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“I am proud to work for this great Yanomami family”
When the Venezuelan Maria Audaly, 43, left her homeland, she never thought she would end up working again in emergency situations in her new country. In Brazil, she is one of the health assistants responsible for ensuring the recovery of Yanomami, Ike’uana and Sanumã boys and girls suffering from malnutrition at t...
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“I feel a deep connection with the Yanomami people, as if they were my own”
Anyone observing the connection between 25-year-old Nara Martins and her young patients would hardly guess they do not speak the same language. This young nutritionist, who is of Macuxi descent, uses a different form of communication to soothe the Yanomami children who travel hundreds of kilometers, from their rem...
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UNICEF Bolsters Response to Humanitarian Crisis in Yanomami Territory
UNICEF is part of the Public Health Emergency efforts in the areas of health, nutrition, water, and sanitation, coordinated by the Brazilian Government, indigenous organizations, and other partners. A 2019 study showed that more than 80% of the Yanomami children assessed were malnourished., Brasilia, January 31, 2023 –, UNICEF is part of the efforts to combat the severe humanitarian and public health crisis affecting the Yanomami indigenous popul...
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Dayse and her fight to overcome malnutrition at the age of 6
Anyone who sees the energy Dayse now shows, always with a smile on her face as she runs around with her friends, cannot imagine the struggles the little girl has been through in her only six years of life. Dayse, a Warao native, is one of more than 5 million people who left Venezuela due to the economic and social...