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.