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    ONG Zoé team on a medical expedition in the Amazon

    Caring for those who care for the Amazon Rainforest

    We bring health and hope to remote communities in the Brazilian Amazon: more than 30,000 health care visits for Indigenous and riverine people so far.

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    Dr. Drauzio Varella
    “Our care for the guardians of the forests is not a one-time thing.”
    Dr. Drauzio Varella · Physician, Writer and Zoé Advisor
    Zoé's hospital boat on an Amazon river

    Our impact in numbers

    31,257
    medical appointments
    • 501volunteers helping
    • 54expeditions completed
    • 37,392hours donated

    Behind every appointment, a story

    Dona Catharina can hug her family again

    Dona Catharina spent her life believing she had a curse, and that she could not touch her loved ones. With Zoé's support, she discovered it was vitiligo, a non-contagious condition, and was able to embrace her family again. With your help, we can bring more health and hope to Amazon communities.

    Understand why Drauzio Varella supports Zoé

    “Our care for the guardians of the forests is not a one-time thing. We carry out dozens of expeditions and provide healthcare to the region with the fewest doctors per capita in Brazil.”
    Alarming data

    Why is it urgent?

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    • Over 20 thousandfootball fields devastatedThis could cause savanization and drought, turning our Amazon into a Sahara
    • +100 thousand km²is Zoé's area of operationLarger than states like RJ or RN, an area too large to be patrolled
    • Over 30 thousandindigenous and riverine peopleThese marginalized communities are the ones protecting the forests for hundreds of years
    • 1.37doctors per thousand inhabitants in ParáThe lowest ratio in Brazil's North region and the second lowest in the country: less than half the national average of 3.08.Source: Demografia Médica no Brasil 2025 (FMUSP, AMB and Brazil's Ministry of Health)
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    01 · Volunteering

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    and talent

    We need health specialists, communicators and much more!

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    02 · Donation

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    Together, we bring health and hope to the peoples of the Amazon.

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    Three guides (in Portuguese) on who works for the Amazon and Brazil's forests, and how to choose whom to support.

    As 10 principais ONGs que lutam pela Amazônia

    10 ONGs que estão salvando as florestas brasileiras

    Quantas ONGs existem na Amazônia?

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    Zoé's team with leaders of an Indigenous communityStill have questions? Talk to us

    Zoé operates primarily in riverine and indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon, focusing on the states of Amazonas and Pará. We have taken expeditions to six municipalities in western Pará — from Belterra and the Tapajós and Arapiuns rivers to the Zo'é Indigenous Territory and the Mapuera village —, reaching communities that are days of travel from the nearest cities.

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