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Rebuilding Lives in Brazil

IFC - World Bank Group PROJECT
Rebuilding Lives in Brazil by IFC - World Bank Group

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Title
  • Rebuilding Lives in Brazil
Entrant
  • IFC - World Bank Group

About This Project

Summary

Imagination and inspiration shaped a pilot program in Brazil that trains refugees to be woodworkers, but the government agencies, international organizations, and private-sector businesses behind the plan had an even more ambitious idea: employing the new woodworkers to help convert abandoned commercial buildings into “green” residential apartments they rent at a discount. This story shows how creative problem-solving can transform refugees’ lives and revitalize urban communities.

Goals & Objectives

We share the inspiring story of a refugee-turned- woodworker, alongside the voices of risk-taking visionaries, to demonstrate how this unprecedented project offers refugees decent jobs, supplies affordable housing, and revitalizes urban areas. This project is a practical and replicable approach.

Results & Impact

3,400 people read the story online in English, Spanish, and Japanese. An abridged version of the story was published by El Pais, with 250,000 digital subscribers and 785,000 daily readers of the print edition.

the team

Alison Buckholtz
  • Editor
  • IFC
Maria Galang
  • Multimedia Communications Officer
  • IFC
Alexandre Haddad Mussa Aebi
  • Consultant
  • IFC
Bruna Monteiro Sandrini
  • Communications Officer
  • IFC
Patricia Carvalho
  • Communication Officer
  • IFC
Darcy Antonin Crowe
  • Regional Comms Lead, LAC
  • IFC
Angela Njeri Mureithi
  • Consultant
  • IFC
Jim Rosenberg
  • Manager, Corporate Communications
  • IFC
Melanie Mayhew
  • Head, Contents
  • IFC