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CUFA wins Resilience Award at UN SDG Action Awards for favela-led programs

UN SDG Action Awards Heroes of Tomorrow (ceremony) · October 29, 2025
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CUFA (Central Única das Favelas) won the 2025 SDG Action Resilience Award at the UN SDG Action Awards in Rome, recognized for community-driven work addressing inequality in Brazil's favelas. The award was presented by Nomzamo Mbatha; CUFA representative Marcus Vinicius Atade accepted the prize and described CUFA's grassroots approach.

CUFA, a Brazil-based community organization working in favelas, won the 2025 SDG Action Resilience Award at the UN SDG Action Awards ceremony in Rome on Oct. 31, 2025. Nomzamo Mbatha, the event judge who presented the prize, read the citation and announced CUFA as the winner.

The award recognizes initiatives that "turn crisis into progress to build more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable communities," according to the ceremony's onstage…

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