The donation and partnership of entities with the Humanitarian Fraternity (FIHF) benefits the vulnerable population in Boa Vista-Roraima
An initiative of Petrobrás in partnership with the Bank of Brazil Foundation (Brazilians for Brazil Action), and the Cooperative of Agriculturists (Coophorta) working together with the Fraternity – International HumanitarianFederation (FIHF), distributed Fuel Vouchers, which secures the purchase of a 13 kg kitchen gas cylinder for the population of immigrants and refugees in vulnerable situations in the city of Boa Vista, in Roraima.
This action took place at the Indigenous Culturaland Training Center (ICTC) and at the headquarters of the affiliated associations, at the beginning of March, with the personal delivery of the gas vouchers.
Up until the 10th, various organizations benefited, such as ADRA, the Association of Indigenous Immigrants of Roraima, the United Women’s Collective for Sustainability in Roraima, the Indigenous Council of Roraima, the Sewing Cooperative, the Joint Cooking, the Indigenous Entrepreneur and Handicraft Women’s Group of Boa Vista, the Missionaries of Charity, the Indigenous Cultural Association of Roraima, Stirring the Pot, Indigenous Women’s Association of Roraima.
The purpose was to reach the neediest families with the benefit of fuel for assistance, the target public being the indigenous associations and communities, the immigrant and refugee population coming from Venezuela, as well as the local vulnerable population.
Five humanitarian workers of the Humanitarian Fraternity (FIHF) took part in this initiative, carrying out activities such as registration, distribution and logistics, support and assisting the domestic economy of 350 families, through their respective representatives, who directly received the benefit.
The humanitarian worker Gabriel Cyrilo tells us that the donation of the fuel vouchers was an opportunity for contact with the local community, and to also understand the socioeconomic vulnerability present among the indigenous and non-indigenous Brazilians. “We received people unemployed for a long time, people who have come here three, four times to get access to the benefit, and who really needed it. So, it was an opportunity not only for contact,” he reflects, “but also for assisting, which is very important. I believe that for the ICTC it was also timely that local organizations, besides those already mentioned, could visit the space and know what is being offered here, the courses and the services. In this way, the ICTC itself gradually becomes a reference, because now this contact with the local community is becoming more and more strengthened, mainly the indigenous Brazilians,” he concludes.
Lyslin Perez, of the Kapoi Association (Indigenous Cultural Association of Roraima), is deeply grateful for all those who collaborate so that the Fuel Voucher can reach many indigenous families, contributing to their wellbeing in such a difficult time of the pandemic, when many became ill, lost their jobs, their loved ones, and some of those families had no access to fuel for more than two months. “The Fuel Voucher brought joy to the indigenous people, and that is why I am here with my heart grateful by the people who have worked to support this. I want to give thanks and ask God to bless them greatly… Because it’s not just the Fuel Voucher, but also the love for others. Thank you!,” she says.
Provider of the service of Coopehorta, Aldirene Souza repeats: “the fuel assistance was an initiative of Petrobrás in partnership with the Bank of Brazil Foundation, through the Brazilians for Brazil Action, and the Coophorta was a partner so that this help could reach those socially vulnerable families.”
Uniting efforts and humanitarian purpose, these partnerships inspire us and make us want to get to know more closely these places where we can participate, collaborate, transform. It invites us to a continuous practice of fraternity.
