By Thais Corral | project leader
We associate favelas with Garbage, the way houses are built and the configuration of slopes make garbage difficult to collect. Garbage, especially organic left overs of food and other contaminated trash, offer a great risk, especially because they can spread deseases like dengue fever and Zika virus. At Julio Otoni Community Center we teach children garbage recycling with the hope that they can bring it to their homes and other corners of the community.
Last month we created the Green Corner, "Cantinho Verde" at the Center. As the name says it is a special space for children to compost all the organic left overs of the center and then cultivate vegetables that then we can use.
Several educational aspects are integrated: environmental education ( by eliminating garbage from the public space), desease prevention ( children learn to be responsible for their own garbage and the problems that it can cause once thrown away); producing food ( they learn that is it possible and easy to have a small garden at home).
It is like a seed planted that we hope will disseminate at the Favela. Food is very expensive in Brasil. At the favela, we have been victims of Zika Virus and other deseases connected to the environment.
Here is the link with photos of the project: https://sway.com/3baXGEyF5mDXYB5K
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