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The Favela That Disappeared: What Catacumba Teaches Us About Cantagalo’s Future

Where a favela once stood, there is now a park. What Catacumba’s story and 40 years of research tell us about the future of Cantagalo’s youth.

A Few Blocks Away and a World Apart

In Tabajaras, a few blocks from Copacabana, 25 young people now spend their Saturdays in free EduMais English classes. This is only the beginning.

When They See Themselves: The Power of Representation in EduMais

Why it matters that favela students see people like themselves as teachers and mentors, and how peer mentorship fuels ambition at EduMais.

Building Belonging: How Positive Discipline Creates Safe Spaces for Learning in Rio’s Favelas

How EduMais uses Positive Discipline to create safe, respectful classrooms in Rio’s favelas, where mistakes become chances to learn.

From the Heart of the Community: A New Chapter for EduMais

EduMais opens a new home in the heart of Pavão-Pavãozinho and Cantagalo. A new chapter, built together with the community it serves.

Presenting your work by students of the Summer School Game Design

Game design, art, programming and marketing: students and teachers of the Summer School present what they learned and what they built.

Summer School Favela Rio de Janeiro: @PPGames_plus Instagram is live

The PPGames_plus Summer Course now has its own Instagram. Hear from the people involved what the program is about, starting with Marcello.

Serious Game Design: First game concepts are a fact!

Day three of the Serious Game Design course: working with the Game Design Canvas, the students created their very first game concepts.

Serious Game Design in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro – Day 2 -Making objects for play

Day two of Serious Game Design in Rio’s favelas: MakeyMakey, littleBits and the marshmallow and spaghetti challenge turn play into learning.

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