Food security Archives

The Challenges Faced by Community Journalists in the Largest Favela Complex of Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Staff • October 23, 2023

Clique aqui para Português Complexo da Mangueirinha, in Duque de Caxias, is the largest cluster of favelas in Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense region. There, where the presence of the State is primarily felt […]

Itaguaí Women’s Association of Warriors and Social Articulators (A.M.I.G.A.S.) Assists Engenho Women, Waste Pickers and Flood Victims Through Solidarity Kitchen, Education, Income Generation [PROFILE]

By Ben Bildsten • July 7, 2023

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series of profiles of initiatives in Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network. Initiative: Itaguaí Women’s Association—Warriors and Social Articulators (A.M.I.G.A.S.) Contact: Facebook | Instagram | +55 (21) […]

Sustainable Favela Network Carries Out Collective Action to Revitalize and Replant the Sustainable Attitude Garden in Salgueiro [VIDEO]

By Sustainable Favela Network • Translation by Angus Beazley • March 16, 2023

Clique aqui para Português On January 22, 2023, Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)* spent the day carrying out its first in-person activity of the year: a collective action to install a garden at […]

In Rio de Janeiro, the First Week of February Brought More Rain Than Expected for the Month. Who Suffers From Climate Change? The Favelas! #VoicesFromSocialMedia

By Julio Santos Filho, Vinícius Ribeiro • Translation by Felicity Clarke • February 19, 2023

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. It’s also part of a […]

Sustainable Favela Network 5th Annual Full-Network Meet-Up: Connecting, Planning, and Ancestry in Morro do Salgueiro [VIDEO]

By Sustainable Favela Network • Translation by Staff • January 5, 2023

Clique aqui para Português On Sunday, November 27, 2022, the Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)* held its first in-person full network meet-up since 2019, taking over the Raízes da Tijuca Carnival Bloco headquarters in Morro do […]