Preparo e emprego da Marinha do Brasil nas ações humanitárias: combate ao escalpelamento nas regiões ribeirinhas do estado do Pará

Abstract

Scalping accidents in the northern region of the country are serious and produce irreparable consequences to the victims, being, therefore, a subject of great concern for the Naval Authorities. The objective is to analyze the preparation and employment of the Military Organizations subordinate to the Command of the 4th Naval District and qualification of personnel for coping with scalping in the riverside regions of the state of Pará, starting with an analysis of cultural contexts, economic and geographical communities affected by this serious accident, peculiar to the riverside people, as well as the dynamics that causes it and its consequences to the victims, usually female children. In addition, the importance of humanitarian actions will be observed, where the Brazilian Navy can act as a subsidiary action to address this social problem, especially with prevention. To achieve the objective of this work, it was used as a method bibliographic research, and data collection was done through questionnaires, as well as visits to military organizations, the Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará Hospital and riverside communities. The main sources were the Brazilian Maritime Authority’s Standards, laws, letters of procedure, end-of-commission reports, ordinances and agreements. And, after due analysis of the data, it was possible to realize the seriousness with which the 4th Naval District Command positions itself in the face of the sad social reality in this region of the country. Making efforts to modify the suffering of a portion of society, the riverside people. It is concluded that the efforts to prepare and employ the Naval means are of great relevance, however in order to actually occur the definitive eradication of cases of scalping, It is necessary the involvement of all public entities and primarily the political will on the part of municipal, state and federal authorities.