Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Pedala Queimados (“Cycle Queimados”) Contact: Facebook | Instagram | Email Year Founded: 2016 Community: Queimados (Baixada Fluminense) Mission: To stimulate the use of cycling as a means of transportation, democratize land […]
Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Vai na Web (“Get Online”) Contact: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Email Year Founded: 2017 Community: Morro dos Prazeres (Central Rio) and Complexo do Alemão (North Zone) Mission: To promote community improvement through […]
Clique aqui para Português Favela-Bairro was an ambitious program established in 1994 with the aim of upgrading favelas to the status of formal neighborhoods (“bairros” in Portuguese) through infrastructure interventions, public services, public facilities, and […]
Initiative: Entre o Céu e a Favela (“Between the Sky and the Favela”) Contact: Instagram | Facebook | Email Year Founded: 2012 Community: Morro da Providência (Port Region) Mission: Bring together, disseminate, and value local cultural production […]
Clique aqui para Português The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm)* designed to build and reinforce solidarity networks, bring visibility and develop joint actions to support the expansion of community-based […]