In a major safe-water response for Indigenous Peoples communities, IRI Brazil delivered 7,500 nanotechnology filters to Indigenous families across more than 80 Indigenous Territories, paired with trainings for health agents and community leaders. In partnership with Água é Vida and with support from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, IRI Brazil also consolidated and disseminated results from a broader initiative expanding safe drinking water access across the Legal Amazon. The effort reached 8,400 Indigenous families (about 42,000 people) across 23 DSEIs, pairing ultrafiltration delivery with hands-on training that built technical capacity by training more than 230 Indigenous health and sanitation agents. The activities framed water access not as emergency relief alone, but as a public-health intervention that reduces waterborne disease, eases pressure on Indigenous Peoples health systems and strengthens community autonomy, while tying water security to territorial protection against invasions, illegal mining and deforestation.
