at a glance

'critical pedagogy is a domain of education and research that studies the social, cultural, political, economic, and cognitive dynamics of teaching and learning.'the freire project is an international organization that creates projects to educate social systems by bringing international educators together.

the paulo freire community library operates on a local level. in costa barros it is a center for community learning, over 4,000 library patrons belong to the library.

costa barros is continuously developing and improving. it is a district, which contains a small community of favelas. following involvement by the upp the area has seen a decrease in drug trafficking and crime as part of a citywide reform.