The indigenous Amazon community fighting deforestation

The indigenous Amazon tribe fighting deforestationThe Caring Family Foundation

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00:00We are stronger and that the donors, our supporters and the carers will make a difference.

00:08I hope that we can respect nature in the way it respects us.

00:14That we can have a healthy forest in the future.

00:19We consider nature as our mother. We call it Mother Nature.

00:24Because for us, indigenous peoples, nature gives everything to us.

00:30It gives water, it gives food, it gives our home.

00:35My vision for the future, as an indigenous woman,

00:39I hope that we, women, can have a relationship with a nature of protection,

00:47of the forest, of the rivers, to reduce climate change

00:51and to strengthen our education, our culture, our spirituality, our traditional medicine.

01:04Thanks to the donors and the carers, together, we are stronger.

01:09And that the donors, our supporters and the carers will make a difference.

01:15We will protect the forest, the planet, for everyone.

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