The Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR) in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) through the Super Panas Project delivered educational kits to adolescent children from the Janokoida shelter on March 24, materials were also delivered to the professionals who work at the shelter in Pacaraima, in total there were 110 kits for the children, and 16 to the team of professionals.
Present at the delivery were the coordinator of the Sineia do Vale project, Maria Betânia, general secretary of the indigenous women's movement of Roraima, Tomás Tancredi, UNICEF's head of child protection, Edinho Batista, general coordinator of the CIR, in addition to the team that assists the shelter's residents.
During the delivery, the coordinator of the Sineia do Vale Project, emphasized the importance of the integrated work between the CIR and UNICEF with the Warao people, residents of the shelter. According to her, the educational kit delivered is a reinforcement of the work that the team develops within the shelter, such as collage activities, notes and small daily tasks.
"The school kit is another incentive for children to participate, and we are in this line of working on protection and education with them, we made this moment of delivery with everyone being very careful, with the use of alcohol gel, mask, counting on the head of protection of UNICEF Tomás Tancredi." said.
In addition to being head of protection, Tomás is an important facilitator of dialogues in the meetings between UNICEF and CIR, and mentioned what the dialogue between the organizations represents and the benefits that will be provided from it.
"It is very important that Warao children are proud to be indigenous and speak their own language. The partnership between UNICEF and the CIR also makes it possible for children to recognize themselves as indigenous in a position of reference, either with the Warao teachers or with the coordination, Macuxi, Wapichana and Taurepangue of the CIR and This is fundamental for the development, self-esteem and mental health of indigenous children and adolescents.
Sofia Pinheiro dos Santos, pedagogical supervisor of the super panas project in Pacaraima, mentioned that in the beginning the team faced many challenges, however, as the project progressed, everyone tries to solve the difficulties, she cites the example of the low adherence of adolescents in the activities, and now they are the vast majority, she also mentions what she called the rescue of the Warao culture, because when approaching a child, she reported: "I have a lot of learning Hablar Warau."However, with the help of Warau teachers, the pedagogical team and the aidamos were successful.
"Nowadays children count numbers by learning new words in Warao, and the"Tengo Peña"Not anymore, and the beneficiaries in the shelter are grateful for the partnership between the CIR and UNICEF, for reinforcing the learning of both children and adults, such as the Workshop of Law Operators. And everyone is learning about Brazilian culture, and Portuguese, which was a great challenge because the children did not know how to read Portuguese, but with strategies such as games and explanatory videos we have noticed a significant learning of everyone in Janokoida. The great expectation now is the beginning of activities in the Tarauparu indigenous community. In general, Super Panas has left its mark through the CIR and UNICEF in the shelter, we have tried to contribute to the project, including in the life project by listening to the Aidamos (tuxaua) always in this collective construction."
Super Panas is a joint project between CIR and UNICEF that currently aims to help the Warao indigenous people of the Janokoida shelter, and Tarauparu in Pacaraima. The Tarauparu indigenous community has cordially received part of the migratory flow of the Warau. In this context, CIR and UNICEF have established a partnership with the objective of assisting the community and especially the shelter, providing notions of Brazilian legislation, inclusive basic education, access to health, and information. According to the coordinator of Ivânia Ferronato, a member of the Fraternity (International Humanitarian Federation), the entity that coordinates the shelter, the place has 307 people.
And currently the CIR and UNICEF partnership team is made up of 16 people in Pacaraima, being a pedagogical supervisor; five educators, five educational assistants; a Portuguese language teacher, two social workers and two psychologists.