Against hunger and Covid-19, quilombolas put food on the table in favelas

The Quilombola Farmers’ Cooperative of the Ribeira Valley (Cooperquivale) has delivered over 150 tonnes of produce from the quilombola farms to vulnerable families in five cities of São Paulo since March last year. Their job is part of a huge alliance between partners to generate income in the communities and alleviate the impacts of the pandemic.

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Quilombos are groups with black ancestry who developed resistance practices in the maintenance and reproduction of their characteristic ways of life in a determined place.
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Datasheet:
Video: Manoela Meyer
Story: Roberto Almeida
Local production: Mauricio Biesek, Fabiana Fagundes, Frederico Viegas e Raquel Pasinato
Partners: Instituto Linha D’Água, Associação dos Moradores da Enseada da Baleia, Instituto Brasil a Gosto, Equipe de Articulação e Assessoria às Comunidades Negras do Vale do Ribeira (Eaacone), Eldorado Municipality, Iporanga Municipality, Cananéia Municipality, Jandira Municipality, Embu das Artes Municipality, NGO Bloco do Beco, Jardim São Remo Residents' Association, Vila Brasilândia Residents' Association, Conexão Petar Group, United Women for a Better Life Association (Amuvim) e Coordenação Nacional de Articulação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas (Conaq)
Development: Associações Quilombolas, Cooperquivale, Instituto Socioambiental
Support: União Europeia e Good Energies