The incredible photos of Brazilians stirring rotten meat from pandemic hunger: shock for the whole country

Thousands of Brazilians demonstrated this past weekend in the states of Rio de Janeiro and So Paulo to demand a solution to the widespread problem of hunger that has hit the two regions since the start of the pandemic. They occurred after the newspaper Extra published a photojournalistic production titled “I walk with skin and bones become the hope of food for the hungry“.

The photos shared by the newspaper on September 29 were taken by the award-winning photojournalist sunday peixoto, who decided to cover the topic of hunger in Brazil -centrndose en Rio de Janeiro– and how this particularly affects people with fewer resources.

“I haven’t slept for two days, trying to deal with everything,” said Peixoto, who has previously covered such topics as his research on the effects of drug trafficking and poverty in Ro, while adding: “People should cook with Lea, not just the homeless. We have to find ways to tell these stories to try to help somehow“.

The official name of the series of photographs is “Brazil 2021: the pain of hunger“and watch a man crouched inside a container truck on a mountain of animal remains, bones, remains and guts, collected from supermarkets and destined for soap and animal feed factories in company.

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TURNING WASTE: HARMFUL TESTIMONIALS

Along with posting the footage, the reporter shared testimony from various people who approached the truck in search of food, including that of a mother of five who said: “You don’t know how long I haven’t seen a piece of meat. It was before the pandemic. I am very grateful to you“.

For his part, the transport truck driver photographed, Jos Divino Santos, told the photographer that In recent months, the number of people requesting bones and leftovers has increased.. “Some days I come here and want to cry“, assured Santos and added:”Such a rich country cannot be like this. It is very sad that people are going through this situation. My heart is hurting me“.

On that same line, he also explained: “Before, people would come by and ask for a piece of bone to give to the dogs. Today, they are asking for bone to make food. Two or three homeless people passed by and were taken away. There are days when there are about 15 people“.

THE HUNGER PROBLEM IN BRAZIL

According to the report by the newspaper Extra, a survey of Brazilian Food and Nutrition Security Research Network revel that more than 116.8 million people currently live without full and permanent access to food in the neighboring country, while 19.1 million (9% of the population) suffer from hunger and live in a “severe food insecurity“.

Similarly, the estimates published by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in April, which ensure that 27.7 million Brazilians (12.98% of the population) live below the poverty line, located at 261 reais per month (u $ s49). In 2019, this figure was 23.1 million poor (10.97%).