Brazil
Helping Brazil’s Youngest Children Go Beyond the Page
Every child knows the feeling of being swept into a story. With the turn of the first page, a classroom suddenly gives way to a make-believe kingdom. Alongside friends, children become explorers, heroes, and creators,...
From Carts to a Cooperative: A Home for Montenegro’s Essential Workers
In 2022, the story of Projeto Reciclar sounded like the rhythmic "clack-clack" of cart wheels on pavement before dawn. We walked those streets with Eloi and Florentina Tavares, and their son, Daniel, watching them navigate the shadows of Montenegro to find what the rest...
Food Systems
Conflict, climate shocks, and economic instability are straining the world's food systems, or the networks that communities use to grow, process, and deliver food. When these systems falter, hunger and malnutrition rise, farmers lose income,...
Celebrating 10 Years of Positive Impact in Brazil
In 2014, Global Communities arrived in Brazil in partnership with the John Deere Foundation to implement the Sowing Futures program in Horizontina (RS). Since then, we have expanded our operations to promote sustainable development in...
Recycling Cooperative in Brazil Gets a Boost from Young People’s Communication Skills
By Leticia Oliveira An estimated 800,000 trash recyclers collect 90% of Brazil’s recyclables every day. Many Brazilian cities lack formal recycling programs, so catadores (recyclers) offer a crucial public service and play an important role...
Indispensable: Recognizing & Rebranding the Work of Brazil’s Trash Recyclers
By Roseli Bianchi and Lizzie Hickman In Brazil, some low-income families make ends meet through recycling. However, the process is not as simple as sorting trash into neatly labeled green bins. Rather, ‘catadores de materiais...
Reflections on Programming Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to impact communities beyond what many thought would be a few weeks of quarantine. As we recognize the second anniversary of the pandemic, we reflect on Global Communities’ country teams...
