Indigenous Amazonian children need your help to be safe and supported after abuse.
Collective Fashion Justice works with the Awajún community of the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest who make shiringa bio-leather which benefits the ethics and sustainability of global fashion.
Through our work with the community, we have learned how geographic isolation, a lack of resource and government funding makes it extremely difficult to run programs designed to support and protect children who have experienced family violence and sexual abuse.
A small amount of money from someone living in a western metropolitan area goes a very long way to keeping children safe in the Amazon: we are asking for your donations.
It only costs $580USD per month to run a children’s shelter in Santa Maria Di Nieva, a port town of the Amazon. For the community though, this is a lot.
This shelter organises emergency transport for children across different Indigenous communities in the Amazon Rainforest, who must travel along the river to seek support services.
It provides short-term, safe and comforting accommodation for children while they receive medical care and legal support following abuse they have endured.
It covers these medical costs, as well as the cost of clean clothes and other basic dignities for children who flee home with nothing.
These are essential services to children who have experienced abuse and need support to be safe, and to recover from trauma.
A small amount of money can make a big difference to children in the Amazon.
Our founding director is a child sexual abuse survivor too. When the community learned about her advocacy on this issue, they asked for her help. This may not be CFJ’s normal advocacy, but she said yes, unequivocally.
The people running this shelter told Emma they need $1200USD for enough electricity generators to ensure that it is never dark when children arrive after fleeing their unsafe home. The dark scares children. They need it to be light when they arrive somewhere unfamiliar after experiencing significant trauma.
Please donate and share this page with someone else who would be willing to.
We know our network can cover generator costs, and enough to keep the shelter running monthly.
100% of donations goes directly to the community. We are just the delivery service.
If you represent a fashion brand looking to increase your corporate giving, we urge you to consider this project, as well as the use of shiringa bio-leather which strengthens the community’s capacity to fund their own services.
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This shelter supports children in remote Amazonian communities such as Tuntanaín and Comaina, and is supported by Indigenous communities leaders like Jéssica (pictured above, third to the left) and Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado.