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Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Mato Grosso do Sul

7- INDIANS IN URBAN CENTERS: The intense and constant pressures upon indigenous cultures and territories result in constant migrations of indigenous families or even entire peoples. This situation puts forth a new challenge for action by Cimi. And with it, the need to better understand this reality: determine the motives that push some indigenous families out of their traditional areas and initiate a systematic dialog with them, with the view of guaranteeing their rights and articulating their struggles to the broader indigenous issue. Approximately 350 missionaries, forming 120 teams, live on a day to day basis with indigenous people throughout the entire country. They are laymen and religious people who seek with their presence of solidarity, commitment and testimony to place themselves at the service of these people's lives. To articulate, assist and guide these missionaries and to support the fight of indigenous people to guarantee their rights, Cimi is organized into 11 Regional Offices distributed throughout the country plus a National Secretariat located in the federal capital Brasília. Cimi's maximum authority is the General Assembly which meets every two years. Its directorship is composed of a Presidency (President, Vice-President and two Secretaries) and 11 regional Coordinators. Through its National Secretariat and Regionals, Cimi offers the missionaries, indigenous peoples and their organizations support and assistance with legal, theological, and anthropological matters and with communication, training, education, health and documentation. Cimi maintains a corporate website and publishes on a monthly basis "the Porantim" newspaper, specialized in the indigenous cause. + INDIGENIST MISSIONARY COUNCIL - CIMI
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