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…
Located in northern Minas Gerais, Mocambinho is a town in the municipality of Jaíba, occupied and structured during the Jaíba Project, between 1960 and 1970, 50 kilometers from the city…
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…
As part of the implementation of diversification and qualification policies, the Ministry of Tourism, Investment and Business Development of Cabo Verde invested in the development of entrepreneurship in rural areas…
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…
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…
Famtour in the international scope In Brazil, the ecotourism and the adventure tourism have a huge expansion potential. Products that already are well-established could be sold on the international market,…
For four month, in 2010, Raízes helped with the diagnosis e awareness-raising throught Community-based Tourism. The project realized in Aritapera, Santarém/PA, aimed to promote tourism as an alternative income generation…
