No food until the next year, the people of Kajkwakhratxi-Tapayuna to ask for help
The campaign seeks to raise money for the 44 families who are going without food after the fire.
The people’s Kajkwakhratxi-Tapayuna in the Village of Kawêrêtxikô, in the Land of the Indigenous Capoto Jarina, in the state of Mato Grosso, lives for drama: the gardens is burnt, the seeds lost, and the air too stuffy, following a fire that struck the area.
Yaiku Suya Tapayuna, one of the organizers, said that the fire started at the beginning of September, in the villages of the area. But, at the end of the month, came to the community, which was just surrounded on all sides by the fire.
“The fire came from both sides, the top and the bottom of the Xingu river. He burned them all in the garden, the forest and the natural medicines,” said Yaiku.
The Association of the Indigenous Tapayuna (AIT) has classified the fire as the worst part of the story, it turned to ashes in the woods on the outskirts of the community, putting at risk the survival of the 44 families.
“No rain, no humidity, and the fire it does not give you rest. It destroyed our trees, our bugs, our herbal medicines. He burned our crops, cassava, sweet potatoes, yams, watermelons, and pumpkins. We are indian and live in the forest. The nearest grocery store is within an eight-hour drive away. We don’t have any more food,” said the association in a letter.
In addition to the lack of food, and the people are suffering from the smoke, and many of the 432 residents of sick leave, according to the association.
“To the best of our houses of straw, not able to breathe properly. The forest aflame, and they have been burning our eyes off of our necks. Even with a cough, sore throat, headache, and dyspnea, all of the adults, and the elderly, they have to walk for miles to try and find something to eat. Non-‘re only just holding it more,” she said.
Wetaktxi the Tapayuna, the president of the first INTERNATIONAL, also called attention to the lack of availability of drugs, both the traditional ones and the conventional ones in the village. “We are sick because of the smoke. Many had to go to the pharmacy to take the remedy, and each and every day decreases with the pressure. Some of them have gone,” he said.
The situation is even more complex, according to Yaiku, because the community is located on the site of a difficult-to-access, and, in times of emergency, with a lot of people, they find it difficult to get out of the area. And it’s a boat, and motor vehicles, which they did not have to help the movement.
Fire in a browser
The heavy rains of the past few days to relieve the situation of the fire, in the state of Mato Grosso, but the problem still persists. The state is still facing a scenario of concern, with 527 new sources of heat, in the last 48 hours, depending on the Program, Burned by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in brazil.
In September, state of Mato Grosso has led the nation in the number of fires, with the 19.964 hotspots. The land is indigenous to most of the affected was IT Capoto/Jarina with 479 hotspots, then IT Pimentel Barbosa, 412.
The fire also affected the indigenous lands, Basketball, White, and Utiariti, which is reported to 395, and 381 hotspots, respectively.
The pressure from the SUPREME court on the united states and the champions of the fire
On September 19, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) is held for a due process hearing to discuss the solutions to all the fires in the Amazon rainforest and the Pantanal in brazil. During the meeting, the prime minister would be Charged Before determining the compliance of a set of measures to combat the fires in the two regions.
The Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos recursos naturais Renováveis (Ibama), and the 10 member states present at the hearing, should, in 30 days, to submit a report from the oversight, the joint must be carried out in the cities, representing 85% of the main focuses of the heat. It was also determined that to make a diagnosis of the reasons for the high incidence of fires in your cities.
At the end of march of this year, the SUPREME court, in the context of the Arguments of the non-compliance of the Precept of Elementary school (ADPFs) 743, 746, and 857, have led to the development of the plan of prevention and suppression of fires in the brazilian Pantanal and the Amazon.
However, in the face of a worsening of the situation, with a significant increase in wildfires in the whole of the national territory, the prime minister has convened hearings to determine the specific measures adopted by the member states.
During the hearing, the representatives of the states were asked about the number employed in the fight to the fire, and the criteria used to account for the extent of the fires in 2023 and 2024, in addition to the strategies for the mobilization and coordination with the local authorities to deal with the crisis. In the states, but they had to drill down to which state agencies are responsible for coordinating these actions, in conjunction with the local communities.
Campaigns for good reason
To help the communities affected by the fires, and the association of Indigenous Peoples of Mato Grosso (Fepoimt) has organized a campaign to collect. For people who want to contribute, you can bring in food, personal hygiene items, and cleaning up at the head office of the institution, in the street, Stephen, Thomas, number in 1876, in the neighborhood, to share news, in-Lakeland.
In addition to this, it is also possible to contribute any amount, via the work to the account of the federation. The key is to push it to the ID of the Fepoimt: 32.678.220/0001-65.
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A fundraiser has also been set up to support the 44 families Kajkwakhratxi-Tapayuna. The allocation of the resource to be defined collectively by the community.
However, the priorities identified are for the purchase of food, and the replacement of the drug at the health post in the village, the purchase of seeds, and the seeds to recover from the fields had been devastated, and the purchase of a boat in order to facilitate the access to the most remote villages.
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The campaign is being organised by the partner institutions in the people’s Kajkwakhratxi-Tapayuna: Amigos da Terra – Amazônia Brasileira, operação Amazônia Nativa (OPAN), and the Observatory of the Indigenous Peoples in isolation and in Recent Contact information (OPI).