{"id":35872,"date":"2021-06-22T15:29:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T19:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/in-brazils-most-indigenous-city-prejudice-and-diversity-go-hand-in-hand\/"},"modified":"2021-06-22T15:29:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T19:29:20","slug":"in-brazils-most-indigenous-city-prejudice-and-diversity-go-hand-in-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/in-brazils-most-indigenous-city-prejudice-and-diversity-go-hand-in-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"In Brazil\u2019s most Indigenous city, prejudice and diversity go hand in hand"},"content":{"rendered":"
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She demands improvement of infrastructure in the villages and support for young Indigenous who venture out of their communities. \u201cMany Indigenous people continue to leave their communities to study and work, but they do not always find the right conditions. They end up exposed to problems such as alcoholism and early pregnancy,\u201d Franci Baniwa says.<\/p>\n

In 2017, the federal government signed a commitment to build 50 schools catering to the Indigenous population of the Rio Negro region; S\u00e3o Gabriel da Cachoeira is on the list of municipalities that will host 16 schools. The stages of the physical and pedagogical project have already been completed, but the works have not yet started. After pressure from the Federal Public Ministry (MPF), the government reaffirmed its commitment in April this year, with 40 million reais ($7.8 million) in funds promised to be released, but said the works will only start when the villages are reopened after the pandemic.<\/p>\n