Power the Amazon rescue

Dear friends, Death is stalking the Amazon. For generations, indigenous people have fought to protect the rainforest. But now it's not just bullets and bulldozers they're fighting -- but a deadly, new enemy that's tearing through families and pushing tribes to the edge of existence. Covid-19 has killed hundreds of thousands in the world's most technologically-advanced nations -- but for tribes in the heart of the Amazon, it could spell complete annihilation. It's not just a desperate human tragedy, but a catastrophe for the rainforest, and a golden ticket for those who'd drill, saw, and mine it to oblivion. But we have a plan to help. An Avaaz staffer has painstakingly mapped out tribes across the Amazon: what they need, where they are, and how much it will all cost. And there's good news -- with just one good fundraising appeal, we could save thousands of lives. If we raise enough now, our movement will immediately start funding medicine, oxygen tanks, medical equipment and food packages for communities across the Amazon. It's incredibly ambitious, but they've given all they can to protect the rainforest. Now it's our turn to help them. Donate now, and Avaaz will spend every single dollar raised on this urgent response: I'LL DONATE R$15 I'LL DONATE R$25 I'LL DONATE R$35 I'LL DONATE R$55 I'LL DONATE R$90 OTHER AMOUNT We can't save the Amazon without the people who call it home. Over thousands of years they've grown a deep, intimate wisdom of the rainforest, and how we can help it to heal. And it's a wisdom the whole world needs now, as the global ecological crisis deepens. But now the virus is wiping out their elders, and more than 150 tribes in Brazil are infected, with people dying at DOUBLE the rate of the general population. They need urgent help. We know how to get funds into these remote communities, fast. Already, thanks to the power of small donations from many of us, we've helped over 35,000 indigenous families across the Amazon. It's incredible, but we can do more. So we've mapped it all out, and if we raise enough, we can: Provide vital Covid-19 testing kits, medical supplies, and food packages for desperate families; Fund mobile health facilities and makeshift ICU beds in remote areas and rebuild rundown health centres; Buy vital communication equipment so communities can coordinate evacuations, report infections, and call for help. This is our chance to defend the defenders; to lift up the people who've cared for and protected the world's most precious rainforest for millenia. What an extraordinary gift that would be for humanity and the world. Donate what you can now:  I'LL DONATE R$15 I'LL DONATE R$25 I'LL DONATE R$35 I'LL DONATE R$55 I'LL DONATE R$90 OTHER AMOUNT From South Africa to Greenland, and Peru to China, our movement wraps the world -- and yet no matter where we are, we are all inextricably linked to the Amazon and the wild, precious life it holds. Its fate is our own, and so in this tragic race to save the rainforest and the people who protect it, there can be no bystanders. This fight belongs to us all. With endless hope and determination, Mike, Oscar, Marigona, Nell, Anneke, Mouhamad, Bert and the whole team at Avaaz PS - Here are a few photos of what our community's first round of donations has already made possible: Testing, treatments, and oxygen tanks -- it's all provided in one of the 262 rapid-response ICUs we helped set up in remote areas of the Amazon. Community members receive medical advice and covid-testing at a makeshift clinic. There are no roads deep into the Amazon, so here food aid and medical supplies are delivered by boat. Medical equipment is disinfected and delivered to one of the many indigenous communities we've already helped together. This is one of many community food gardens Avaaz members have funded, so families can grow healthy food while supply chains remain severely disrupted. Days from the nearest hospital, often the only way to reach communities is over rivers or by air. This is one of the planes that was used to deliver aid and medical supplies -- again funded by small donations from people like you. Thank you! More information: Deforestation, oil spills, and coronavirus: Crises converge in the Amazon (Grist) https://grist.org/justice/deforestation-oil-spills-and-coronavirus-crises-converge-in-the-amazon/ Protecting the Earth's First Responders from Covid-19: How to Prevent the Extinction of Indigenous Communities in the Amazon (Avaaz Report) https://avaazimages.avaaz.org/AVAAZ%20COVID-19%20AMAZON%20REPORT.pdf Coronavirus gets dangerously close to isolated 'Arrow People' in Amazon (National Geographic) https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/08/coronavirus-gets-dangerously-close-to-isolated-arrow-people-in

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