. International awareness and support is paramount at this time, as both Davi and Mauricio are currently receiving death threats from armed men allegedly hired by goldminers operating illegally in Yanomami land, and a new mining bill is proposed in Brazilian Congress which if passed in 2015 will have detrimental impacts on Yanomami territory. The trip also ties in well with CAFOD's climate change campaign launch so that partners' voices and experiences can be represented in communications to supporters and they can take part in the climate change march in London, scheduled for 21st September 2014. 

Outputs of this project include: Local actions such as fundraising, campaigning and awareness raising activities by Diocesan offices and communities in the North and North East of England; local and national media coverage on the key threats faced by the Yanomami and Ye'kuana people in Brazil; and potential joint campaigning actions with Survival International after their visit. This project is closely aligned with the indigenous support programme (BRA-13-02) objective: to contribute to the full acknowledgement and implementation of the collective rights acquired by the Brazilian indigenous people and to improve sustainable territorial management and protection practices and strategies; and outcome 1: Awareness is raised on the themes of land management and climate change and practical experiences are shared in indigenous communities living in Roraima and Médio Solimões; and outcome 2: Indigenous communities increase their knowledge, are mobilised, and with their allies manage to face the threats to their constitutional rights and the construction of large-scale projects. 

This trip builds on the previous visit by Davi Yanomami to the UK in June 2009 hosted by CAFOD, where he visited the Hexham and Newcastle Diocese to take part in the Pilgrimage to Holy Island and undertook a number of interviews to raise awareness of climate change impacts and Yanomami and Ye'kuana rights violations.
Christian Youth Training Centre This EC funded Urban Community Development programme aims to improve the quality of housing and basic services for low-income families, (in particular female and youth headed households) living in the shanty towns and tenement blocks of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city.   
To do this, it will use three strategies: advocacy, campaigning and capacity building at the grassroots. The three programmatic lines of the programme are as follows:
a)	Guarantee urban public policy for housing that will benefit low income families. This will be done through the monitoring of public housing policy and programmes, raising awareness of the situation of low income populations in Sao Paulo and strengthening local community networks, as well as civil society networks at the national and international level. 
b)	Increase the participation of women and young people( who live in the Favelas and poor areas of the city) in community groups and in spaces of consultation and decision making forums on urban issues ( associations etc).
c)	Increase the capacity and impact of local organisations in the defence of the right to housing. This includes training the 3 partner organisations in various areas, such as financial management and programme planning and monitoring, so that they are better able to carry out their work, increase their impact and promote a more democratic, just and participatory city.
To support the advocacy and lobbying work aimed at protecting the Awa people and their territory CIMI is a service agency of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) formed in 1972 to provide training, advice and support to indigenous people and organisations, and to promote their rights. This project with the Maranhao branch of CIMI,  provides literacy training to all the Guajá in their own language as means of preserving and strengthening cultural values and in the Portuguese language to leaders so that they can communicate with wider Brazilian society, and thus defend and vindicate their rights. It also addresses the issues of healthcare, education, self-sufficiency and land rights.
Supporting and monitoring of CPT Joao Pessoa access to land project The project in which the accompanier will support aims to strengthen 286 families from six poor rural farming communities to organise themselves to defend their rights to permanently live on their land, grow and sell agricultural produce, and possess titles to their land, thereby increasing their food and income security. This involves a combined strategy of: 
1) strengthening community organisation so communities and leaders are aware of their rights and can represent their communities’ needs to governmental authorities; 
2) supporting legal cases to pressure state bodies (INCRA and the justice department) to guarantee land entitlement, halt evictions of families from their lands; and to mediate where there is conflict and violence against poor farmers.  
3) joint public campaigning and lobbying of governmental bodies with other civil society partners to raise awareness of the need for land reform.  
In the long term this strategy aims to convert temporary encampments to permanent settlements for rural families so they can live safely and sustainably, and thereby ensure food and income security via growing and selling agricultural produce on their land.   
This approval is to fund the local accompanier to build the capacity of CPT Joao Pessoa in the following areas:
- Planning
- Monitoring 
- Evidence collection
- Reporting and Evaluation 
Please see the ToR and Contract in the related documents link for more information.
Christian Youth Training Centre CCJ This project aims to enable disadvantaged young people in poor areas of Sao Paulo and Brazil to engage with and contribute to the strengthening of civil society as an effective strategy to develop long-term solutions to social problems faced by youth (such as violence, corruption, lack of housing, employment, precarious health and education). 
This two-year project will be implemented by local partner CCJ. It will build on the work, lessons learnt and impact of the European Community funded Urban Livelihoods programme (2008-2011). It seeks to address and challenge the low participation of disadvantaged young people in society, and the generalised lack of political and social awareness and engagement in actions to promote public policies targeted at young people from poor neighbourhoods and urban peripheries. Other problems to be tackled include corruption, lack of housing, employment, precarious health and education. CCJ will work with young people from groups which are part of existing Catholic social networks and popular movements, community associations and the Catholic Youth Pastoral. 
The project aims to achieve 3 main outcomes: 1) New youth leaderships trained and strengthened; 2) Increased self esteem, awareness and organisational capacity of young people at local and national level for critical conscience and social involvement to defend their social rights and promote youth public policies; 3) Increased engagement, mobilisation and participation of young people (who live in favelas and poor areas of the city) in civil society and community initiatives to reduce young people's vulnerability.
Caritas Brasileira Venezuela Emergency Response Since 2017, the impacts of the political and economic crisis in Venezuela have intensified resulting in increased violence, poverty and a persecution of social protest affecting hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans. In response, immigrants and refugees have been fleeing the food crisis, the collapse of public services and 700% inflation in Venezuela to neighbouring Latin American countries. Presidential elections are planned for 20th May 2018, but there is a consensus that President Maduro’s socialist party will win again, which will likely result in an increased migratory flow, and a potential closure of the Brazil/Venezuela border, breaking international pacts and further increasing sexual exploitation and human trafficking.

In July 2017, there were an estimated 300,000 Venezuelans in Colombia, 40,000 in Trinidad and Tobago, and 30,000 in Brazil in various migratory situations, including refugee status. Although the cross-border movement of Venezuelans has increased since the end of 2016, this further intensified when Colombia placed more obstacles to the entry of refugees into the country. 

By January 2018, 40,000 Venezuelans had already entered the city of Boa Vista in Brazil alone, which represents more than 10% of the city's nearly 330,000 inhabitants. Many immigrants walk the 200-kilometer road that separates Pacaraíma, on the border, and Boa Vista. Families with small children make the journey for days on a dangerous road. In 2017, President Michel Temer signed a decree recognizing the "vulnerable situation" in Roraima. There has been a measles outbreak alert and overburdened health services: the only high quality hospital in the state of Roraima is at maximum capacity. Refugees including young women and children are exposed to high risks of xenophobia, targets of violence, and human trafficking and slave labour through illegal actors. Sanitation and hygiene are also key needs due to lack of sufficient toilets and sewerage network in shelters, and many lack access to basic food provision.