(20 Jun 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 17 June 2024
1. Various of houses in the Turano favela
2. Various of people queuing
3. Claudia Coutinho and her husband Luis Carlos Rego receiving food
4. Various of Rego eating his meal
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Claudia Coutinho, local resident:
"Very often we have nothing (to eat), and this is really true. On Monday afternoon (when they get the food donation) we’re already starving. I still hold my breath, pretending (that I’m not hungry) but every Monday makes a difference."
6. Coordinator of the Cultural center ‘Fazendo a Arte’ Evandro Machado distributing food
7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Evandro Machado, Coordinator of the Cultural center Fazendo a Arte:
"After the pandemic, many people couldn’t get their jobs back on track. Many people who were on the poverty line have fallen below the poverty line. So the work we do is very important. It’s a shame that this (food distribution) doesn’t happen every day because, unfortunately, there are other communities that also need to be served."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 18 June 2024
8. Various of people preparing food
9. Director of NGO Ação da Cidadania Rodrigo Fernandes Afonso
10. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Rodrigo Fernandes Afonso, Director of the NGO Ação da Cidadania:
"Rio de Janeiro has data that for many people is surprising but for us who work in Rio de Janeiro, we know that this is the reality for a part of the population, unfortunately. Not just the hunger of having absolutely nothing to eat but food insecurity. That family that doesn’t know if they’re going to have food for the whole week."
11. Various of a person eating
STORYLINE:
Residents in Rio de Janeiro after dealing with food issues which have been highlighted in a
study that shows around 2 million people (7.8% of residents) live with some degree of food insecurity, whether mild, moderate, or severe, and almost 500,000 people go hungry.
The study, developed by Federal University (UFRJ) and the City Council of Rio de Janeiro, mapped the places with the highest incidence of food poverty, and will serve as a basis for guiding public policies to combat poverty.
"For us who work in Rio de Janeiro, we know that this is the reality for a part of the population, unfortunately," said Rodrigo Fernandes Afonso, director with NGO Ação da Cidadania.
For 30 years, the NGO, founded by sociologist Herbert de Souza, known as Betinho, has been tirelessly working to combat hunger and poverty.
Residents queue up every Monday in the Turano favela to receive food donations.
In addition to collecting data, the study also highlights urgent actions that can be taken to protect people.
AP video shot by Mario Lobao
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