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Interactive exhibit sheds light on ubiquity of domestic violence in Brazil
Mar 05, 2013
Innovative interactive exhibitions are giving visibility to the epidemic of domestic violence in Brazil – and now plans are in the works to take the initiative global.
At-risk youth talk of violence and resilience in Rio slums
Jan 29, 2013
A community-based art programme is helping at-risk youth overcome socioeconomic obstacles in one of Rio's most violent slums.
Brazil behind the boom
Sep 27, 2012
Brazil is the sixth largest economy in the world — and yet 16 million of its citizens live in abject poverty. Why? This podcast takes a look behind the numbers.
Koinonia highlights importance of DRR training
Jan 16, 2012
As part of an ACT appeal, members are coordinating to help mitigate and respond to natural disasters
Why we should still give to rich Brazil
Jan 11, 2012
Middle-income countries continue to need help, writes Christian Aid Director Loretta Minghella
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro farmers struggling to revive their land
Feb 10, 2011
With crops washed away and no land available to rent, farmers like Waldeli Andrade have a bleak future.
Brazil: Salvaging hope after deadly floods
Feb 01, 2011
Brazil needs more support to continue the recovery effort following deadly floods and landslides.
Brazil: Novo Friburgo floods
Jan 28, 2011
A gallery of images from Gustavo Bonato, working for the ACT forum in Brazil, showing the devastation in Nova Friburgo
Brazil: relief team deployed
Jan 28, 2011
ACT Alliance has deployed a strong emergency relief team to support survivors of Brazil’s worst disaster in over 35 years
Brazil: ACT getting relief to most vulnerable
Jan 20, 2011
In the worst-affected areas of Brazil, ACT members are distributing relief goods.
Food security in Southern Brazil
Jan 05, 2011
A video in Portuguese on food security in southern Brazil, produced by ACT member FLD
Brazil: recycling and rights
Aug 24, 2010
Head of ACT praises a recycling project run by homeless people in Sao Paolo that champions rights education as a route out of poverty
Brazil: land rights for escaped slave villages
Aug 24, 2010
ACT members supports the legalisation of lands belonging to villages founded by escaped slaves
Brazil: ACT responds to Alagoas floods
Aug 12, 2010
ACT members have delivered life-sustaining goods, food and water, to people affected by floods in Alagoas State of northern Brazil
Brazil: rainforest mark of protection
Mar 10, 2010
In a bid to counter illegal logging, certification for sustainably produced logs is growing.
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ACT in Brazil
Organisations with HQ in Brazil
- Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço (Ecumenical Coordination for Service) (CESE)
- Diaconia, Brazil
- Fundação Luterana de Diaconia (Lutheran Foundation of Diakonia) (FLD)
- Koinonia, Brazil
International organisations in Brazil
- Christian Aid (CA)
- Consejo Latinoamericano de Iglesias (Latin American Council of Churches) (CLAI)
- ECLOF International
Organisations funding work in Brazil
- Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Christian World Service (CWS)
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Church of Sweden (CoS)
- Diakonie Austria
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
- Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
- Kerk In Actie (KIA)
- Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The (PWRDF)
- United Church of Canada (UCC)
About Brazil
- GNI per capita: US$1,460 (World Bank, 2008)
- Population: 193.7 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Brasilia
- Largest city: Sao Paulo
- Area: 8.55 million sq km (3.3 million sq miles)
- Major language: Portuguese
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 69 years (men), 76 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 real = 100 centavos
- Main exports: Manufactured goods, iron ore, coffee, oranges, other agricultural produce