Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Nemora Lisboa published in Viva Favela click here. Seeing the city from high up is one of the main reasons tourists visit Rio de […]
Clique aqui para Português “It is a wonderful place, surrounded by nature, and it’s where I was born and raised and where I have my roots!” – Gilmar Lopes Despite the negative stereotypes associated with […]
Clique aqui para Português Museu de Favela (MUF), a non-profit territorial museum founded in 2008 by community leaders in Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho in Rio’s South Zone, is promoting a crowdfunding campaign to tour their Mulheres Guerreiras (Women Warriors) […]
Clique aqui para Português On Sunday, November 22, Brazil’s first favela, the community of Morro da Providência, celebrated its 118th birthday. Though the exact day is unknown, it is popularly understood that Providência was born in November 1897. Following Brazil Black Awareness month events […]
Clique aqui para Português Eight community projects in Complexo do Alemão are participating in a joint crowdfunding campaign entitled #TodosPeloAlemão (#AllForAlemão). The campaign began on October 13 and ends on December 15 and has reached 33% of its goal of […]