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In 2011, five cities located in Rio's mountainous region were hit by a heavy storm that left 918 dead. Photo: Marino Azevedo / Rio de Janeiro State Government
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What Does Rain Have to Do With Climate Change and How Does All This Affect Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas?

By Aline Marieta • Translation by Annie Swank • April 27, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article in a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on climate impacts and affirmative action in […]

One Year of the Covid-19 in the Favelas Unified Dashboard
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One Year of the Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard: ‘By Us, For Us’ as a Defining Methodology #DataSavesLives

By Gabriela Buffon Vargas • Translation by Saskia Wright • August 17, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. On July 22, the Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard, an initiative that brings together 24 favela collectives and […]

Grandma Cleusa Association distributing bread and other foodstuffs
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Hunger in Times of Covid-19: Help Rio’s Favelas by Donating to Community Campaigns

By Marie Alden • April 27, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. May 6, 2021–With over 4000 people just in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas dead from Covid-19, we […]

Jacarezinho favela community action by campaign Jaca contra o Corona. Photo by Gerente
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Help Rio Favelas Facing Down Covid-19 through our September List of Community Campaigns

By RioOnWatch Editorial • September 2, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. September 2, 2020—As the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact Rio’s favelas, frontline community-based groups have maintained […]

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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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