Here's a small selection of images from 'Borel' - a new photographic project realized in Rio De Janeiro by Italian designer and artist Tommaso Pedone in collaboration with the Fondazione Marcello Candia of Milan.

The Foundation began in 1961 when its founder sold his 25-year holding to leave for Brazil to devote his life to promoting charity activities, such as the construction of hospitals, schools, and kindergartens.

Pedone's fotoreportage project is largely focused on the carioca favela of Borel, situated on a hill in the district of Tijuca on the outskirts of Rio.

Here, the foundation works to bring about the community's transformation from favela to district and has contributed to the financing of various structures, including the Crèche Comunitària Chacara do Ceu, attended by 60 children and the Crèche Comunitàaria Santa Monica, with 150 children.

Involved in the project are doctors, social workers, educators for extra-scholastic courses, teachers for adult literacy, instructors for various craft activities.

The continuity is guaranteed by the Pro-favela Association of Borel, which renews the various conventions with the institutions which finance the activities and coordinates the activities with its own staff and volunteers.