Project titled 'Development of the Cycle of Bamboo in Brazil', coordinated by Bambuzeria Cruzeiro do Sul has provided employment and livelihood to more than 2,000 people, who now receive over a minimum wage per month.
At the moment, at least 30 cooperatives of producers are working with the raw material, producing from coat hangers to Japanese style fences.
Brazil has native varieties of Bamboo locally named carnauba, cana-brava, taboca, taquara, taquari and taquaracu, which are still little explored for handicraft.
Work with bamboo started in 1981, when Company Director Lucio Ventania started researching natural fibres in the country and their application in handicraft.
After initial research and insertion into the world of handicraft, in 1999 Ventania established Bamcrus, which in two years became a civil society organization of public interest (OSCIP), a non-profit organization with national scope, and started coordinating the Project for Development of the Bamboo Cycle in Brazil.
There are other companies which support the program in different ways. For example Apel is specialized in project management, while Council of Afro-Descended Communities operates in the State of Amapa (CCADA).
Another group Bambuzeria Amazonia, set up by residents of quilombola in September last year, is working in the northern Brazilian state of Amapa, with specialization in production of coat hangers.
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