Clique aqui para Português In early April 2016, Pica-Pau Neighborhood Association President Irenaldo Honorio da Silva was told the City would finally launch the community’s long-awaited Morar Carioca favela upgrading projects on Sunday, April 3. But the plans were […]
Clique aqui para Português Carina dos Santos Domingos lives with her daughter and two-year-old granddaughter on one of Pica-Pau’s main roads. Their humble home was built on the top of a small hill right by the road. […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Marcella Melo published in Voz das Comunidades click here. After years requesting improvements to Horácio Piccorelli Road, residents have decided to fund the work out of their […]
Clique aqui para Português Wednesday marked the launch of the publication of urban mapping done by more than 30 women in the Caju and Manguinhos favelas in Rio’s North Zone with guidance from well-respected historic NGO FASE, the […]
Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday November 10, over 50 community members and activists gathered to discuss the heavily debated issue of increasing pollution in the Guanabara Bay, but also to discuss the problems that affect the […]