write a short story on your courage
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Fighting for the Amazon Rainforest.
Fighting for the Amazon Rainforest
Not a lot of people have heard about Chico Mendes or his fight to protect the Amazon rainforest. But for his fellow Brazilian peasants in Xapuri, he is a hero.
Born to a second-generation rubber tapper, Mendes grew up illiterate. Plantation workers were often denied education. As a result, most of them couldn’t read nor write.
When he was 18, Mendes started to educate himself. His practice readings mostly came from newspaper clippings. The articles opened his eyes to the social injustices in Brazil, particularly to the plantation workers.
Wanting to improve their lot, Mendez started to teach his fellow rubber tappers how to read and write. He also initiated the creation of a Rural Workers Union which peacefully protested the continuous logging and burning of forest trees.
His efforts inspired rubber tappers all over the country and caught the attention of international environmental activists. He advocated various issues from deforestation to road paving. He also fought for the rights of rubber tappers to proper education.
Unsurprisingly, he made a lot of enemies and received death threats for years. Then on December 22, 1988, exactly a week after his 44th birthday, he was assassinated. The gunmen shot him at his home in Xapuri, in the presence of his wife and children.
Mendes’ death made international headlines and highlighted the injustices against rubber tappers. It also brought to light various environmental issues. This legitimized the struggle for the conservation of the world’s largest rainforest before a global audience. It also resulted in the formation of extractive reserves and various policy changes in support of Mendes’ activism.