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20 June Jun 2019 0814 29 days ago

Every day is #WorldRefugeeDay with AVSI

Alongside refugees, migrants and Internally Displaced People with projects to improve their resilience and build a be...

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9 April Apr 2019 0944 3 months ago

AVSI’s project supporting Venezuelan refugees receives Brazilian Government’s recognition

On March 23, the initiative Operation Welcome, coordinated by AVSI to receive and help migrants from Venezuela, celeb...

Brazil
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24 December Dec 2018 1049 6 months ago

'The strain is too much': Venezuelan exodus has Brazil at breaking point

As Brazil threatens to quit the new UN migration pact, its border-town shelters are bursting at the seams, with hundr...

Brazil
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13 November Nov 2018 1524 8 months ago

Brazil, “Bem-vindo”, reception of refugees from Venezuela

A project for the 2018-2019 Tents Campaign

Brazil
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30 October Oct 2018 1640 8 months ago

Under the same sky

A proposal for the 2018-2019 Tents Campaign

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8 October Oct 2018 1236 9 months ago

With UNHCR to help 1,500 Venezuelan immigrants in Brazil

In partnership with UNHCR, AVSI is working in three reception centers to host those who had to flee Venezuela due to ...

Brazil
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9 September Sep 2018 1428 10 months ago

Venezuelan crisis: AVSI Brazil among the UNICEF partners for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene needs

Government and non-government agencies alongside UN representatives in Brazil discussed the major problems inside the...

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5 July Jul 2018 1154 one year ago

Prison without guards or weapons in Brazil

Inside APAC centers, supported by AVSI in Itauna

Brazil
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2 April Apr 2018 1006 one year ago

'I have no thought of escaping': inside the Brazilian prisons with no guards

In a country where jails are seen as ticking timebombs, a system of self-rule among inmates has proved a striking suc...

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29 May May 2017 1139 2 years ago

AVSI became one of the Global Nutrition Cluster partners

Coordinated by UN OCHA and led by UNICEF, the GNC was established in 2006 as part of the Humanitarian Reform process,...

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