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Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard Launches Video Showing How Data Saves Lives

By Elisa Campos, Tatiana Lima • Translation by Jiselle Steele • November 9, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our most recent article about Covid-19 and its impact on the favelas. Action is part of the Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard’s campaign to overcome Rio’s pandemic data deficit. […]

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The Post-Pandemic World of Favelas and Urban Peripheries: New Social and Economic Paradigms?

By Thábara Garcia • Translation by Catherine Osborn • September 17, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article about Covid-19 and its impact on the favelas and is also part of our reporting partnership with The Rio Times. For the article as published in The […]

Social project Jacarezinho Against Coronavirus distributes basic foodstuffs to mothers that were affected by the pandemic. Photo by Gerente.
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The Hidden Pandemic: Stories Behind Covid-19 Numbers in Favelas, Part 1 [VIDEO]

By Amanda Scofano • Translation by Cheyne Bull • September 4, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our most recent article on Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas, and the first of a two-part piece that analyzes the complexity of the Covid-19 pandemic in Rio’s favelas, […]

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Behind Favela Coronavirus Numbers: The Extent of the Tragedy [PRESS RELEASE]

By Tatiana Lima, Theresa Williamson • Translation by Thomas Maggiola • August 11, 2020

Clique aqui para Português The Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard, an initiative that brings together favela-based collectives and civil society, will hold its second press conference this Thursday, August 13, at 2pm BRT. August 11, […]

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Looking to Help Rio Favelas Mitigate Covid-19? Here’s an Updated List of Community Campaigns for June

By Cormac Whitney Low • June 4, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. Updated: June 4, 2020. Community organizations from myriad favelas have set up virtual platforms in order […]

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