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    Zoé for journalists.

    Contact, facts, press release, photos and brand assets for journalists covering health in the Amazon.

    Contact Zoé’s press office

    lidia@ongzoe.org
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    A Zoé doctor gives a TV interview during an expedition

    Quick facts

    Zoé at a glance.

    Zoé records, October 2026

    • 54expeditions
    • 31,257patient visits
    • 501volunteers

    Zoé records, October 2026

    Legal name
    Associação de Apoio à Saúde de Populações Remotas
    CNPJ (tax ID)
    43.982.556/0001-33 (head office) and 43.982.556/0002-14 (branch)
    Head office
    São Paulo (SP)
    Branch
    Belterra (PA), opened August 2026
    First expedition
    November 2020, Belterra (PA)
    Incorporated
    November 2021
    President
    Marcelo Averbach, gastrointestinal surgeon
    Where we work
    Western Pará: Belterra, Aveiro, Santarém and Óbidos; the Tapajós, Arapiuns and Lower Amazon rivers; the Zo’é and Trombetas/Mapuera Indigenous Territories
    Governance
    Presidency, boards and founders at ongzoe.org/transparencia

    Recognition

    • 2026Honoured at the opening of the 18th ExpoEpi, Brazil’s Ministry of Health
    • 2025Veja Saúde & Oncoclínicas Medical Innovation Award, Social Medicine category
    • 2024Humanizar a Saúde Award, from Teva
    • 2024Finalist of the .ORG Impact Awards, out of 1,700 entries from 87 countries

    Audited accounts

    Financial statements independently audited since 2023: Grant Thornton (2023) and BDO (2024 and 2025). Selo Doar A+ seal for management and transparency.

    Open Transparency

    Boilerplate

    Ready to copy.

    An “about Zoé” text for sidebars, footnotes and story pitches.

    Zoé is a non-profit organisation based in São Paulo that has run free, specialised medical expeditions in the Amazon since 2020. It brings together volunteer professionals and partners to care for remote communities, on the principle that caring for local people is essential to preserving the biome.

    From its founding to October 2026, the organisation has carried out 54 expeditions, with a total of 31,257 patient visits and the participation of 501 volunteers.

    73 words · figures as of October 2026

    Assets

    Photos and brand.

    Photo library High resolution, organised by expedition, on Google Photos.High resolution, by expedition.LogosPNG, PDF and EPS, horizontal and vertical, with and without the slogan.Download .zip Brand manualLogo, colours, typography, icons and textures, with the rules for using them.Open the manual

    Media coverage

    195 stories since 2021.

    • Estadão
    • Valor Econômico
    • Veja
    • Globo
    • g1
    • UOL

    Newest first · 195 stories

    Zoé expedition boats moored on the river

    Join an expedition.

    We host journalists on expeditions on request. Places depend on the boat and plane logistics of each trip.

    1. Write to contato@ongzoe.org with your outlet, the story and the period you have in mind.
    2. Check the expedition calendar to pick a date.
    3. The team confirms your place according to the boat and plane logistics of the trip.
    4. Before boarding, we agree on how images of patients and communities may be used.
    Request a placeExpedition calendar