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VOLUNTEER COUNTRY PROFILE INFO
Country:Brazil
Official Name: Republica Federativa do Brasil
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Continent:South America
Population:202,033,670
Land Area (how big?):3,290,000 square miles
Official Language(s):Brazilian Portuguese
Major Religions:Roman Catholic
Major Ethnic Peoples:Indians, Portuguese and Africans
Major Cities:Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro,
Main Export(s):textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin,steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts
Literacy Rate:81%
Life Expectancy:70.87 years
Describe the crisis (what is the problem and how long has it been going on?):Illegal cutting of lumber in the amazon, crime with gang wars and drug, health and education
Who is being impacted by the crisis?:Amazon basin in losing trees which has big environmental impacts on Brazil and world, other problems listed above hurt mostly the poor living in the cities
What group(s) are trying to help and what are they doing?
Country:Brazil
Official Name: Republica Federativa do Brasil
Image of Flag:
Continent:South America
Population:202,033,670
Land Area (how big?):3,290,000 square miles
Official Language(s):Brazilian Portuguese
Major Religions:Roman Catholic
Major Ethnic Peoples:Indians, Portuguese and Africans
Major Cities:Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro,
Main Export(s):textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin,steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts
Literacy Rate:81%
Life Expectancy:70.87 years
Describe the crisis (what is the problem and how long has it been going on?):Illegal cutting of lumber in the amazon, crime with gang wars and drug, health and education
Who is being impacted by the crisis?:Amazon basin in losing trees which has big environmental impacts on Brazil and world, other problems listed above hurt mostly the poor living in the cities
What group(s) are trying to help and what are they doing?