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of OF OF FINANCIAL BOARD Brazil Human Human Brazil ORS INCORPORAT Board Ana Maria Wilheim - Mobilization and Communications REPORT 2007-2008 Rodrigues Débora Borges and Vanessa Text: Christopher Peterson Translation: Staff Revision: Brazil Fund Araújo and Débora Borges Editing: Ana Valéria Lay out: Brazz Design Gráfica Impress by: Corset 2009 Published December, Jacqueline Pitanguy - Chair - Secretary Ricardo Young Anamaria Schindler Darci Frigo Edson Cardoso Scaff Fernando Gersem Luciano (Baniwa) Maria Betânia Ávila MV Bill Oscar Vilhena Roberto Arriada Lorea Sérgio Haddad Sueli Carneiro also Note: During 2007-2008, the following individuals of the Brazil Fund: joined the Board of Trustees Alberto Dines (Wapichana) Joênia Batista de Carvalho Renato Roseno - President Marcos Fuchs Mário Monzoni - Vice-President Marcos José Pereira da Silva Mônica de Roure (Alternate) Rubens Naves (Alternate) (Alternate) Fuchs Werner Sergio Haddad - President - Director for Education and Training Darci Frigo Oscar Vilhena - Vice-President for Finances - Vice-president for Project Management Sueli Carneiro FF STA Araújo - Executive Director Ana Valéria Adriana Lima - Administrative and Financial Assistant Assistant Débora Borges - Communications Maíra Junqueira - Project Advisor Emanuel Motter - Intern Joyce Neto - Intern R. General Jardim, 660, 8th Floor, Jardim, 660, 8th Floor, R. General – São Paulo (SP) Vila Buarque CEP: 01223-010 Brazil (55-11) 3256-7852 Phone/Fax Abdias do Nascimento Margarida Genevois Dom Pedro Casaldáliga Rose Marie Muraro

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4 brazil human rights fund Introduction their support for such work in Brazil. Since the available domestic resources are also extremely limited, civil Brazil has one of the world’s 11 largest economies, and society organizations have experienced increasing its dynamism in recent years has helped the country difficulties in implementing their projects and achieving survive relatively unscathed through the economic institutional sustainability. crisis that has affected other national economies since

September 2008. But the wealth produced here in Brazil 5 Within this context, the Brazil Human Rights Fund continues to benefit only a handful of the population. was founded in 2006 as a public interest, not-for-profit We Brazilians boast one of the world’s most extreme foundation, with the innovative proposal of creating levels of social inequality and shameful rates of income sustainable mechanisms for resource allocation in the concentration in the hands of a tiny minority. field of human rights. Founded by some of the most widely respected human rights advocates in Brazil Despite progress with a democratic and stable and including renowned activists, in just two years the environment in general, we still need to turn the laws Brazilian Fund has successfully laid the groundwork and policies for the protection of rights into reality. for solid action, capable of assisting organizations and The country’s redemocratization process has proven movements from Brazilian civil society. incapable of substantially reducing human rights violations against the most vulnerable segments of our The initial support came from the Ford Foundation, population. Things may look better, but the situation which provided the resources for creating an endowment with respect for fundamental rights is moving too slowly. fund, in addition to sponsoring the first activities We live in a scenario in which homicides resulting from together with the Avina Foundation. The Brazilian Fund clashes in the countryside, disrespect for indigenous was thus able to carry forward with its fundraising people’s rights and diversity in general, police brutality, efforts with other agencies, foundations, companies, slave labor, and impunity are constant. and individuals committed to the human rights cause, thus allowing the Fund to increase its capacity to support To change this situation, a large, diverse range of civil projects even in its first two years of existence and to society organizations, social movements, and individuals ensure the continuity of its work. have dedicated their work to promoting human rights wherever such violations occur. This report presents the results of these two years, ranging from the organization of work procedures to the In the wake of the transition to democracy and Brazil’s submission of proposals and the projects funded during political and economic presence in the international this period. scenario, many sources that have traditionally helped finance human rights organizations have decreased Sergio Haddad – President The Struggle against report 2007-2008 Institutional Violence Photo: Adriana Vianna and Discrimination

