Indigenous Voices Protection, Restoration, Ecological Health and Cultures

Alagoas

The project’s coral reefs and ocean habitat are endangered by a variety of factors, including natural phenomena, improper sanitation, street waste runoff, and careless tourism. The project communities depend on healthy reefs. Due to extensive commercial urban development of vacation homes, condominiums, inns, hotels and their visitors, significant ecological and cultural damage is occurring.   
 

ABEVILA are building Community futures from ongoing program initiatives and funding sources ( that pay only for parts of the project. Each provides resources for specific tasks and activities however, none are totally inclusive of the individual project needs or the holistic solution we intend for the community and individuals.
 

Indigenous Voices
Mulheres Pescadoras

Increasing the recognition of the Mulheres Pescadores and their actual impact in the municipalities was a primary goal in which we excelled. We reorganized the Porto de Pedras efforts and expanded those efforts, by incorporating 17 additional communities (420 were indigenous women) and now operating in 11 municípialities within the Costa dos Corais region. They now speak with one voice for a combined community of nearly 2400 individuals, including their Youth, as key participants affecting municipal policy, social inclusion programmes and local environmental actions.

Inmternationally Supported

We seek sustainability solutions for our women, through the implementation of projects that can generate income and sustainability for all. 

The US-based SWEETGRASS FOUNDATION grant allowed us to integrate the various actions that are now part of the Colonia de Pescadores. This network now covers the entire northern coast of the state of Alagoas and a part of the southern coast in the state of Pernambuco.

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Our activities fostered the restoration of destroyed oyster beds,  environmental actions for the preservation of the Manguaba
and Tatuamunha River Estuaries, as well as, our beaches and reefs.

We significantly improved the understanding of the indigenous mulheres Pescadora´s values and unique needs and successfully developed inclusive, innovative, and effective support programs in partnership with individuals, organizations, and the Public Sector.

Environmental & Economic Restoration 

We operated restoration and conservation programs by leading networks of women and youth, fostering the support of local government officials, influencing policy and raising awareness amongst decision-makers about the scale of the existing ecological problems. Our programme successfully rebuilt some of the oyster infrastructures destroyed by the 2019 Oil spill and their future $ incomes.