The Yawanawa need our help after massive flooding
Tribal Link has close connections with the Yawanawa, and we were devastated to receive the message below.
We invite you to donate by clicking Donate to the Yawanawa below, then click the Donate Now button. Please indicate it’s for the Yawanawa in the Message field of the donation page.
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Flooding Crisis on the Rio Gregório — Help Us Rebuild
“The Rio Gregório has flooded, devastating villages across our territory. Families have lost their crops, their homes, their boats, and their tools — the very things that sustain life deep in the Amazon.
Right now, our most urgent needs are:
Food for families who lost their crops and can no longer reach their fields
⛽ Fuel to travel by boat between villages and deliver aid
Reconstruction materials to repair homes and community structures
Replacement of lost boats, motors, and basic tools
Small animals (like chickens) to help families begin recovering
Seedlings to replant what was lost and restore food security for months ahead
Every dollar goes directly to the affected families. With USD 50,000 we can cover immediate relief and begin a dignified recovery — reaching every village, leaving no family behind.
This support is not only about surviving the flood. It is about helping our communities heal, rebuild, and continue protecting our territory and the Amazon forest.”
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YAWANAWA
We have a long-standing relationship with the Yawanawa peoples. The Yawanawa, who number over 1,200, live in the Gregório River Indigenous Land in the state of Acre. We have organized events together and continue to support the Yawanawa in their quest to implement the Life Plan for Territorial Development, which includes both livelihood strategies such as processing and marketing native açaí, and cultural preservation projects such as protecting traditional knowledge, wisdom, and language.
VALE DO JAVARI
The Vale do Javari in the northwest Brazilian Amazon, bordering Peru, is the second-largest titled Indigenous territory (roughly the size of Portugal). Six contacted tribes live there (Matis, Marubo, Mayoruna, Kulina, Kanamari, and Korubo), as well as over a dozen uncontacted tribes numbering over 2,000 people. Uncontacted tribes are under the greatest threat, having no defense or recourse against any illegal or legal activities that affect their territories. The Marúbo and the other tribes are organized in the Union of the Indigenous Peoples of the Vale do Javari (UNIVAJA). We are partnering with Céline Cousteau's Tribes on the Edge impact campaign to provide support to the communities in the Javari.
Capacity-building
Project Access capacity-building and training program that we hold each year has trained many leaders from the Amazon, such as Manuela Omari above, Tuwe Huni Kuin, and others, that we keep in close contact with.