Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday March 4 community leaders, environmental activists and young people all from the North Zone community of Manguinhos gathered at the community library to launch the project Plantando Ideias (Planting Ideas). The initiative […]
Clique aqui para Português According to research published in A Country Called Favela by Renato Meirelles and Celso Athayde, favelas across Brazil house around six million women. Around 40% of homes in favelas are supported financially by women, […]
Clique aqui para Português An Amnesty International report launched Wednesday February 25 revealed a worrying human rights crisis in Brazil. The Brazilian chapter of the report State of the World’s Human Rights 2014/2015 raises concerns about […]
Last Monday evening February 23, 800 people once again took to the streets to protest police violence in Complexo da Maré in a demonstration called Protest for Life in Complexo da Maré. The event began at 7 […]
Clique aqui para Português Residents of Vila Kennedy in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone gathered once again for a ‘mutirão de limpeza’—a collective clean-up effort. These clean-ups happen every rainy day in summer and winter, as the […]