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Brazil
National Website: chamadacontrapobreza.org.br
National Coalition
The following organisations are involved in the coordination of the Brazilian national coalition: Inesc, Ibase, Action Aid, Oxfam/BR, MST, MNRU.
If your organisation wants to get involved please contact:
- Fernanda Carvalho, fernanda@ibase.br
- Jairo Faria jairofaria@inesc.org.br
October 17 events
In Brazil October 17 actions are part of the ongoing political cultural event started on August 15th: “Women and the challenges of Emancipation”. The event consists of a projection of films, public debates, photo exhibitions on issues related to womens rights.
The activities which happened in Brasilia in August will be replicated on the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th of October in Fortaleza.
Events in 2005
Read the GCAP Brazil presentation in Portuguese (pdf)
WHITE BAND DAY II - Wake-Up to Poverty! on Saturday 10th. September
Activists from Ibase, ActionAid Brasil, Fase, Inesc, the Landless Movement, and the drama group Centro do Teatro do Oprimido took over the beach of Ipanema - the most famous beach of Rio de Janeiro - marching for the end of poverty in the Global Call to Action Against Poverty in Brazil. The march started at 11am of the beautiful sunny day - the time when the beach was crowded with people (estimated 15 thousand persons). Drums started to beat while some demonstrators carried giant white bands and puppets along the shore, and others distributed flyers and white bands to the people on the beach. ActionAid Brasil´s Country Director Jorge Romano, the Policy Coordinator Rosana Heringer and the Ibase's Coordinator Fernanda Carvalho gave interviews to radio stations and newspapers that were covering the event.
The Ipanema area is one of the most expensive places of Rio de Janeiro, where many influent people live. The campaigners chose this area to sensitise people on the global claim to end poverty.
In the same day, in the evening, a demonstration-party was held in a traditional samba house of Rio - a ballroom club founded in 1867 and famous for holding several important libertarian events, amongst the famoust being the claims for the end of slavery in Brazil. Landless Movements activists spoke about the Global Call to 600 people in the house and singers played famous protest songs.
