“Measles is killing my Yanomami Indigenous people”
609 views · Published 16 August 2018 · 1:39 · Indexed 29 September 2026
Channel: Survival International · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism
Indigenous people express their concern over the current measles outbreak affecting Yanomami Indigenous communities in Venezuela and Brazil. Davi Kopenawa Yanomami – Yanomami leader in Brazil – talks of the deaths and calls for urgent assistance from governments. -- Stand with the Yanomami: https://svlint.org/YanomamiAction_yt -- Tribal Voice is a project by Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples. More than one hundred and fifty million people in over sixty countries live in tribal societies. From the Amazon to the Kalahari, from the jungles of India to the Congo rainforest, Tribal Voice gives them a platform. They experience appalling racism and genocidal violence. Their lands and resources are stolen for profit. Their ways of life are being deliberately and systematically destroyed. Here they speak out about what matters to them; watch, listen, and get involved: https://svlint.org/TribalVoice
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