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The Peace Chalet, the Tela Firme Collective, the MST (Landless Workers' Movement), and the People's Summit distributed 2,200 meals to residents of the Terra Firme favela over three days. Photo: Bárbara Dias

‘No One in Terra Firme Will Sleep Hungry Today!’ Amid Adversity, Belém Favela Initiatives Distribute 2,200 Meals During COP30 With Support from the People’s Summit Solidarity Kitchen

By Julio Santos Filho • Translation by Fred Hanson • December 24, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s special COP30 coverage of the peripheral communities of Belém, capital of the state of Pará, and local civil society movements confronting environmental racism, climate injustice […]

Rio Favela Fights Blackfly Infestation Without Public Support: ‘If Other Associations Joined Us… We Could Clean the Whole River’

By Karen Fontoura • Translation by Staff • September 22, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas […]

‘No One Wants to Hear How Much We Miss Them’: 20 Years After the Baixada Massacre, Families of Victims Report Poor Mental Health and Demand Psychosocial Support from the State

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • April 20, 2025

Clique aqui para Português On the night of March 31, 2005, five Military Police officers—some of whom had previously been accused of police violence—met at a bar in downtown Nova Iguaçu and then drove along […]

Marielle Lives On! In Maricá, the Little Owls Project Offers Nighttime Support for Single Mothers and Fathers

By Carla Regina • Translation by Staff • March 14, 2024

Clique aqui para Português March 14, 2024—This Women’s History Month, on the sixth anniversary of Marielle Franco’s political femicide, this article explores Marielle’s parliamentary legacy through a policy implemented by the municipality of Maricá. The initiative, […]

Favela Climate Memory Circles, Part 3: NOPH in Antares, Santa Cruz, Where ‘No One Was Supposed to Stay, but 40 Years Went by and They Never Took Action’

By Leonardo Coelho • Translation by Kay Alvito • September 27, 2023

Clique aqui para Português On June 17, 2023, Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)* launched its Favela Climate Memory Exhibition, the culmination of five day-long climate memory circles held by favela community museums between January and March. […]