6 The creation of the Brazil Human Rights Fund is the result Project selection is a key activity for the Fund, involving of the understanding that it is necessary and possible to the staff, members of the Board of Directors, trustees, brazil human rights fund estabilish local mechanisms to guarantee the sustainability and an independent committee of experts from various of organizations working in human rights advocacy in the human rights areas. The process is painstaking, country. The selection of projects that make the difference conducted in distinct stages and levels. The detailed, and raising funds to make them possible are strategic sensitive view of activists and professionals with in-depth activities, capable of strengthening the organizations and knowledge of the human rights field allows identifying ensuring their autonomy. creative and innovative proposals that respond to the real 7 needs of the directly benefited communities or publics. The Brazil Fund supports small organizations and individuals through grants for projects selected through In our first two years of work, the Fund has prioritized annual calls for proposals. The Fund also disburses small transferring the available resources for direct support to amounts for emergency cases and to meet special needs for the largest possible number of projects, which therefore technical training in the human rights field. does not justify visiting all the projects on a one-by- one basis. Rather, the Fund has opted to establish In December 2006, the Brazil Fund was continuous contact with the grantees by telephone and Annual Calls officially launched and published its first e-mail in order to permanently monitor the activities, in for Projects Call for Proposals, for 2007. The thematic addition to analyzing financial and activity reports. Once focus was defined as the struggle against a year, the foundation also has the opportunity to analyze institutional violence and discrimination, especially related the grantees work more closely, when they convene at a to race and gender. This decision illustrated the Fund’s training and technical exchange meeting in São Paulo. unique nature: to support the most invisible segments of society, for whom very few resources are available. The diversity of actions and national scope of the initiatives supported by the Fund during this two-year The Brazil Fund supports period paint a picture of what has been done to fight Support for Those projects ranging from 10 human rights violations in Brazil. This two-year report, with Little or No to 25 thousand Brazilian which also points to directions for future work, provides reais (approximately 6 to 15 the results of the first two years of work and represents Resources thousand US dollars at the our accountability to all those who have supported the current exchange rate) for up activities, to the human rights organizations and to to one year. Each organization may receive funding for a society at large. maximum of two consecutive years. The project selection process aims to guarantee regional diversity and prioritizes organizations and individuals with little or no access to other sources of funding. Ana Valéria Araújo - Executive Director Brazil Human Rights Selection report 2007-2008 Fund in numbers Commitee 2007 2008 In its first two years in operation, the Fund supported, among others, organizations Edson Cardoso Ana Maria Wilheim of blacks, women, indigenous peoples, and the LGBT community, included among Fernando Scaff Fernando Seffner the segments most vulnerable to human rights violations in Brazil. More than 1.400 Gersem Luciano (Baniwa) Gersem Luciano (Baniwa) proposals were submitted, of which a total of 51 initiatives were funded. 8 Ignácio Cano Juana Kweitel Check the figures: Leila Linhares Luiza Bairros

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Projects received through Maria Emília Lisboa Pacheco Sergio Sauer the call for proposals 802 621 1423

Projects selected from the call for proposals 23 26* 49

Projects receiving The BraziL Human Rights Fund was emergency support 1 1 2 born with the innovative proposal of 9 Total funds 549.1 625 1.174 fomenting activities focused on human (in R$ - Brazilian reais) - 1 U$ = 1,7 R$ thousand thousand million rights promotion and advocacy in the * Only 16 of the 26 proposals approved in 2008 received funds during that same year. country by creating sustainable grant mechanisms. Funds for the other 10 initiatives were disbursed in 2009. It is necessary to empower individuals and organizations for them to be able to carry their How the Call for struggles forward, making respect for human rights a reality and opening the way for social Proposals Works justice.” Calls for proposals are issued in the month of December in print and electronic format. JACQUELINE PITANGUY, chair of the board trustees They are made public on the website of the Brazil Human Rights Fund www.fundodireitoshumanos.org.br and distributed nationwide through various human rights networks and electronic media. The proposals undergo an in-depth selection process, lasting some three months and involving various levels inside and outside the

foundation, as shown in the diagram below. The results are announced in late June and Collection Photos: Brazil Fund the first disbursements begin in August.

