also present in the favela is the ciep - centro integrado de educação pública, training residents in disciplines as diverse as tailoring, capoeira, dance, and even boxing.

also notable is the project  dançando para não dançar, an initiative committed to fighting social exclusion through the teaching of health principles, and classical ballet as a profession.

founded in cantagalo-pavão-pavãozinho, this organization has now expanded to include other communities such as rocinha, mangueira, chapéu-mangueira, babilônia, morro dos macacos, tuiutí, jacarezinho, salgueiro, and santa marta.