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Some of the people who may be directly affected by plans for sustainable development live along the Amazon river. Gabriel Elizondo took a six day journey along the waterway to visit them, and hear their thoughts on Rio plus 20.

Safety nets allow people in developing countries to improve their livelihoods in the face of multiple risks.

A women-friendly orchestra in Brazil provides hope and jobs as part of The World Bank's Think Equal campaign. The world is seeing a growing recognition of women's rights with more girls attending school and taking part in traditionally male arenas.

Introducing an innovative UNICEF program using mobile phones, balloons, and kites to allow young people to provide local officials critical information about environmental risks in their community.

Fight for Peace uses boxing & martial arts combined with education and personal development to realise the potential of young people in communities that suffer from crime and violence.

Grosso Calibre is one of the winners in Oxfam's "Shooting Poverty" film competition, life in Rio’s favelas, surviving drug fuelled gang and police violence is depicted by MC Smith in this music video.

In their "Shooting Poverty" film competition Oxfam calls on young people around the world to tell their stories in film documentaries on armed violence.

The New Global Reality is a new Stanley Foundation project designed to raise awareness, motivate new thinking, and ultimately improve US foreign policy regarding this global transformation.

Rodrigo Baggio founded a successful technology consulting company while still in school in Rio de Janeiro. Eager to erase the digital divide and help disadvantaged people use technology to improve their communities and their lives, he created the first citizens’ rights and technology school in a slum in Rio de Janeiro in 1995.

Film about Rio de Janeiro's AfroReggae movement, a grassroots nonviolent effort to unite the impoverished neighborhood against drug pushers and corrupt cops.