The Brazil Human Rights Fund and the 2007 Call Paulo Vanucchi, the Brazilian National Secretary for Proposals were launched in Salvador, Bahia, of Human Rights, and other government officials, at the Olodum rehearsal grounds in the historical representatives of the human rights movement, Pelourinho neighborhood. supporters, and people who shared the idea of creating the Brazil Human Rights Fund were at the launch in Salvador.

2007 Institutional Highlights In December 2007, the Fund was officially declared the Fund exempt from taxes on certified as a human rights organization by donations (ITCMD). That same year we the São Paulo State Secretariat of Justice also received our official registration with and Defense of Citizenship. the São Paulo Municipal Council for Social In 2008, the State Secretariat of Finance Assistance (COMAS). 2008 Brazil Human Rights Selection report 2007-2008 Fund in numbers Commitee 2007 2008 In its first two years in operation, the Fund supported, among others, organizations Edson Cardoso Ana Maria Wilheim of blacks, women, indigenous peoples, and the LGBT community, included among Fernando Scaff Fernando Seffner the segments most vulnerable to human rights violations in Brazil. More than 1.400 Gersem Luciano (Baniwa) Gersem Luciano (Baniwa) proposals were submitted, of which a total of 51 initiatives were funded. 8 Ignácio Cano Juana Kweitel Check the figures: Leila Linhares Luiza Bairros

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Projects received through Maria Emília Lisboa Pacheco Sergio Sauer the call for proposals 802 621 1423

Projects selected from the call for proposals 23 26* 49

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11 Photo: Adriana Vianna brazil human rights fund Citizenship report 2007-2008 2007 2008 Citizenship Christians’ Action to Abolish Torture – ACAT Association of Mothers and Friends of Children and (São Paulo State)) Adolescents at Risk – Amar (São Paulo State) Visits to penitentiaries and inmates’ families in São Paulo Empowerment of mothers in the defense of the rights of to investigate cases of torture against the prison popula- young offenders confined for socio-educational rehabilitation and provide legal and psychological support. A training tion at Fundação Casa (formerly FEBEM), aimed at social 12 meeting was held for young leaders, plus an act to celebrate control of public policies. the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Walking Metamorphosis Association of Users of Mental Health Services and their Families – Amea (Bahia State) Association of Mothers and Friends of Children and Organization of the association of users of mental health Adolescents at Risk – Amar (São Paulo State) services and their families in Bahia, creating a space for ori- Monitoring and referral of complaints to the Office of the entation on their rights in order to discuss mental health Public Prosecutor for Children and Youth concerning viola- problems from different perspectives, such as race/ethnicity, tions of the rights of young offenders confined for socio-ed- exposing the policy of exclusion and providing support for ucational rehabilitation at Fundação Casa (formerly FEBEM). political practices [N.B. “Walking Metamorphosis” is the title Support and orientation for mothers on how to proceed in of a song by Raul Seixas, the deceased Bahian rock star, poet, such cases and beloved counterculture hero].

