Empower 30 Indigenous Youth in Fortaleza, Brazil

83 Donations from 66 Donors:

Project Personnel

Rino Bonvini - President

Rino Bonvini, a native of Italy, is a trained physician, psychiatrist, and Comboni missionary. Rino has worked with trauma victims of the US-Afghan war and the Ugandan genocide, and with the Mexican immigrant community in Chicago, IL. Since moving to Brazil 16 years ago, he has been an advocate of the pivotal role of mental health in the economic and social development of marginalized populations.

Natalia Martins - Coordinator of Ezequiel Ramin House of Learning/ Indigenous Articulation

Natalia was born in Fortaleza and currently lives within the community she works so fervently to help transform. She originally began working with the MSMCBJ as a technologies instructor about 6 years ago; she is now the coordinator for all instructional activities for youth, as well as one of the main directors of Indigenous programs. Natalia is currently working on a bachelor's of psychology.

Marcia Cristine P. Oliveira - General Coordinator