January 2013 | WITNESS staff headed to Porto Alegre, Brazil for a 5-day training with 23 participants working on a campaign to ensure fair and adequate resettlement for the roughly 1,500 families facing forced evictions due to the 2014 World Cup.
June 2012 | WITNESS and partners launch the first video of a new portrait series that will highlight the emblematic personal stories of families who have lost their homes because of the World Cup and Olympics.
December 2011 | As a new report estimates that 170,000 face forcible eviction in Brazil’s 12 host cities, WITNESS partners in Brazil launch a video documenting their attempts to deliver a letter to the International Olympic Committee.