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Quilombola
Campaign

The Quilombola are an Afro-Brazilian people group occupying thirteen villages in Para State, Brazil. They are descendents of escaped African slaves – largely working on sugarcane plantations and farms – before the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888. 

A Quilombola mother in Brazil sits with her baby and young child, symbolizing the families impacted by The Bucket Ministry’s clean water outreach.
Map of South America highlighting Brazil with a marker for the Quilombolas communities served by The Bucket Ministry.

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Though the Quilombola have been indigenous to Brazil for hundreds of years now, they have virtually no rights. The Brazilian government has sequestered the Quilombola to live in these small villages – far from any modern-day conveniences and comforts that many Brazilians have access to every day.

These villages are peppered around a vast river system in the heart of Brazil. However, even with their proximity to “fresh water”, none of it is drinkable. The rivers are riddled with bacteria and parasites, and those that drink it often contract chronic illnesses that gradually destroy their health and quality of life. 

This historic people group has had to endure so much over the last several hundred years. Though their problems are many, their greatest and most urgent need is clean, safe, drinking water. If there has ever been a people that deserve radical intervention, it is the Quilombola.

Progress Dashboard

Quilombolas campaign progress dashboard showing 28% completion, 1,329 assessments, 247 distributions, 568 follow-ups, 95 professions of faith, and 1,601 discipleship lessons taught.

To see the live progress dashboard of the work going on in Quilombolas, click here. We use our proprietary Mission Mapping platform to record all recipient interactions and data collected in the mission field.

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A collage of Quilombola community life in Brazil showing a family traveling by boat, a woman collecting water from the river, and two children looking out from a wooden house.