{"id":19605,"date":"2014-12-16T13:51:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T16:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=19605"},"modified":"2016-03-30T23:22:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T02:22:56","slug":"ecomoda-in-morro-do-fogueteiro-urgent-call-for-donations-following-fashion-projects-eviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=19605","title":{"rendered":"EcoModa in Fogueteiro: Urgent Call for Donations Following Fashion Project’s Eviction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Every weekday morning, ten women sit learning how to sew and design clothes in a basement in Morro do Fogueteiro<\/a>, in Santa Teresa,\u00a0Center<\/a>\u00a0of Rio. Through the project EcoModa, they have been learning how to work with sustainable materials and how to create their own fashion since August, and will graduate this December.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tackle history of fashion, history of art,\u201d explains teacher Marcio Matias, who was also an EcoModa student in Mangueira<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t want to train\u00a0seamstresses; I want to train\u00a0fashion professionals. We widen people\u2019s horizons; it\u2019s an opportunity to show certain people that they do have talent. I am always starting a new class where I ask something to be done and [the students say] \u2018No, I can\u2019t do this,\u2019 and these are the people who always surprise me in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

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EcoModa is a project funded by the State Secretariat for the Environment<\/a>. According to the state government website, there are 14 communities that benefit from the program and 853 residents across Rio have graduated so far. The program\u2019s focus is on \u201cenvironmental education, reduction of garbage production and social inclusion with income generation.\u201d The EcoModa classrooms receive donations from textile factories, as well as recyclables and old clothes from residents.<\/p>\n

The students produce clothes with materials like milk cartons that turn into purses, old umbrellas that become skirts and any old piece of clothing that can be repurposed\u00a0into a brand new one.<\/p>\n

Although the EcoModa program is run through the state, it was the Neighborhood Association\u2019s President C\u00edntia Luna<\/a> who brought the course to the basement of the Quadra do Fogueteiro. After being told by women in the community that they wanted to learn how to sew, she applied for an EcoModa course to be brought to the community.<\/p>\n

While the state donated industrial sewing machines and provides a teacher, C\u00edntia was in charge of everything else including finding a space for the classes, remodeling that space and doing the electric work that would allow the machines to be used.<\/p>\n

On Sunday December 7, the owners of the Quadra do Fogueteiro gave Cintia three days to remove EcoModa from the basement, leaving them with no funding to move the industrial machines to another space.<\/p>\n

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Student Sheila Aguiar joined the class to learn how to make clothes for her daughter because children\u2019s clothes were too expensive to buy. After learning how to cut and sew fabric she started working as a seamstress and plans on pursuing a career after she graduates this December.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are graduating on December 15 but we will come back to have more classes,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019ll be a pity to lose this space.\u201d<\/p>\n

C\u00edntia has offered her own house for the new EcoModa classroom but she needs to fix her roof and do some electric work before the machinery can be moved. She and the students of EcoModa are relying on donations to fix up the place and rent a truck to move the heavy machinery. While at first C\u00edntia was upset that she was told they had lost their space after all the work put into it, she is now happy to offer a place where EcoModa will be secure.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cNow I am happier because we won\u2019t be on the street, right? But it\u2019s hard work, and now we\u2019re trying to establish ourselves. At least no one will evict\u00a0us out from my house, if that\u2019s where we end up going. But I wanted them to have given me some time, not kick us out like we are lepers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The EcoModa program has\u00a0many\u00a0plans for the future, including an eco-fashion week that is still being developed where graduates will design and make clothes with sustainable materials and put on an exhibit for the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cLocally, I have a lot of plans of what I want to do next year, more partnerships to make use of the machines, of getting work for the students so they can train and generate income,\u201d explained C\u00edntia.<\/p>\n

The EcoModa branch in Morro do Fogueteiro urgently needs donations so classes can continue after the Christmas break. They are accepting monetary donations to move the machinery and they need recyclable roof tiles. To make a donation please contact C\u00edntia Luna<\/a>\u00a0directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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