After being the home of a pilot edition of “Dona do Meu Fluxo” in 2018, in 2019 the Amazon region received the project once more. With a novelty this turn:…
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In 2020, the Dona do Meu Fluxo Project, an initiative of Raízes Desenvolvimento Sustentável in partnership with Korui, completed 4 years of existence! In its previous editions the project donated…
The Community Social Entrepreneurship Program (PESC, in Portuguese) proposed by the Vale Foundation in Itabira was carried out in two stages. In 2018, the Flores do Carmo Project worked with…
Resplendor is a city with great potential for tourism, located on the touristic region of BARI at Minas Gerais state, close to the border with Espírito Santo. People get there…
Most of the women from the municipality of Periquito, in Minas Gerais, make its living today by weaving and selling handmade knitted rugs on the roadside. Now they are given…
Attending to Vale Foundation’s request, Raízes Desenvolvimento Sustentável developed a project of income generation with the women from Morro d’Água Quente in Catas Atlas – MG. The project lasted for…
We told you in the news section of the website, here, that Raízes Desenvolvimento Sustentável created the “Com vida e arte” campaign; to help give visibility to the three groups…
Women empowerment is one of the premises that leached into Raízes’s essence since its beginning, starting with its two founders, Mariana Madureira and Mariana Costa, and Jussara Rocha, partner and…
Vale do Jequitinhonha, at the northeast of Minas Gerais, is a region full of contrasts. The poverty caused by the drought and by the scarcity of jobs, walks side by…
The first fase of Raízes’ project on income generation at Vale do Jequitinhonha (2009-2012) focused on fair trade of craftwork using a virtual store and participation in events. [Here we…
The objective of the project Sustainable Culture on Jequitinhonha Valley, at Minas Gerais, was developed to promote environmental, cultural and economic characteristics of the region. This mobilization happened through…
Catas Altas and the District of Morro d’Água Quente are directly affected by the mining operation of Vale do Rio Doce on the area where they are located. The local…
