Catalytic Communities (CatComm) a Rio de Janeiro based non-for-profit organization working to recognize, share, and strengthen and project community solutions from Rio and around the world.
Over the past nine years CatComm has developed the Community Solutions Database (CSD), a collection of over 250 solutions documenting the efforts of communities in 21 countries around the world. These solutions span a wide range of topic areas, including business and economy, community-building, culture and leisure, education, the environment and health. In addition to this work, CatComm incubates local projects in Rio de Janeiro with an eye towards developing sustainable models for others to replicate elsewhere. Their first project, launched in 2003, was a community center and technology hub for local civic leaders in Rio called the Casa do Gestor Catalisador (Casa).
In July 2010, launched www.RioOnWatch.org (Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch website), a news website for community reporting from Rio's favelas, in English, in the lead-up to the 2016 Olympic Games. The website will be featuring community commentary and journalism, as well as guest comments from prominent NGOs, public defenders and journalists who work to increase community participation regarding the destruction the development and construction teams are causing the local favelas.
You can help them by spreading the word about the events or donating to their cause. CatComm is sponsoring a raffle to raise money to help train grassroots leaders to write an dpost content at www.favela.info, the Portuguese site launched which will feed into RioOnWatch.org. To support the raffle click HERE.
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