Youth in Indian state of Mato Grosso, creates the association at its first meeting
Mental health and a source of income were the key topics discussed by the representatives of the seven regions of the state
For the strength of youth, an indian from Mato Grosso, took control of the territory Umutina, Barra do Bugres, during their first meeting, which took place from the 12th to 15th of September. Under the theme ‘Uniting the know-how, Reinforcing the Tradition and the Future of Our world’, around 200 young people from different nations came together to discuss key issues relevant to their lives and their communities.
Education, health, sustainability, property rights, and climate change are just a few of the topics discussed at the table, which had the participation of speakers of indigenous people. In each subject, the young people shared their experiences, projects and pointed out the solutions for building a better world in which all peoples to have a voice and a role.
“It’s very important in these discussions, to listen to the different situations that people go through, and what do we need to improve on. I am confident that this meeting will be scheduled in the history of the indigenous people of Mato Grosso state,” he said Kauwe Zunizakae of the people Haliti-Paresi.
To Jadilson Kanuxi the people of the Manoki, these meetings are also key to the continuation of a war ancestor. “We have come up with six of the delegates, and it was a very important place for our country. As a young man, it’s been really important for me to follow in the fight of our leaders have left us.”
The topics are diverse, but two major challenges for the youth of the indigenous, were present in all of the discussion about mental health, and wealth creation in the territory, and demonstrate the urgency of finding solutions to these issues.
“Many young people are being required to leave the territory in search of a job in the city. Many can be expected, but it does not have a job and that makes leaving the area with the family. This activity could help to strengthen the sustainability and income generation within their own territories,” he said Genilson Torika mortal kombat, the people’s Balatiponé.
On mental health and suicide in the
Wagner, Ariabo Kezo the people of the Balatiponé, it is not held back tears while sharing it with the participants in the pain of the loss of a friend in the past year. He pointed out how much this affected him and others. Then Andrya Kiga, the people, the Boe-the Bororo, who also spoke on the death of a friend, trans.
“I have shed many tears for her, but I promised that I was not going to cry, and now it can go, and at the end of the day, I think it was a day overdue,” he said Andrya, who is also a woman, trans.
The speaker in the Kiga Bóe, a doctoral student in social anthropology from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), which is also said of the loss.
“On the Song if it’s killed by the year 2020. It was the first time he has been with a woman, trans. For the Health of you had a great performance at the time of her death. We had a follow-up to the psychological. Was in the September-yellow, but once it’s done”.
The stories told in the discussions highlight the importance of taking care of your mental health, the creation of public policies and the need for psychological support, continuous and specialist for young people-indigenous people.
“Everyone discusses a lot of this issue that has come to the detriment of the indigenous population. Don’t have a deep work that is being performed. You have few people working, and it has to be more. Added to the problems in the community. My people have had a case of suicide,” said the professor Gilmar Koloizomae that the free-kick action of your institution.
The organization of the youth
On Saturday and Sunday, we have focused on the creation, the setting of the name, in the form of the action, and the board of directors of the Association of Young Indigenous people from the Mato Grosso state (AJIMT), which is a partner of the confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Mato Grosso (Fepoimt).
“We finished the event, but we’re starting a new chapter in its history on the youth, and to all of us to keep fighting for our rights, to defend our territories, and biomes that,” said Alex Onaezokemar the people of the Paresi-Haliti, the creation of the AJIMT.
With a board of directors made up of representatives from the various regions, the association is reflected in its diversity and a commitment to represent the interests of young people, indigenous to the state. Wagner, Ariabo Kezo, Women Manoki, Nany Zonezokemae, In Mark, the Chiquitano, Rosalia Guató, and Nelson Xavante, took over the functions of the president, the vice-president, treasurer and secretary, respectively.
Sebastian and Rue, the Chiquitano people, he noted that the discussions about the event and the creation of the AJIMT began in the Camp in the Land and is open to the ATL this year. Now, set up, states that ‘it will be a space for you to add to and strengthen the struggle of the indigenous peoples’.
Atailza Marikjasi the people of the Manoki, summed up the feelings of all of the young people: “what do we all look forward to what the future will be better than it was for our ancestors-and that we can leave a legacy for the generations to come”. The association is an important step in this direction by demonstrating a commitment to the youth of the indigenous fight for their rights.
