To deal with the need to serve a huge underserved population, civil society created several initiatives. With the objective of providing cohesion and interconnection between them, and systematizing the information, other actions prepared catalogs, observatories and maps, which locate and describe interventions and facilitate the forwarding of donations and other support.
This is a solidarity action carried out between the Frente Brasil Popular and the Frente Povo Sem Medo, in the face of the covid-19 pandemic.
The creation of the map is intended to give visibility and strengthen popular initiatives, encouraging the participation and collaboration of more people.
The COEP (Committee of Public Entities to Combat Hunger and for Life), in partnership with the Herbert de Souza Laboratory – Technology and Citizenship (UFRJ), created a map with various initiatives by civil society, or supported by it, especially those aimed at for vulnerable populations.
You can check the map, as well as register an initiative, on the COEP website You can also access highlights, such as the offer of free courses on how to fight the virus (see here ).
The Federal University of ABC, together with civil society partners, created the Collaborative Map , which brings together the various collaborative practices that are being carried out in all regions of Brazil to alleviate damage generated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The aim is to help promote actions and raise funds, support and partnerships, as well as create a collaborative historical record of mobilizations by civil society and universities in the face of the pandemic. The platform also allows people to find movements and collectives to help them continue with each job.
The MTST released a map to concentrate places that receive and distribute donations. The goal is, through solidarity, to raise resources to support families in the face of coronavirus.
Resources are being used to purchase basic food baskets, 70% gel alcohol and cleaning supplies. Access here.
The Human Rights Observatory-Salve Sul, together with the Support Center for Research, Production and Language in the Built Environment (NAPPLAC) FAU/USP, is developing a collaborative map to identify violations of rights during the pandemic.
The map is fed through a complaint form , the aim is to systematize this information and put pressure on the government to enforce the violated rights.
The Associação Imagem Comunitário, from Belo Horizonte, launched the platform “Periferia Viva: Covid-19 Task Force”, an initiative with the objective of bringing together “campaigns, demands and initiatives of those who are in the peripheries, villages, agglomerations and slums of Belo Horizonte. , from Greater BH and from the interior of Minas”.
On the website, it is possible to access the map of initiatives registered by the campaign.
The research group Social Practices in Urban Space (Praxis) of the School of Architecture of the Federal University of Minas Gerais and the Municipal Department of Urban Policy of Belo Horizonte launched a mapping of initiatives to combat Covid-19 in slums and occupations in the Metropolitan Region. from the mining capital.
You can access the platform by clicking on this link .
The PARANÁ AGAINST COVID-19 platform, under construction, is an initiative of urban planning professionals and students that aims to gradually gather information and analysis for monitoring and coping with COVID-19 in Paraná.
In addition to technical content, such as a panel of cases, a map of risk sectors, it includes a map of solidarity with campaigns for the most vulnerable populations.
Resocie is compiling civil society initiatives to combat the new coronavirus pandemic in the territory of the Federal District.
Check here (on this same site!).
A REPAM project (Red Eclesial Panamazonica) created a website that, in addition to mapping data on the impact of Covid-19 on indigenous peoples in the Amazon, has been publishing a series of bulletins to periodically make visible the situation of indigenous peoples and communities in the Amazon. Amazon right now.
Check the page here.
As of September 2020, the pandemic is still impacting the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Communities are on the front line, facing precariousness and the lack of government support in combating the imposed difficulties. Community groups, dedicated to supporting residents of the periphery at this time, have reported that donations have declined since the first months of the pandemic, but the same challenges remain, some even intensified.
Rio on Watch made a compilation of campaigns that still exist in Rio de Janeiro that need support, you can access it here .
Abong (Brazilian Association of Non-Governmental Organizations) created a Solidarity Network with the aim of unifying, on a single platform, various civil society initiatives to mobilize people for help and protection.
On the platform it is possible to register an initiative, request support, make donations or engage more actively in actions.
The Dicionário de Favelas Marielle Franco , which aims to stimulate and allow the collection and collective construction of existing knowledge about favelas, is a key reference on information related to the fight against the pandemic in favelas (mainly in Rio de Janeiro, but also from elsewhere in the country). On the platform, it is possible to find contact lists for collectives and campaigns , surveys, reports, photos, videos, comments, interviews and academic reflections.
The platform also compiles data from organizations that report on spending on what they have been receiving via donations (see here ).
Guide to citizen initiatives to combat the coronavirus, social innovation and civic resilience in times of a pandemic. The website presents various information about the pandemic (information on care during the pandemic, official information sources), as well as several lists of initiatives on topics such as: culture, work and income, solidarity consumption and solidarity networks, support for populations with rights threatened, gender issues, housing, research, among others.
