Clique aqui para Português The rise in Haitian immigration to Brazil has been hitting the headlines. According to figures from the Ministry of Work and Employment published by BBC Brasil, the number of Haitian workers in […]
On Sunday, July 12, the community of Quilombo da Gamboa held a memorable ceremony in one of the Vizinha Faladeira samba school sheds to celebrate the signing of a rare cooperatively-built Minha Casa Minha Vida public housing contract in the […]
Clique aqui para Português As Rio de Janeiro prepares for the Olympic Games in just over a year’s time, a trend is emerging with community activists being elected to head Neighborhood Associations in a number of […]
Clique aqui para Português A football team in Complexo do Alemão in Rio’s North Zone could lose their chance to play in the national soccer tournament “Bicampeonato Fut7” if they do not secure the funds they urgently […]
Clique aqui para Português Waste management is a problem faced by virtually every favela in Rio de Janeiro. Most communities suffer inadequate or non-existent waste collection services because public agencies miscount the local population and provide inadequate services, […]