water grids, and increased sanitation levels. It is important to note that the social inclusion project was not just about creating a new place for the Vila Chocolatᾶo community to live and solve the aforementioned physical problems, but also combatting other issues such as domestic violence, drugs, poor educational levels and lack of job diversity. Preparing the residents for relocation and creating the new settlement was achieved through the ‘Chocolatão Sustainability Network’. This network was made of the Chocolatão Community Association and government and private stakeholders, which are listed in text box 1. Text Box 1: The ‘Chocolatão Sustainability Network’. Source: Global Compact Cities Program (2012?) • • • •
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“DEMHAB – construction of the Nova Chocolatão village and provision of income generation training programs. City Industry and Commerce Office (SMIC) - provision of income generation training for ‘at risk’ women and monitoring their entry into the job market. City Local Governance Department (SMGL) - ongoing role in coordinating the CSN, developing the social capital of community members and assisting with finding solutions for challenges faced by the community. City Health Department (SMS) – the Santa Marta Community Health Clinic worked with the Chocolatão community prior to resettlement. A registered nurse from the clinic visited the slum daily, providing assistance where needed and directing those in need of urgent medical attention to the Clinic or a hospital. City Education Department (SMED) – ensured school attendance of children living in Vila Chocolatão and implemented the PIM/PIÁ and Literate Brazil programs. City Social Assistance Foundation (FASC) - implemented various programs in Vila Chocolatão, including PETI (child labour eradication program) and the ‘Chocolate for Strawberries’ project (aimed at preventing children working in farmers’ markets and facilitating the employment of mothers as cleaners in the same farmers’ market. Mothers would also receive leftover food at the end of their shifts). Mother’s Club - a community organisation that delivered the ‘Friends of the Ball’ project, which aims to offer children activities on weekends and after school hours to keep them off the streets. Vila Chocolatão Association – a local community run association responsible for monitoring income generation activities conducted in the temporary recycling shed and the new recycling shed at Nova Chocolatão. Macarroni Fast Food – a private sector sponsor of Vila Chocolatão’s Bom de Bola soccer team. Soluções Usiminas - a private sector partner who constructed the new recycling centre at Nova Chocolatão. Vonpar Institute - an NGO hired to train Chocolatão residents to work together as part of a cooperative to manage all operational aspects of the new recycling centre at Nova Chocolatão. Companhia Esadual de Energia Elétrica (CEEE) - provided Vila Chocolatão with access to electricity and assisted with the provision of income generation training for local residents. Public Enterprise of Mass Transit (EPTC) - implemented a traffic education program. C&A Institute – a not-for-profit public interest organisation dedicated to promoting and enhancing child and adolescent education in Brazil tasked with making a library available for Chocolatão residents in Nova Chocolatão. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IGBE) - a federal government body that delivered training courses to residents and donates paper for recycling at the new recycling centre at Nova Chocolatão. Receita Federal, Ministerio Publico Federal and the Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA) These organisations also donate paper for recycling at the new recycling centre at Nova Chocolatão. SERPO - a federal government body that assisted with interviewing community members and recording their expectations in anticipation of the resettlement in May 2011. Parceiros Voluntários - an NGO that facilitated the involvement of various stakeholders in the resettlement process. Banco do Brasil - a private sector company that donated funds for the construction of a technology centre for the use of community members at Nova Chocolatão. TRF4 – a federal government body that owned the parcel of land where the original Vila Chocolatão was situated. The TRF4 is a key CSN partner involved in several projects and have been working with the Chocolatao community since 2000.”