The Covid-19 Fiocruz Observatory aims to develop integrated analyses, technologies, proposals and solutions to face the Covid-19 pandemic by SUS and Brazilian society.
Structured in a collaborative way, it brings together the work already developed in several laboratories, research groups and sectors of Fiocruz, within the scope of their competences and expertise, develop their activities in networks of internal and external cooperation, for the production and dissemination of materials for the facing the pandemic. It has become an important reference for reliable information during the pandemic.
The Observatory of Social Movements in Latin America of the Nucleus for Studies in Social Theory and Latin America (NETSAL) , from UERJ, seeks not only to catalog different initiatives to combat Covid in Latin America, but also “to grasp the meanings of the ongoing disputes. "
So far, this has involved the preparation of the first issue of “Comunica América Latina”, which brings together articles on experiences in different countries in the region, between March and June 2020.
Interface Magazine created a special issue with short articles about the fight against the pandemic around the world.
The website informs the weekly evolution of donations made to mitigate the impact of Covid-19. They can be viewed by donor type (companies, campaigns, individuals).
It is possible to learn about donation campaigns and also donate to the ABCR (Brazilian Association of Fundraisers), the institution responsible for monitoring.
This initiative by the National Health Council systematizes vaccination data in Brazil . The Our World in Data initiative informs vaccination rates around the world, making them available in maps and tables .
You can access the map on this page .
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) has launched the COVID-10 Disorder Tracker , to systematize data on protests and conflicts related to the pandemic in various regions of the world. It ranges from episodes of violence against health workers to protests against isolation measures.
The Marajó Observatory works to build social technologies that serve the population, especially the Marajoara population, to guide the public agenda and political processes based on knowledge and information. The Observatory launched an initiative to provide data on the social context of the region and each of the municipalities, entitled Cadernos do Marajó, Special Edition – 40 days of Marajó with Coronavirus. The Notebook and other information can be accessed via the link .
The Dicionário de Favelas Marielle Franco , which aims to stimulate and allow the collection and collective construction of existing knowledge about favelas, is a key reference on information related to the fight against the pandemic in favelas (mainly in Rio de Janeiro, but also from elsewhere in the country).
On the platform it is possible to find contact lists of collectives and campaigns , research, reports, photos, videos, comments, interviews and academic reflections. The platform also compiles data from organizations that report on spending on what they have been receiving via donations (see here ).
The Favelas G10 defines itself as “a group of Social Impact Leaders and Entrepreneurs in the Favelas”, operating at the national level (see map above). On their page and on their social media, they present the actions taken against the pandemic.
We , women from the periphery” , an independent journalistic collective, formed by journalists living in different peripheral regions of the city of São Paulo, is engaged in the fight against COVID-19. The collective's website houses a variety of analyzes that highlight how the pandemic unevenly affects the periphery, such as the risks of exclusion from distance learning, the limits of access to cultural goods, the use of public transport and a special series on Environmental Racism: indigenous and quilombola women in protecting their people against COVID-19.
Four young people from Rocinha, South Zone of Rio, who are technology and computing enthusiasts created the Opina Rocinha project, with the aim of capturing the perception of favela residents about the pandemic. The panel provides information on the situation in which favela residents find themselves in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. The objective is to provide data on the conditions of the favelas, including with the aim of enabling public policies that really serve and help these people.
The Frente de Mobilidade da Maré, even knowing the difficulties with the underreporting of data reported by the government, took the initiative to prepare a panel that is updated daily with the number of confirmed cases and deaths in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
The research group Social Practices in Urban Space ( Praxis ) of the School of Architecture of the Federal University of Minas Gerais and the Municipal Secretariat of Urban Policy of Belo Horizonte launched a mapping of initiatives to combat covid-19 in slums and occupations in the Metropolitan Region. from the mining capital.
The Network of Popular Collectives of Paulista COPPA, formed by several groups from the periphery of the Metropolitan Region of Recife, joined other civil society organizations and professionals to map the areas of greatest socio-spatial vulnerability in the municipality of Paulista. From the crossing of 11 indicators (which take into account variables such as age, gender and race, among others), the Atlas mapped the areas of lowest and greatest vulnerability in the territory. The survey also collected data on official cases of contamination by the virus and showed that these were concentrated in the most densely inhabited areas until mid-April. The Atlas can be accessed here .
The Marco Zero organization, which aims to “qualify public debate by promoting investigative and independent journalism”, is launching the map of popular communication in Greater Recife. The idea is to increase the visibility of peripheral narratives, in the context of the fight against the pandemic. To participate in the mapping, you can access the form on the website .
