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18 June Jun 2021 0957 3 months ago

#FleetingDetails: drawings of the little things that make refugee children feel at home

For World Refugee Day this year, we asked refugee children in the countries where we work to draw something represent...

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19 April Apr 2021 0000 5 months ago

500 Venezuelan refugees find a job in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic

Brazil continues to register a painfully high number of daily coronavirus deaths and its sanitary system is cracking ...

Brazil
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4 February Feb 2021 1300 7 months ago

AVSI Brasil opens reception center in Brasilia to host newly hired venezuelan refugees and their families

The building will serve as temporary housing for people selected to work in Brazil’s capital through the PRM-funded p...

Brazil
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25 January Jan 2021 1232 7 months ago

Crisis in Manaus: agricultural school surviving in midst of alarming COVID-19 case numbers and oxygen shortage

The Queen of the Apostles Agricultural School activities are proceeding amidst many difficulties, while waiting to we...

Brazil
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21 September Sep 2020 0823 one year ago

Venezuelan family meets U.S. Secretary of state Mike Pompeo in Boa Vista

The Anatrellas, a family of refugees from Venezuela, have been living in Roraima for the last ten months and will soo...

Brazil
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24 July Jul 2020 1152 one year ago

Brazilian inmates make masks for the poorest during COVID-19

In the Latin American country with the largest outbreak of COVID-19, counting 1 million cases and 50,000 deaths, 400 ...

Brazil
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28 May May 2020 1114 one year ago

Venezuelan family moves to the State of Santa Catarina in Southern Brazil and becomes self-sufficient

Integrated thanks to the project “Welcomed Through Work,” the Rojas are the first beneficiaries to be able to pay for...

Brazil
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11 May May 2020 1640 one year ago

Integrated venezuelan family shares their experience with U.S. ambassador in Brazil through video conference

The virtual encounter was requested by the U.S. Embassy who has been following the integration of Venezuelan refugees...

Brazil
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20 April Apr 2020 1053 one year ago

In Brazil, recently integrated venezuelan refugee becomes face of COVID-19 awareness campaign

Anny, a Venezuelan refugee, moved to a new home in Santa Catarina, Brazil thanks to AVSI’s “Welcomed Through Work” in...

Brazil
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17 March Mar 2020 1035 one year ago

First intervention to integrate venezuelan refugees through employment and socio-economic support

Hired by a local company, the first group of 88 beneficiaries arrived in February in Santa Catarina, a state in south...

Brazil
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9 December Dec 2019 1136 one year ago

Step up to help Venezuelan refugees get jobs in Brazil

AVSI Brasil works to support Venezuelans inside and outside the camps.

Brazil
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5 November Nov 2019 1504 one year ago

Brazil. The agricultural school to protect the Amazon

A project for the 2019-2020 Tents Campaign

Brazil