Casa Palmares (Minas Gerais State) Mariana Criola People’s Legal Aid Center Founding of the Association of Friends and Families of Indi- (Rio de Janeiro State) viduals Deprived of Freedom, with 138 members, and organi- Awareness-raising workshops on the rights of informal work- zation of eight groups of family members of prison inmates ers, with the participation of 31 residents from the urban land in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, to monitor and de- occupations Quilombo das Guerreiras and Chiquinha Gon- mand enforcement of the prison population’s rights. Publi- zaga in the city of Rio de Janeiro. During the project there was Images provided by the projects cation of a booklet and organization of a seminar to provide a decrease in the number of arrests. information on these rights. Center for the Defense of Refugees’ Human Rights – Center for the Defense of Children’s and CEDHUR (Minas Gerais State) Adolescents’ Rights – Cedeca (Tocantins State) Preparatory workshops for participation of refugees in the Implementation of the first Center in the State capital, 2nd National Conference for the Promotion of Policies for Palmas, to confront problems of physical and psychological Racial Equality, held in 2009, to attempt to guarantee the abuse against children and adolescents. integration of individuals into social inclusion policies and programs. Maria da Graça Brás Center for Human Rights (Santa Catarina State) Ceará Human Rights Forum (Ceará State) Psychological and legal aid to the Joinville Prison Council Consolidation of a publication containing a critical analysis and individuals in risk situations on issues such as access to of speeches and approaches to violence and human rights housing, land, health, and work, including monthly visits to in four TV programs in Ceará, seeking to hold accountable prison facilities and training meetings. those that use the communications media to incite, tolerate, or condone human rights violations, especially against the Matizes (Nuances) Group (Piauí State) black population and youth. Courses and talks in the interior of the State of Piauí, with participation by 16 police precinct captains in the training ac- Institute for Human Rights Advocates – DDH tivities. Creation of the first human rights committees and (Rio de Janeiro State) publication of the booklet and folder Direitos Humanos na Free legal aid to victims of police violence in Rio de Janeiro Berlinda (Human Rights in the Limelight), discussing sexual slums, seeking to hold the state legally accountable. diversity and other issues. Human Rights League (Rio Grande do Sul State) Network of Communities and Movements against Violence A travelling training project for human rights advocates (Rio de Janeiro State) (women and men) in Rio Grande do Sul State, with work- Assistance for victims of institutionalized violence and their shops, open classes, and a film followed by debate in 14 families in Rio de Janeiro, including legal, social, and psycho- counties. logical issues. Awareness-raising meetings on human rights 13 in communities like Jacarezinho, Vigário Geral, Muquiço Network of Communities and Movements against Violence (Guadalupe), and Acari, among others. (Rio de Janeiro State) Free legal aid to victims of state violence, especially due to police raids in impoverished communities in Rio de Janeiro, in addition to awareness-raising for victims and their families concerning their rights, through training and exchange activities. brazil human rights fund Images provided by the projects

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Photo: José María Concepción Rodriguez / Brazil Fund Collection 2007 2008 Backlands Community Association – Acoterra (Bahia State) Puxirão Networking of the Faxinal Peoples (Paraná State) Diagnosis of at least 16 collective back-pasture areas (shared Workshops on ethnic and collective rights for training the by small farmers or herders and their families, totaling more Faxinals, a traditional population from the interior of Paraná LAND than 4 thousand people), in an area with concentrated land State that works at subsistence farming and sustainable ex- tenure in the hinterlands of Bahia. An awareness-raising sem- ploration of natural resources in collectively used areas. inar was held on the small farmers’ human rights, to prepare them in the struggle to regularize their landholdings. Tembé de Santa Maria do Pará Indigenous People’s Association – AITESAMPA (Pará State) Pastoral Land Commission – CPT (Ceará State) Elaboration of a documented report on the issue of self-de- Application of 386 questionnaires in a survey of rural workers marcation of the Jeju and Areal Indigenous Land, belonging and their families that migrate periodically to other States of to the Tembé people in Santa Maria, Pará. Workshop and

Brazil, with the aim of preventing and eradicating slave labor meetings in Belém with representatives of this Indigenous Images provided by the projects and human trafficking in the interior of Ceará. people and public officials, to deal with the issue.

Council of Indigenous Teachers of the Amazon – Copiam Linharinho Small Farmers’ Development Association (Amazonas State) (Espírito Santo State) Publication of a book for Indigenous peoples on the history Workshops for young members of quilombola communi- of the struggle for their rights, including bilingual and inter- ties (maroon communities, or descendants of slaves) in the cultural indigenous schooling. industrial chain for facho, or charcoal produced by burning scraps left over from eucalyptus production, training them Team for Networking and Consultancy to Black Communities to deal with court cases filed by land occupants that refuse to in the Ribeira Valley (São Paulo State) acknowledge their communities’ ancestral land rights. Organization of quilombola communities (mar0ons or descendants of slaves) in the Ribeira Valley for the defense of Pastoral Land Commission – CPT/Xinguara (Pará State) rights related to the construction of four dams on the Ribeira Meetings in Xinguara, Pará State, with rural workers and de Iguape river. representatives from INCRA, the National Institute of Colo- nization and Land Reform, to attempt to guarantee access to Human Images / Public Interest (Federal District) land. Monitoring of court cases involving rural workers. The project Pegadas da trama, fatos e imagens (Footprints from the plot, facts, and images) documented the assassi- Humanitas Institute (Pará State) nation of missionary Dorothy Stang, killed in Anapu, Pará, Implementation of the Altamira Center for the Defense of In- in 2005, providing substantive backing for public knowledge digenous People’s Rights (CDDI) to monitor and denounce and for the court proceedings. human rights violations against indigenous peoples in urban areas. Brazilian Indigenous Institute for Intellectual Property – INBRAPI (Federal District) Preservar Institute (Rio Grande do Sul State) Five workshops in indigenous areas, one in each region of Defense of the rights of rural workers against legal prosecu- Brazil, with some 250 indigenous leaders, for their partici- tion in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Ensures legal aid and pation in developing a legal framework for the protection of conducts training in human rights

