Organised by People's Palace ProjectsThe Kuikuro people from the Xingu territories in Brazil's Amazon basin are being left alone to fight a record number of fires.They have created an indigenous fire brigade and need resources to save the forest and to expand it to the Wauja people.
Indigenous people bear the brunt of climate change and they need our support to save what's left of the earth's forests.
In the Xingu Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon basin, our partners - the Kuikuro and Wauja people - are dealing with droughts, advanced deforestation, logging, mining and fires that have been the worst they've been since 2007.
The current government is systematically dismantling indigenous rights.
Left alone to protect the forest and their traditional way of living, the Kuikuro from Ipatse village have set up an indigenous fire brigade of 20 men. However, they need resources for the coming dry season to mitigate the fires.
This campaign will supply the Kuikuro people with fire equipment and protective clothing (including helmets, boots and gloves) as well as petrol for the car needed to reach remote areas effected by the fires.
Your donations will also cover expenses for training and equipping new volunteers from the Wauja indigenous community, who will then be able to launch its own fire brigade.
We all rely on the indigenous people to save our rainforest and preserve our trees.
The forest does not only belong to indigenous people, it's everyone's forest and it is dying in front of our eyes. We are trying to save it.
Takumā Kuikuro, filmmaker and indigenous firefighter
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