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Legal residence:Brazil

Organization type:NGO

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Advocacy, Community Development & NGOs, Disaster R ...

Advocacy, Community Development & NGOs, Disaster Reduction & Humanitarian Relief, Education, Training & Capacity Building, Environment & Climate, Gender & Human Rights, Migration & Refugees, Organizational development, Project Management, Social Development, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, Youth & Child Welfare

Nr. of employees:11-50

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Mawon was born from the own migration experience of the Franco-Haitian couple who, after the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, had to leave the Caribbean country to follow the winds of life that took the couple to Rio de Janeiro.

Like anyone wanting to live in a new country, Mélanie and Bob have overcome many language and cultural barriers. They made numerous round trips to the Federal Police in which a document was always missing, leaving the couple without documents and unable to see their rights in Brazil. So that no one else has to go through these difficulties, they founded Mawon.

MAWON est né de l’expérience migratoire du couple franco-haïtien qui, après le tremblement de terre en Haïti en janvier 2010, a dû quitter le pays caribéen pour suivre les vents de la vie qui les ont finalement conduits à Rio de Janeiro.

Comme toute personne souhaitant vivre dans un nouveau pays, Mélanie et Bob ont dû surmonter de nombreuses barrières linguistiques et culturelles. Ils ont effectué de nombreux allers-retours à la Police fédérale, où il manquait toujours un document, laissant le couple sans papiers et dans l’impossibilité d’exercer pleinement ses droits au Brésil.

Afin que personne d’autre n’ait à traverser ces mêmes difficultés, ils ont fondé MAWON.

Through an articulation based on education and culture, we carry out projects that aim at the effective integration of people, valuing multiculturalism, self-esteem and financial autonomy.Our cultural approach and intercultural mediation is our differential in our work.

We are members of municipal (COMPARM), state (CEIPARM) and the National Forum of State Councils and Committees for Refugees and Migrants (FONACCERAM) committees, where we can pass on the concerns and difficulties encountered in the daily lives of migrants and refugees to the competent authorities

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