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When good ideas transform lives

Suape’s collection of social and environmental projects has aims to promote.
grown with the addition of the Agroforestry System and already in- As one project tends to lead to another, some people from Tô na
cludes major initiatives that are making a difference in the lives of Feira have already migrated to Estação Compartilhar [Sharing Sta-
many people. The Green Produce Gardens project is one of these tion], at Engenho Massangana, a center that provides services free-
and serves 3,330 residents of the area in which the complex is lo- of-charge to 8,000 individuals. On this 90 m2 site, the community
cated, ensuring food security and income generation by way of eco- has access, on weekdays, to: libraries (general and children’s), a rec-
technology. reation room for children, a meeting room, computers with access
Residents’ homes will now be equipped with mobile chicken to the Internet, and a teaching kitchen.
coops, water tanks, and green ovens, enabling socially vulnerable People living in the Suape area will also be able to invest in their
families to begin to produce food for their own consumption. Any entrepreneurial skills, by way of Suape Incentiva training courses,
surplus produce can be sold. This program was developed in part- in fields such as eyebrow design, manicure, and gastronomy. The
nership with Cáritas Regional Nordeste 2, an organization run by project, run in partnership with the Brazilian Micro and Small Busi-
the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB). ness Support Service (Sebrae-PE), has already served 250 socially
Another well-established project is Tô na Feira [I’m at the mar- vulnerable families. Other projects include one involving the Nova
ket]. This travelling market was created in 2019. It moves from com- Vila Claudete Association of Waste Pickers and Artisans Using Recy-
pany to company, from industry to industry, or is set up in Suape’s clable Materials (NovaClau Recicla) and the Artisanal Fishing Obser-
Administrative Center and provides an occasion to interact with vatory, a permanent open forum for discussing and promoting this
people, promote products, and sell handcrafts and local food and activity in the region.
beverages, such as liqueurs or delicious coconut candy. Tô na Feira Suape wants to go further and create a prosperity fund with the
is run by Suape, but it has proved so successful and helped so many seal of approval of a heavyweight international institution, such as
people that it is certain to be adopted by some company or other UNESCO. The goal is to provide further impetus for these and other
sometime soon. This is something else that this public company projects that are capable of speeding up development for all.

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