Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Fania Rodrigues in Portuguese published in Brasil de Fato click here. The idea seemed simple: to create a Facebook page to share information among residents of the community […]
For decades, media coverage of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas characterized these neighborhoods as peripheral and violent, documenting organized crime, armed robberies and homicides as somehow inherent to the informal city. As misconceptions of the nature […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Henrique Pio Barbosa published in Voz das Comunidades click here. Rio de Janeiro is the city with the most favela residents in Brazil. These communities have […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Debora Pio in Portuguese published in Viva Favela click here. A team of favela residents involved in web culture and who develop their own projects using digital platforms are […]
Clique aqui para Português A community organization in the West Zone neighborhood of Bangu is working with young people, children and families to combine cultural events, classes and activities and citizenship discussions and put West Zone […]