amazon lives
Mission
To network through broadband internet the communities of forest peoples (Indigenous, Quilombola, and Extractivist) in the Brazilian Amazon.
OBJECTIVE
To connect one million people in 5,000 communities in the Amazon by 2025, including Indigenous villages, Quilombola communities, and Extractivist communities in protected areas. This initiative aims to provide conscious digital inclusion through programs focusing on education, healthcare, entrepreneurship, territorial protection, and culture.
HOW
The project operates on three pillars: (i) ensuring the implementation of the necessary equipment for broadband internet access in each community; (ii) deploying a management and control system for the Connection Forest Peoples network in each community; (iii) providing programs and actions in the areas of health, education, entrepreneurship, territorial protection, and culture for the communities.
WHO MAKES IT HAPPEN
Initiative
Institutional Partners
Members of the Forest People Connection network
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Resource allocated for the pilot phase along with contributions from Luciano Huck, Sandra, and Daniel Goldberg.
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Resource allocated for the pilot phase along with contributions from Luciano Huck, Sandra, and Daniel Goldberg.
Executive Secretary
Juliana Dib
Deliberative Council
Tasso Azevedo
Presidente do Conselho
Ademar Cruz