WHO ARE WE?

We are a collective of women, mothers, entrepreneurs and housewives from Morro da Providência. Our purpose is based on professionalization, training, empowerment, encouragement and inclusion in the areas of well-being, self-care, beauty, crafts and cuisine.

The Independent Women of Providência Collective (MIP) is dedicated to the women of the territory, aiming for social and economical transformation. MiP was born from an affectionate relationship with the mothers of children who participate to our activities, which began with the projects of her own female empowerment project, such as Dona de Mim or Saia Empoderada.

Today, MiP acts as an empowering force for women through literacy, professionalization, mentoring, self-care and entrepreneurship programs.

OUR OBJECTIVES

TRAINING women through courses and experiences, which will be conducted by facilitators and partners of Casa Amarela.

EMPOWER work, culture and community through art making.

ENCOURAGE the local economy, generating income through handcrafted and marketed products.

INCLUDE the women of Providência socially, encouraging their creative potential.

BUILD a link between the women of Providence and the labor market.

EDITAL FUND FOR WOMEN

The Independent Women's Collective of Providence (MIP) was created in 2019 by the women working in the territory and gained strength in 2020 in collective actions to fight covid-19.

Currently composed with 115 women aged between 18 and 62, the MiP works directly for the social, political and economic insertion of the most important part of society, women, heads of families and mothers.

The socio-economic objectives aim at both entrepreneurship and employability as a means of generating income for those who work.After winning the public notice by L'Oréal - Fund For Women, an emergency fund to face the impacts of Covid in vulnerable areas, the courses officially started in August 2021, with 6 courses: Natural Cosmetics, Sewing and Modeling, Cooking, Macramê , Massage Therapy and Ethical Fashion.

TRAINING PROGRAMS

CRAFT CLASSES

MASSAGE THERAPY CLASSES

SOWING AND MODELING CLASSES

NATURAL COSMETICS CLASSES

CULINARY CLASSES

AFRO HAIRDRESSING

FIRST SHOP

Festival Novembro Negro 2021

Inaugurated at this year's November Black Festival, MiP's first store featured products from two of the collective's current courses, Natural Cosmetics and Macramê. During the festival, the collective not only registered a large number of sales of the products exhibited, but also received 3 invitations to participate in events, fairs and even have a small physical store in a new project to promote local incentives, Tendinha, located in Largo São Francisco da Prainha.

The MiP was also invited to compose, together with institutions of great importance and renowned in the Port Zone, the tourist and historical circuit of Little Africa, within the context of a new project for the inclusion of the territory in tourism, by the Federal Public Ministry

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS

MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM

Partnership with the extension program of the Department of Psychology at UVA University.

Weekly individual and collective sessions with 4 therapists

LITERACY AND ALPHABETIZATION

Prioritizing women's literacy goes beyond economic issues.

It is about supporting and encouraging individual and collective growth. It means impacting your entire life and everyone around you, whether in economic and financial matters, developing critical and political thinking, and your self-esteem.

COMUNICATION / UFRJ

Partnership with the extension program of the Department of Communication at UFRJ University, for women who wish to take classes after the professionalization program.