CUFA

CUFA (Central Única das Favelas) is a non-governmental organization in Brazil. Celso Athayde, a music producer and community organizer born in Favela do Sapo, founded the organization in 1999 with rapper and social activist MV Bill.[1][2][3] Beginning Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a motto of "fazendo do nosso jeito” (doing it our way), it is dedicated to empowering the impoverished to identify and solve the social problems that affect them most, becoming their own best advocates for change instead of simply being assisted by government and non-profit programs.[3]

  1. ^ "Celso Athayde". Ashoka. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  2. ^ Perlman, Janice (2011-09-01). Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro. p. 161. ISBN 978-0199836833.
  3. ^ a b Dowdy, Calenthia S. (2012). Youth, Music, and Agency: Undoing Race, Poverty, and Violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PhD). American University. Retrieved 2020-09-14.