Health and Happiness Project

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Health and Happiness Project

	Summary Strengthening integrated economic sustainability and generation of income alternatives to make possible the involvement of their own communities in the preservation of the Amazon ecosystem.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Operating since 1987, this project serves nearly 22,600 beneficiaries. The communities are mostly the descendents of indigenous people who possess virgin lands and produce for subsistence. This population is facing the exhaustion of its natural resources due to overfishing by commercial fishermen, deforestation due to wood extraction and forest burning. The social picture is extremely critical and the communities are submitted to a process of growing impoverishment due to a lack of alternatives.

Activities

Stimulating ecologically sustainable economic alternatives and establishing a point of reference through it’s training center.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Funding Policy: percentage (Retired)

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

To create a program for income generation.

Project Message

To invigorate economical alternatives we structured a generation of income program with 4 nucleuses: Communitary Based Eco-tourism; Utilitarian Art; Microcredit lending; Agriculture and Ecology.
- Tiberio Alloggio, Program Coordinator

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Tiberio Alloggio,
Program Coordinator
Luis Felipe Murray - Iko Poran
Rua Almirante Alexandrino
Nº 2023- Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro - RJ 22.210-030
Brazil
55-21-9218-4014
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