traditional knowledge. 19 Living Work Institute (Maranhão State) Humanitas Institute (Pará State) Creation of an information clearinghouse for receiving and Support for the indigenous peoples’ social movement in the processing complaints and monitoring action to fight slave campaign for recognition of their rights in the Altamira micro- labor in the countryside of Maranhão. The forem-forem.blog- region, with the production of an anthropological report. spot.com blog was used to publicize information on the issue. Living Work Institute (Maranhão State) Courses focused on eradicating slave labor with 30 social

agents and 10 other individuals in each of the micro-regions brazil human rights fund of Maranhão State, training 110 multipliers of the information

Images provided by the projects provided at the meetings. Learn more about the projects supported by the Brazil Human Rights Fund on our website Monitoring Board Member Maria Betânia Ávila (left) was

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in Recife participating in the launch of the Photo provide by the project Training activities booklet on the Blowing the Whistle project

The Brazil Fund holds training activities 2007 20 for grantees, like the technical and The 2008 Call for Proposals (December management training workshop. In 2007) was launched in the Maria Antônia 2007, the Brazilian Special Secretariat Center in São Paulo, featuring the debate brazil human rights fund for Human Rights, covered part of the “Private Investment in Human Rights

event’s expenses. Representatives of the 2007 in Brazil”, with representatives from the projects also attended the seminar on Group of Institutes, Foundations, and “Debating Private Investment in Enterprises (GIFE), the Ethos Institute for Human Rights”. Business and Social Responsibility, and the Avina Foundation, among others. Photo: Jota Gouvea / Brazil Fund Collection 21

Photo: Verena Glass / Brazil Fund Collection In 2008, from December 1st to 20th, an exhibit was held at Conjunto Nacional in São Paulo on the theme “Human Backed by the Brazil Fund, the projects have Rights are the Rights of All”. The history produced excellent results, some exceeding and current situation with human rights their expectations. Our support has facilitated in Brazil were approached from four the projects’ access to new funding. This has perspectives: Women’s Rights, Land given them initial breathing room and contributed to their and Territory, Racial Equality, and the institutional consolidation. It has also allowed creating new Promotion of Citizenship. partnerships, empowering the struggles on specific issues.”

DARCI FRIGO, Director FOR Education and Training Photo: Jota Gouvea / Brazil Fund Collection

A debate at the Cultura bookstore featured representatives from the projects supported by the Brazil Fund, activists, and government officials working in

Small Grants Fund the human rights field.Fouad Hamdan, Collection Photo: Natália Suzuki / Brazil Fund In 2008, the Brazilian Fund granted R$ Brazilian Supreme Court, which upheld Executive Director of the Arab Human 4 thousand in emergency funds to the the Indigenous peoples land rights in a Rights Fund, attended the debate and Barro Indigenous Community on the ruling in 2009. presented an overview of the human Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Land. rights situation in the Arab world. The aim was to cover transportation and In 2007, the project entitled Justice in mobilization costs for Indigenous leaders the Brasilia Case received an emergency

2008 coming to the national capital Brasilia grant of R$ 4.3 thousand to proceed with International Network The Brazil Fund participated in the Ford for local and regional development of to denounce the violence striking their the investigation into the assassination of Foundation’s International Initiative to philanthropy, including domestic and territory due to a legal dispute involving farm workers’ union leader Bartolomeu Strengthen Philanthropy (IISP). Eighteen international fundraising, strengthening the Roraima State government and rice Moraes da Silva (nicknamed “Brasilia”),

2007 organizations from 13 countries came the work of local civil society farmers who had invaded the Indigenous murdered in 2002 in Altamira, Pará. together to identify critical challenges organizations. Land. The case went all the way to the Learn more about the projects supported by the Brazil Human Rights Fund on our website Monitoring Board Member Maria Betânia Ávila (left) was report 2007-2008 www.fundodireitoshumanos.org.br

in Recife participating in the launch of the Photo provide by the project Training activities booklet on the Blowing the Whistle project

