We students of the Fundação Bahiana de Engenharia, with the help of the teachers Fabio Pablo, Ronald and Aila Calmon, have built a work in which we have created a blog and made texts discussing peripheral issues which involves problems, solutions, projects, poor housing, environmental waste that generate pollution, marginalized youth, social movements, the predominant religion, expectations for the future and how to walk on the outskirts slums of Salvador.

With this, we students can thus feel what is happening to the peripheries of our city, even giving us the curiosity to visit them and help them as well. We have seen that there are many families who have almost nothing and still live with dignity and union, and yet claim for the improvement of equal education, basic sanitation and a less biased look of those who do not live that reality.

Professor Ronald have created a project and handed over to the students of the Fundação Bahiana de Engenharia where they are working together to build a library in the “Cidade de Plástico”, which is located in the Suburbs. This movement aims to give people a place conducive to the pursuit of knowledge, where they can study and learn how to interact with society which does not give privileges to people who can’t afford. We understand that we need to manifest ourselves with the objective of establish a more fair and efficient society, where everybody can be part of the same social means.

 It is apparent that for the intellectual development of young people living mainly in the periphery, the support and solidarity of the politicians are paramount. We realize that they need encouragement not only from politicians but also of the population. There are several ways to encourage lower-class people to improve and grow in life.

The incentive for the sport is essential because it reduces the chance of disease and helps to build a physical and mental formation. It is necessary to build nonprofit sports on the periphery, in order to focus the attention of young people at leisure. These young people have the sport as a lifestyle, where they can open doors to have a better quality of life, and to sustain their families.