“The Warao who helped all the indigenous people,” is how 24-year-old Gabriel Zapata wants to be remembered: as the indigenous man who helped different ethnic groups from Venezuela. He works as an intercultural mediator at the Jesuit Service for Migrants and Refugees (SJMR), a partner of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and lives in Pacaraima, Roraima, on Brazil's northern border. There, he closely guides the arrival of indigenous people seeking pr…
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“The Warao who helped all the indigenous people,” is how 24-year-old Gabriel Zapata wants to be remembered: as the indigenous man who helped different ethnic groups from Venezuela. He works as an intercultural mediator at the Jesuit Service for Migrants and Refugees (SJMR), a partner of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and lives in Pacaraima, Roraima, on Brazil's northern border. There, he closely guides the arrival of indigenous people seeking pr…