Survival International: Save the Awá people – video

Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012

Survival International and Colin Firth make a video appeal on behalf of the Awá people of the Brazilian Amazon. According to Survival International, they are the world's most threatened tribe, with their homes being destroyed by logging and industrial projects

Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012

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