Health Center in Surucucu (RR), the result of action by CUFA and the National Anti-Racist Front, is about to be inaugurated and will serve over 10,000 indigenous people.
Soon, a landmark in the history of Brazilian indigenous health will be inaugurated in Surucucu, in the heart of the Yanomami Land, in Roraima. This is the Indigenous Health Reference Center, the first hospital built in a remote and hard-to-access area, specially designed to meet the needs of the Yanomami population.
Expected to open in the coming months, the hospital will have the capacity to serve approximately 10,000 indigenous people from over 60 communities. The structure includes hospital rooms, accommodations, refectories, water supply systems, basic sanitation, and waste treatment — vital infrastructure in a region that faced one of the greatest humanitarian crises in recent Brazilian history.
The initiative is the result of a major mobilization led by the Frente Nacional Antirracista (National Anti-Racist Front) and CUFA (Central Única das Favelas), which, with the support of civil society, partner companies — such as iFood — and the Federal Government, is making a project that many thought impossible a reality. The hospital’s construction was financed through donations and demonstrates the impact that collective solidarity can generate when united by a purpose: to ensure dignity and health for a historically neglected people.
The humanitarian crisis experienced by the Yanomami over the past two years, exacerbated by illegal mining and state neglect, shocked the country and the world. A report from Fantástico, aired this Sunday (the 4th), showed the challenges that still persist in the region, such as child malnutrition and the precariousness of health services, but also highlighted concrete advances — like the construction of the hospital — that renew hopes for better days.
More than just a construction project, the hospital in Yanomami territory represents a new chapter of respect and reparation. It is a gesture of care and recognition for an indigenous people who have resisted for centuries and who are now beginning to receive what has always been their right: a life with dignity.
