SHORT TAKES : Sting Aims to Help Brazil Indians
Rock star Sting said his Virgin Forest Foundation has collected $1.3 million to help create Brazil’s biggest Indian reserve.
Sting said Tuesday he came to Brazil to meet with the foundation’s leaders and account for donations raised since the group was founded in 1989.
The foundation seeks to join five national parks to form a 30-million-acre Indian reserve. Sting said the money would also be used for education, health and Indian cultural projects.
Foundation President Olimpio Serra said the donations had been deposited in a foreign bank account and will be transferred to Brazil’s National Indian Foundation if the government authorizes the reserve.
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