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Frutchá-Workshop for Conscious, Raw, and Vegan Food in City of God #SustainableFavelaNetwork [PROFILE]

By Juliana Torres • Translation by Grace Atwell • November 24, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Frutchá – Workshop for Conscious, Raw, and Vegan Food Contact: WhatsApp +55.21.999.714.373 | Email Year Founded: 2017 Community: City of God Mission: To provide awareness and access to healthy and conscious food […]

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A Close Look at the International Awards and Recognition of the Olympic City

By Cerianne Robertson • April 27, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The Rio that bid for the 2016 Olympics and then reveled in its 2009 campaign victory was not shy of dreaming big. Among other commitments, the city planned to transform city-wide […]

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Community Organization in Cascadura Educates Youth Through Sports

By Elma Gonzalez • July 30, 2015

Every Saturday, José Fernando Silva gathers young people in Orlando Leite public park in Cascadura, a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, to play soccer. Silva has been doing this for 15 years. What began […]

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Community Leaders in Cascadura Demand Attention From the City

By Elma Gonzalez • May 13, 2015

Clique aqui para Português As Cascadura, a neighborhood in Rio’s North Zone, faces mobility and economic challenges due to recent changes to transportation routes, communities in the neighborhood are also confronting hardships in recreation, education, […]

Richuelo Square's business hub sitting idle.
#Rio2016

BRT Line in Cascadura Reduces Transit Access and Forces Businesses to Close

By Elma Gonzalez • April 20, 2015

Clique aqui para Português For more than 50 years, Bar Caldo Cana has been a successful business in Riachuelo Square in the neighborhood of Cascadura, in Rio’s North Zone. André Silva dos Santos has worked there for […]

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