Objetivos e público alvo
The project aims to ensure access to drinkable water to the families of Tiningu Quilombo*, to renovate the association’s headquarters restroom, and to update the institutional statute. The priority target group is the 186 associates of ARQUITININGU, including 130 quilombola families, totaling approximately 340 people, among men, women, the elderly, youths, and children.
*Traditional communities descended from runaway enslaved people.
Contexto
Tiningu Quilombo faces severe rights violations, especially the access to drinkable water. Of the five available natural sources, three are in the possession of farmers, one is sub judice, and only one is accessible to the community. In 2018, a defender of the water was murdered after conflicts with the farmers. Moreover, the expansion of soy in the town has been causing siltation and contamination of the streams by pesticides. The river drought, made more severe by climate change, has drastically reduced the availability of fish, the main source of food for the community. These environmental and social challenges intensify the quilombo’s vulnerability, demanding urgent action to ensure basic rights and the community’s survival.
Sobre a Organização
ARQUITININGU, founded in 2003, fights for the titling of quilombola land and the guarantee of basic rights. Affiliated to the Federation of Quilombola Organizations of Santarém (FOQS) and the National Network of Black Rural Quilombola Communities (CONAQ), the association promotes landholding regularization and sustainable development. The executive office is made up of 12 people, balanced in gender, all self-declared quilombolas.
