In a desperate attempt to preserve a vast area of the Amazon and defend the lives of thousands of people, the world is mobilised against the Belo Monte project.

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Following two successful US premieres and winning the Artivist Award in LA in the category of Best Film on Human Rights, the first documentary of director Mario Patrocinio about favela life goes on general release in his native Portugal from January.

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The fresh and vibrant charity which raises money for causes in Brazil improvises with yet another musical initiative promoting the creative link with Britain.

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He may well be older than Brad Pitt and younger than Sir Mick Jagger, but now Wagner Fiuza-Carrilho has a lot more to be proud of himself for having got four thumbs up from the X Factor judges.

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The Homeless World Cup arrives in Brazil, encouraging the involvement of young people from all over the world through football

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On the surface, both Brazil and Nigeria may seem like distant nations yet, as CNN’s new series ‘Global Connections’ seeks to explore, if you dig a little deeper they hold more connections and unexpected similarities than you might have imagined.

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Don’t ask a Brasilian personal questions, be prepared to be interrupted and women dress “sexy” in all situations. These are but a few “Top tips” about Brasilians for Londoners courtesy of VistBritain, the national tourism agency, in preparation for the 2012 London Olympics in order for British businesses to provide a warm welcome to foreign visitors and avoid causing offence. Continue Reading

Brazilian digital inclusion project leads up to new and uncanny smart phone apps

In 1996, the Committee for Democracy in Information (CDI), a leading NGO working towards digital inclusion in Brazil, opened a new computer school in the Rio favela Morro dos Macacos (“Monkey Hill”). The NGO, which at that time had only been operating for a year, could never have imagined just how successful it would be and how it would transform the life of one of its new pupils, Alexandre Carlos, aka Leco. Continue Reading

Jungle Drums meets the charity with a thrifty twist putting the spring into sport for África

The team at Bounce practically take the ‘d’ out of fundraising. Founded by school friends Ali Little and Mark Shield in January 2008, who realised young people too often turned off by the prospect of giving to charity, they sought a fresh solution. “We wanted people to do fun and rewarding things in which, almost as a by-product, they ended up giving money to charity. So the ethos behind Bounce is to have fun whilst you give. We call it The Bounce Effect”, explains Little. Continue Reading