The creation of Redes de Desenvolvimento da Maré, a civil society institution, is the result of a long-term engagement of its founders with the community movement in the complex of favelas Maré and, also, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Redes da Maré produces knowledge, projects, and actions to ensure effective public policies that improve the lives of 140,000 residents of the 16 Maré’s slams.

MISSION

To ensure the effectiveness of rights for the population of the 16 favelas of Maré.

VISION

To gain recognition of Maré’s residents, civil society institutions, and public authorities, as an organization that works to build partnerships that seek to promote the sustainable development of the region, from the protagonism of the residents and relevant experiences for the city.  

The actions, researches, and ideas developed by Redes da Maré in the different fields of social politics, are based on a common interest of working, in an integrated and extensive way, with Rio de Janeiro’s issues, more specifically, on its popular areas.

With this performance strategy, the institution seeks to develop projects based on four pillars: 

• ART, CULTURE, MEMORIES AND IDENTITIES 
• TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
• THE RIGHT TO PUBLIC SECURITY AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE
• EDUCATION