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[ November 19, 2024 ] 1st Sustainable Favela Festival ‘Favela Solutions at the Center’ Welcomes 1,100 People to Experience the Socio-Environmental Power of Favelas by Community Contributors
[ November 18, 2024 ] Cultivating Change in a Community Garden: Complexo da Penha’s Luxury From Waste Project Celebrates Four Years of Environmental Action [PROFILE] *Highlight
[ November 8, 2024 ] 2024 Victories for Afro-Diasporic Culture: Passinho Recognized as ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ in Rio as Breakdancing Debuted in Paris *Highlight
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[ October 16, 2024 ] Rio de Janeiro Hosts 1st ‘Sustainable Favela Festival Festival’ Bringing Together 100 Activities from 90 Favelas—Open to All and Free of Charge [RELEASE] Civil Society

Laboriaux Wins Local Actions Prize to Fund Ten Community Betterment Projects in 2015

By Sarah Jacobs • April 8, 2015

Clique aqui para Português A community group based in the neighborhood of Vila Laboriaux, Rocinha, won a prize awarded by the same government that once called for the removal of the community. Movimento Preserva Laboriaux (Movement […]

500 Protesters March for Peace in Complexo do Alemão Following Police Killing of 10-Year-Old Boy [VIDEO]

By Nicole Froio, Sarah Jacobs • April 6, 2015

Around 500 people took to the streets of Complexo do Alemão on the morning of Saturday April 4 to call for an end to violence in the community after five people were shot dead there in 24 […]