September 22, 2021

20:09

Victória Sales – from Cenarium

MANAUS – The Agency Cenarium will participate, through the journalist and executive director of the company, Paula Litaiff, of a live of the State Foundation of the Indian (FEI), next Wednesday, 29th, about the importance of reporting indigenous mental health. Besides the agency, psychologist and holistic therapist Lucia Neves will also participate in the event. Registration can be made through the link made available by the foundation.

According to Paula, indigenous mental health is a very delicate subject. “When we talk about mental health, we bring up a very relevant subject. And the indigenous agenda, especially about the rights of these people, has always been and will always be present in CENARIUM, because we need to understand that these people are the root of Brazil”, she said.

The executive director also points out that in this context, of mental health, it is necessary to understand that the indigenous people were very punished in this period of the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, if more and more journalists, communicators, put this issue on the agenda, more serious and effective public policies will be put into practice.

The event’s coordinator, Amaury Ferreira, points out that, because of Yellow September, a campaign was started for a series of videos that can bring knowledge, especially to the indigenous public on the subject that many do not know. With this, it was suggested to hold a live with lectures so that the theme can be further explored.

Ferreira says that at the foundation there is psychological care for indigenous people, in a meeting with the psychologist who attends. “We aligned our thoughts and decided to provide a live that could reach a public that was still unaware of this service. With this, we saw how important it is to spread this theme among the indigenous public, because there is still a large majority that doesn’t believe in the psychological problems that exist”, she explained.

“Along this same line of thought, we sought to insert a secondary theme into the main one, which led us to invite the journalist from the Agência Cenarium, who has a section dedicated to the indigenous public. Thus, we will be able to extend more the themes to be explored”, said the coordinator. Amaury also pointed out that this is the first time the live takes place and that he intends to do others with other themes.

Indigenous Suicide

In an exclusive story made by CENARIUM, it is possible to notice, based on data released by the Violence Against Indigenous People of Brazil Report, the record of 133 suicides throughout Brazil in 2019. Being 32 cases more than the cases recorded in 2018. Among the states with the highest number of occurrences are: Amazonas and Mato Grosso do Sul, with 59 and 34 deaths, respectively. The data for 2021 has not yet been accounted for.

The report highlights that in 2019 256 cases of possessory invasions, illegal exploitation of natural resources, were registered. This total is more than double the number recorded in 2018, when we had a total of 111 cases. In the ranking of states with the highest number of invasions in Indigenous Lands (TI), Amazonas is first on the list, with 56 records and Maranhão with 42 records.

“The federal government encourages the agribusiness people to burn and occupy area irregularly. A short time ago, President Bolsonaro said he would regularize every person who had inside land demarcated in an area of environmental protection, therefore, the federal government is sponsoring these atrocities, we are seeing dead animals, people losing homes and villages being burned, all because of the policy created and managed by the president himself”, said the lawyer and representative of the Union of Indigenous Organizations of Vale do Javari (Univaja), Eliésio Marubo.