Clique aqui para Português This video shows interviews with residents and public bus employees that work in the neighborhood of Sepetiba. The interviews are with public school students who use public transportation in Sepetiba. According […]
“When my friends began University, their parents gave them a car and a laptop, so they could carry texts without hurting their backs. My father gave me a RioCard (for the public bus system), a […]
Clique aqui para Português In Rio de Janeiro, the word “community” is used in various ways. In the media, the term tends to refer to a ‘favela.’ But a search in the dictionary reveals that […]
Reprinted from Portuguese article here. Water for Everybody. When you see it you imagine a genuine project from a serious government and one of the largest water distribution companies in Rio. But in reality, it’s […]
Original Portuguese article published in Observatório de Favelas. On Friday September 30th, the NGO REDES de Desenvolvimento da Maré (Development Networks for Maré), in partnership with ActionAid and Observatório de Favelas (Favelas Observatory), set up the seminar […]