DARCI FRIGO, Director FOR Education and Training Photo: Jota Gouvea / Brazil Fund Collection

A debate at the Cultura bookstore featured representatives from the projects supported by the Brazil Fund, activists, and government officials working in

The Brazil Human Rights Fund raises the identification of four possible As part of the effort to inform and raise public awareness on human rights issues, funds through international foundations sponsorship lines: report 2007-2008 the Fund received important support from filmmaker Kiko Goifman, cartoonist and agencies in order to increase its ▪ Adoption of projects; Laerte, and musician Lívio Tragtemberg, who produced a video clip on the theme capacity to support human rights projects ▪ Partners in the promotion “Human Rights are the Rights of All”, which can be viewed both on our webpage in Brazil. of specific causes; www.fundodireitoshumanos.org.br and on the Youtube site, at www.youtube.com/ The Fund has also focused on ▪ Friends of the Brazil Fund; and watch?v=ZCaEyQZK7Fg

22 establishing a local fundraising strategy, ▪ Student Friends of the Brazil Fund. targeting governmental agencies, state- In its first two operational years, the Brazil A video was also produced featuring owned and private companies, as well as Human Rights Fund has raised funds and

the history and values of the Brazil brazil human rights fund individuals in Brazil. the support of those who sponsored its Fund, in addition to background In 2007, a domestic fundraising activities with in-kind donations and pro- information on the founders. Photos plan was prepared that resulted in bono work. by J.R. Ripper illustrate the material, produced in partnership with [X] Brasil INCOME – Communications in Public Causes.

Acknowledgments The Brazil Human Rights Fund wishes to thank all those who have contributed to the foundation’s work in its first two years.

GLOBAL SUPPORT COLABORATORS * Avina Foundation 2 Pro Asssessoria de Imprensa Ford Foundation Ação Educativa Oak Foundation Ademar Bueno André Porto Alegre - Circuito Digital SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION Associação Amigos do Projeto Guri AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES Carta das Responsabilidades Humanas Brazilian Special Secretariat for Human Centro Maria Antônia Rights (SEDH) Cine Bombril São Paulo City Commission on Human Espaço Cultural Conjunto Nacional Rights (CMDH) Fabiana Kuriki Gife - Grupo de Institutos Fundações ADOPTION OF PROJECTS e Empresas Communications Lucia Seabra Iacocca - Assessoria de Marketing Cultural With a focus on fundraising, the Brazil began to feature articles with various Instituto Ethos de Empresas e VOLUNTEERS Responsabilidade Social Fund has sought to develop strategic human rights approaches, in addition to André Degenszajn Instituto Pro Bono communications activities based on close institutional news and information. Jota Gouvea Laerte Julia Araújo Leitão Leno F. Silva dialogue with key sectors of society. The website has also become a channel Kim Dória Livraria Cultura The Fund’s website for donations to the Brazil Fund. Marta Elizabete Vieira Olodum Thais Bohn Paleo TV - Kiko Goifman www.fundodireitoshumanos.org.br Tiago Haddad Renato Bahia Bock Verena Glass Rubens Naves Santos Jr. Advogados Som SA COMMUNICATIONS [X] Brasil – Comunicação em Adag Publicidade Causas Públicas

FINANCIAL CONSULTING * Collaborators are individuals or companies Janos Comércio Administração that have donated services or products, pro- e Participação vided space, or collaborated in some other Pragma Gestão de Patrimôni0 way for the Brazil Fund to conduct its propo- sed activities in the years 2007 and 2008.

Fundraising

Acknowledgments The Brazil Human Rights Fund wishes to thank all those who have contributed to the foundation’s work in its first two years.

