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Indigenous leader Dzoodzo Baniwa wins climate award — Level A1 — a group of people looking at a phone

Indigenous leader Dzoodzo Baniwa wins climate awardCEFR A1

6 Aug 2025

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Adapted from Luisa Massarani, SciDev • CC BY 2.0

Photo by Jimmy Jiménez, Unsplash

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  • Dzoodzo Baniwa is an indigenous community leader.
  • He lives in the Amazonas region near the border.
  • He won a prize for work on climate change.
  • He grew up with parents who could not read.
  • He became a teacher at an indigenous school.
  • He travelled a long way to study at a university.
  • He helped build a water pump with no electricity.
  • He wants schools to help local communities in practical ways.

Difficult words

  • indigenous — original people of an area or region
  • community — a group of people living in one area
    communities
  • climate change — long-term change in weather patterns
  • university — a school for higher education and degrees
  • water pump — a machine that moves water from one place
  • electricity — power for lights and machines in buildings

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Discussion questions

  • Have you ever travelled far to study?
  • Have you used a water pump where you live?
  • Do you want schools to help local communities?

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