In May 2024, several activities were carried out under the scope of the Basic Environmental Plan for the Indigenous Component and the Guarani Mbya Cultural Assets Management Program, both of which TCP is responsible for.
Work began on ethnomapping and ethnozoning, which builds maps of indigenous villages in collaboration with the communities, with the aim of documenting their traditional uses of the territory.
In computer classes, the indigenous people of the Guaviraty village in Pontal do Paraná created a fanpage for the community on the Facebook application, to support the dissemination of events and indigenous culture. Other classes included a general introduction to hardware, the office package and the use of web browsers.
Support was also given to a joint effort for land maintenance, where the community of the village of Pindoty (Paranaguá/PR) got together to clean up, look after the village and make plans. The entrance to the Guaviraty village was protected with a wall and gate, which were then decorated by the indigenous people themselves, so that it could also serve as a gateway for tourists. On the environmental side, the water quality of Paranaguá Bay was monitored.
The SAF – Agroforestry Systems, which combine a vegetable garden and forest in the same environment – continue to make progress in the villages. For these plantings, representatives from Pindoty village visited villages in western Paraná to look for traditional seeds. There was also an introductory workshop on the production and management of native varieties of bamboo, which is an essential input for making Mbya handicrafts.
A partnership was set up with the Municipal Department of Integral Education (SEMEDI) to train public school teachers in indigenous issues, in compliance with Law 11.645 of 2008, which includes “Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous History and Culture” in the official public school curriculum.
The first Shared Curatorship Meeting for the Mbya Guarani goods exhibition took place. On this occasion, indigenous researchers from the project’s six villages met with consultants and technicians from UFPR’s Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology – MAE, under the mediation of the anthropological consultancy, to select and process photos and videos taken by the indigenous people, which will make up an exhibition at the museum in 2025.
Ongoing actions such as funding for internet, telephone lines, boat trips, delivery of drinking water, fuel, pharmacy items, delivery of fish and poultry feed, as well as support for access to health services were also maintained.
