#LUTAWOMEN – MICHELE’S STORY

#LUTAWOMEN – MICHELE’S STORY

Fight for Peace’s Employability Pillar aims to open doors and facilitate the route into the world of work. Michele da Silva is one of those who has made huge strides into employment, with support from Fight for Peace (Luta pela Paz) in Rio de Janeiro. Michelle hails...
SHUGA’S OLYMPIC JOURNEY IN TOKYO

SHUGA’S OLYMPIC JOURNEY IN TOKYO

Boxer and former Fight for Peace young person, Wanderson de Oliveira, has made history by reaching the quarter finals of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The athlete, who now lives and trains in São Paulo and is known to friends as Shuga, hails from Complexo da Maré,...
TECHNOLOGY, EMPLOYMENT & THE NEXT GEN

TECHNOLOGY, EMPLOYMENT & THE NEXT GEN

Local young people in Maré, Rio de Janeiro are being supported to get qualified in specialist digital technology courses via Fight for Peace’s employability programme. The aim is to support them to access jobs in the technology sector, an area of employment offering a...