The Betinho Project

Among the many causes Betinho embraced and led was the Campaign Against Hunger and for Life, which triggered the new movement for food and nutrition security in Brazil. [...] This was an opportunity to witness the culmination of a democratic process in which civil society organizations from throughout the country participated in the development of key recommendations to be forwarded to the federal government through the Brazilian National Council for Food and Nutrition Security (CONSEA). [...] Thus emerged the Betinho Project -- from our desire to celebrate Betinho’s life and work, and to make a contribution to the continuation of his campaign against hunger and for life everywhere in the world. [...] As a social activist, Betinho was a leading figure in several national campaigns including the National Campaign for Agrarian Reform, the Movement for Land and Democracy, the Movement for Ethics in Politics and the Citizenship Action Against Hunger, Poverty and for Life. [...] He also founded the Inter-Disciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA), and worked with street children (receiving UNICEF’s Child and Peace trophy in 1993), the women’s movement, and for the democratization of communications and information using the Internet as a tool.