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Amazon Indians hit by deadly epidemic in Venezuela

Posted on 31. October 2010 by Webmaster

Source: IAN JAMES, Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan health workers say an epidemic that may be malaria has killed dozens of people, decimating three villages of the Yanomami Indians, whose struggle for survival in a remote part of the … Continue reading →

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Cut to the core

Posted on 1. November 2009 by Webmaster
Cut to the core

Gold miners in the Brazilian Amazon are destroying the Yanomami community’s home. But, says Davi Kopenawa, his people are ready to fight for their land.
Rowenna Davis met him.
Davi Kopenawa sits opposite me looking agitated. His small brown hands turn a … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reaching Amazonian Indians (April 2008)

Posted on 1. September 2008 by Webmaster
Health-Journal-Mosquitonet

Mosquito nets for the Yanomami
For three to five months every year, Christina Haverkamp lives with the Yanomami Indians in the Amazon Rain Forest. So far she has built 3 small medical stations for these people who previously had no access … Continue reading →

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