The Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR) between July 4 and 5 was delivering materials to encourage Traditional Medicine, in the Anta 1 and Anta 2 communities of the Tabaio region, and in the Canauanim indigenous community, Serra Lua Region.
Among the items were stoves and supplies that help in the preparation of medicine, and an oven for baking.
The secretary of the Indigenous Women's Movement Maria Betânia was making the delivery on the 4th, together with the CIR Emergency Team, in the anta 1 and 2 community.
According to Rosângela Raposo Batista, coordinator of the Traditional Medicine, of the Anta 2 Community, the materials are important because they will help the community, both her own and the neighbors who request medicines. "Traditional medicine has helped a lot during the pandemic because our health center does not receive enough, we thank the CIR and partners, the team that made the delivery, as they only strengthen us more and more." said Rosângela.
Comunidade Anta 2, R. Tabaio
List of material delivered to the Anta 2 community:
1 box of oil, 1 bale of sugar, 5 liters of bee honey, 5 boxes of candle, 10 bars of beeswax, 100 jars for syrup, 100 jars for ointment, 1 kits of pans.
Sandriele Barbosa of the Macuxi people, local coordinator of medicine in the Anta 1 community, also thanked and spoke of the importance of valuing the activities.
"I come to thank you for the arrival of this material, because everything we are receiving is very important, it was in short supply and our production decreased because of this, but now we are going to produce many more, and we have a quality medicine and we know it well."
The coordinator received:
1 Industrial stove, 1 gas bottle, 2 bowls, 1 thermos, 1 box of oil, 1 bale of sugar, 5 liters of bee honey, 5 boxes of candle, 10 bars of beeswax, 100 bottles for syrup, 100 bottles for ointments.
The incentive to medicine in the region has the support of AVAAZ.
Anta Community 1
"We will increasingly value the work of traditional medicine, it is essential to fight this disease (covid-19), and to say that everything was chosen with great care to reach everyone, I know that it is not only women who work in the manufacture of medicines, it is young people and traditional leaders." Betânia highlighted.
On the 5th, deliveries were made in the Serra da Lua Canaunanim region, 1 stove was received by the community, and the inputs for the production of traditional medicine such as: honey, candle, wax, oil, sugar, pans, syrup bottles and ointments, were the materials donated by the Emergency team with the support of AVAAZ.
Canauanin Indigenous Community, R. Serra da Lua
The community also received 1 Industrial Oven that will strengthen the initiative of bread production, one of the demands of the regional coordinator of women Rosa Maria Cadete. The delivery was carried out by Maria Betânia, the general coordinator of the CIR Edinho Batista was also present during the ceremony.
For the youth nucleus, 3 bags of corn, 2 bags of xerém and supplements for the activities were left to the local youth chicken coop project. The Territorial and Environmental Management Plan (PGTA) of the region also received strengthening and now has 1 Notebook, 1 Datashow and a printer, received by the first Tuxaua Patrício Cadete and his second Aldecir Solon, and have the support of the ICS.