Clique aqui para Português Estação Azul, a lively 24 hour diner, is a hub of commotion in the heart of a large favela called Rio das Pedras. Not formally mapped online, the expansive community sits in Rio de […]
Clique aqui para Português Marlon Gangazumba and his Chilean partner Natalia Urbina are videographers, photographers, activists, and capoeira instructors. Girasol Comunicações was born in 2012 when they organized a center for popular communication after frequently being asked […]
Clique aqui para Português This is Part 2 of the Building the Favela series, a collection of stories of how people build their homes. The informality of Rio’s favelas means residents use their creativity and own know-how to build almost every […]
Clique aqui para Português The Pereira da Silva favela sits between the Laranjeiras and Santa Teresa neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone. Entering the community, there are small wooden signs with encouraging words–“Think about the things that make you […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the third article in a three-part series profiling community-based initiatives in three favelas. Led by one or several local residents, these initiatives all share the objective of initiating a virtuous circle […]