Brazil
Rainforest
Alliance
(www.rainforestalliance.org)
The
mission of the Rainforest Alliance is to protect ecosystems
and the people and wildlife that depend on them by transforming
land-use practices, business practices and consumer
behavior.
At the Rainforest
Alliance, we believe that the key to ensuring long and
healthy lives for people, for wildlife and for the planet
is by establishing sustainable ways of working the land.
In over 50 countries around the world, we are collaborating
with farmers, workers, business leaders, NGO's, governments,
scientists and local communities to develop and implement
standards that are socially and environmentally responsible,
as well as economically viable.
By creatively
and systematically helping to overhaul the way that
crops and timber are produced and the way tourism is
managed, the Rainforest Alliance, its partners and the
consumers they serve are ensuring that the resources
we depend on today will be here far into the future.
The Guarani Indian Tribe
(www.survival-international.org/tribes/guarani)
The Guarani live in Brazil, Argentina,
Paraguay and Bolivia. They are one of the largest tribes
in Brazil with a population over 35,000. Much of their
land has been stolen from them and many communities
can no longer sustain themselves on tiny patches of
land. This crisis has driven over 300 Gurani, mainly
adolescent to kill themselves.The Guarani have one of
the highest suicide rates in the world. They are a deeply
spiritual people, who believe they were the first people
to be created by the 'great father', Ñande-Ru.
The cacique, religious leader, is highly important in
the community. For the Guarani the terra sem mal, or
'land without evil', is the resting place of the soul
after death. It is essential for the soul to arrive
there so it can rest peacefully.
We support the Guarani Tribe through the
Survival Project, an International organization supporting
tribal peoples worldwide.