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310 310 427 2006 (117) 2006 2006 53.082 62.965 53.082 53.392 53.392 10.000 53.392 63.392 297.611 297.611 297.611 297.611 234.646 234.219 234.219

2007 2007 2007 705.567 1.187 1.187 9.749 9.749 (98.566) 454.382 705.567 9.748 9.748 265.375 265.375 5.550 8.806 8.529 (113.978) (187.035) (494.995) 10.000 (1.219) (440.192) 53.392 15.000 239.701 243.247 265.375 258.789 264.450 6.076.500 6.391.077 6.405.267 6.391.077 6.399.606 6.664.056 6.664.056 2008 3 - - 839.116 839.116 839.116 839.116 (80.912) 2008 778.695 657.055 657.055 2008 9.016 9.016 (177.129) 1.678 1.678 (122.073) (182.061) (580.642) 6.358 10.000 11.714 11.714 (2.749) 14.463 318.767 318.767 657.055 280.096 290.793 424.940 431.298 7.353.115 7.353.115 6.076.500 6.910.103 6.910.103 7.062.322 7.353.115 7.353.115 6.910.103 6.910.103 6.921.817 6.921.817

Total Fixed Assets Total Non-current (-)Accumulated Depreciation TOTAL ASSETS Fixed Assets Tangible Operation Assets LIABILITIES NON-CURRENT Long-term receivables Financial investments Total Long-Term Receivables Salaries and Benefits Taxes/Contributions Advance for Projects Total Current ASSETS Financial investments Advance of expenditures A free translation of the original in Portuguese – inBrazilian reais (R$) R$ / 1 U$ = 1.7 CURRENT Cash and banks CURRENT Suppliers Total Current SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR Project Costs and Expenses Administrative and Overhead Expenses Financial Expenses OPERATING SURPLUS Accumulated Surplus (Deficit) Surplus (Deficit) forYear the Total Equity TOTAL LIABILITY EQUITY Equity RESULTS EXPENSES/INCOME OPERATING Financial Revenues Personnel Donation INCOME Donations and projects

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report 2007-2008 24 A BUSCA DE NOVOS PARCEIROS QUE ADOTEM OS PROJETOS “The search for new partners to adopt the projects supported APOIADOS PELO FUNDO BRASIL TEM POR OBJETIVO by the Brazil Fund aims to increase the number of initiatives that AUMENTAR O NÚMERO DE INICIATIVAS BENEFICIADAS, receive grants, consistently expanding the foundation’s work and FAZENDO CRESCER DE MANEIRA CONSISTENTE A ATUAÇÃO its potential impact on human rights advocacy in the country.” DA FUNDAÇÃO E SEU POTENCIAL DE IMPACTO NA OSCAR VILHENA, Vice-president for Finances PROMOÇÃO DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS NO PAÍS.” OSCAR VILHENA, DIRETOR VICE-PRESIDENTE DE FINANÇAS

Projetos apoiados em 2008 Estados Brasileiros / Brazilian States Grants awarded 2008

AC Acre PB Paraíba AL Alagoas PR Paraná Projetos apoiados em 2007 AP Amapá PE Pernambuco Grants awarded 2007 AM Amazonas PI Piauí BA Bahia RJ Rio de Janeiro CE Ceará RN Rio Grande do Norte DF Distrito Federal RS Rio Grande do Sul ES Espírito Santo RO Rondônia GO Goiás RR Roraima MA Maranhão SC SantaCatarina MT Mato Grosso SP São Paulo MS Mato Grosso do Sul SE Sergipe MG Minas Gerais TO Tocantins PA Pará

OS PROJETOS APOIADOS PELO FUNDO BRASIL SÃO DE “The grants awarded by the BrazIL Fund cover a wide range of issues, UMA DIVERSIDADE TEMÁTICA MUITO GRANDE E VÃO, POR ranging from efforts to combat and prevent slave labor in the EXEMPLO, DA CONJUGAÇÃO DE ESFORÇOS PARA COMBATER E remotest areas of our country to strengthening movements to PREVENIR AS PRÁTICAS DE TRABALHO ESCRAVO EM REGIÕES resist institutionalized violence in state capitals and other large MAIS REMOTAS DE NOSSO PAÍS, ATÉ O FORTALECIMENTO cities.” DE MOVIMENTOS DE RESISTÊNCIA À VIOLÊNCIA SUELI CARNEIRO, Vice-president for Project Management INSTITUCIONALIZADA NAS GRANDES CIDADES E CAPITAIS.” SUELI CARNEIRO, DIRETORA VICE-PRESIDENTE DE PROJETOS