Christina Haverkamp

Activism

In 1992, Christina Haverkamp crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a self-made bamboo raft in order to protest the 500-year anniversary of America's discovery, and to draw global attention to the human rights situation of the Yanomami. In 1997, she built the first medical station upon request of the Yanomami in their village Ixima, in Brazil. 2002 Haverkamp finalized her second medical station in Brazil, upon request of chief Joao Davi Yanomami in his village Papiu. 2005 she constructed the third medical station in Venezuela, in the Orinoco region of Mavaquita. 2011 she finalized her latest medical station in Venezuela, in the remote Orinoco region of Delgado Chalbaud.

Haverkamp enabled chief Joao Davi Yanomami to travel to the United Nations headquarters in order to raise awareness about the plight of his people.

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