Workshop with Coroado Leaders

With the objective to create new plans for 2012, last weekend MAIS UM volunteers organised leaders of the Community of Coroado to hold another important planning workshop!

Based on the community challenges and with the facilitation of MAIS UM, solutions for some of the key challenges of Coroado were worked up in a participatory way and plans for implementation were already drafted.

The participants - the main social leaders of the community and the Community Administrative Leader (elected by the residents) - discussed their dreams and projects, the construction of the new Community Centre where now is the administrative headquarters and together committed to a new agenda, actions and responsibilities among themselves.

MAIS UM Volunteers were also present and supported the entire process from the facilitation and structuring of the workshop to the development of the joint agenda.

2012 seems exciting for Coroado! We will post here the results of their planning and  the development of their activities. Stay tuned!

Do you want to know how to help the community in this new phase even from far? Get in touch! Contact us on marcela@maisum.org or info@maisum.org

MAIS UM team 

A new Community Centre for Coroado!

The new community Centre of Coroado will be buit where today is the administrative centre.

Hello MAIS UMs


The end of the year is full of good news for the Community of Coroado.


The idea of a Cultural Centre grew into a new Community Centre full of other activities!


We are meeting up with the community leaders and local volunteers to help making the dream of Coroado leaders to become a reality. 


The Community Centre of Coroado will be a space for administrative, social and educational activities and will also host activities which promote entrepreneurship within the community. 


We invite you to take part on building this so important space which will bring so many benefits to the people of Coroado.


Do you wanna join us and help? Be in touch via the email marcela@coroado.org or using the  number +55 (21) 8134-4020. If you are in the UK call Luis on +44 (0)7999 15 8833 


And Happy Holidays!
MAIS UM team 

Coroado's Cultural Centre

Hello MAIS UMs!

In a workshop which happened in May earlier this year, many ideas came about from the   participating volunteers. 

Following up on those ideas, one quickly started to take shape: the idea of transforming the Community Centre (picture above) in a Cultural Centre for the Community of Coroado.

We are now busy developing the project of the Cultural Centre based on the volunteers inputs from the "Workshop+1" and soon we will be publishing more news about it! We are very excited about it and very much looking forward to make it happen!


Stay tuned!

MAIS UM Team