What it is

Solidaritas (pronounced Solidarity) é um projeto de jornalismo público e independente que nasce para contar histórias sobre pobreza, exclusão e direitos nas cidades brasileiras e no exterior. Nosso foco está em quem vive à margem: pessoas em situação de rua, populações negligenciadas e todos aqueles que são sistematicamente invisibilizados nas grandes narrativas.

We are a non-profit platform driven by a simple and powerful idea: journalism can - and should - help transform reality. We do this by producing reports, analyses, interviews and data curation that help to better understand the challenges (and solutions) in urban social policies.

We want to be a bridge between reliable information and collective action. And we're just getting started.

The word "Solidaritas" comes from Latin - the origin of our "solidarity" - and back then it already meant what we continue to defend today: collective bonding, mutual support and commitment to others. But at Solidaritas, solidarity is not charity. It's recognising that every person has rights that need to be guaranteed by the state and respected by society.

Inspired by the British publication Big Issue and in the Invisible PeopleThe project combats misinformation, indifference and prejudice, promoting empathy, visibility and cultural and political transformation.

We operate on the basis of five principles of the human rights-based approach:

• participation,
• non-discrimination,
• accountability (accountability),
• transparency e,
• centrality of human dignity.

Our Mission

Inform in order to transform. We want to break down stigmas about homeless people and make visible the structural causes of exclusion - such as lack of housing, unemployment, institutional violence and political invisibility. We work to educate, mobilise and inspire citizen action and public policies that respect rights and promote social justice.. We don't provide assistance. We bridge the gap.

Our Vision

Building a society in which no homeless person is invisible - a society that recognises, respects and guarantees dignity, listening and rights for all, based on accessible information, collective participation and tackling inequalities.

Our Values

• Housing is a right, not a reward. Its absence is a social failure, not a personal one.
• We fight against stigma, indifference and the criminalisation of poverty.
• We value active listening and physical presence as political practices.
• We believe that information is a right and journalism is a tool for emancipation.
• We work on the basis of the centrality of human dignity, non-discrimination and state responsibility.
• We promote narratives that don't aestheticise misery or turn suffering into a spectacle.
• We advocate the active participation of homeless people as agents of transformation.

What we do

• Production of independent journalistic content on public policies, housing, human rights and urban culture.
• Collecting and disseminating real stories in text, video and image.
• Citizen monitoring of the National Policy for Homeless People (PNPSR).
• Education and awareness-raising activities with health, social welfare, justice, education and communication professionals.
• Local partnerships for networking, territorial listening and testing editorial formats with real impact.

Differentials

• Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) applied to journalism.
• Alignment with PNCT-PopRua and the UN guidelines for urban inclusion.
• Combining real-life narratives with public policy analysis.
• Integration between digital, printed (coming soon) and face-to-face formats.
• Inspiration from international initiatives with critical adaptation to the Brazilian context.

How to support or connect

• Send reports, guidelines or documents on policies, experiences or violence against homeless people.
• Provide financial support for content production and territorial coordination.
• Build partnerships for workshops, meetings, events and special editions.
• Indicate the Solidaritas for networks, initiatives and institutions working in the area.

This is a public journalism project, carried out with listening, courage and clarity.

We're not the government.
We don't sell hope.
We inform you to transform.