POPULAR EDUCATION AND HEALTH OF WORKERS IN PANDEMIC TIMES

WEAVING NETWORKS OF COLLABORATION AND SOLIDARITY IN RN

Abstract

This article reports the experience of building a support network for informal workers and small rural producers, in the interior of RN, during the Covid-19 pandemic. It starts from the theoretical perspective of popular education, outlining paths whose intention is to strengthen the local economy. Thus, problematizing the reality, joint strategies of solutions are constructed for the maintenance of health and the struggle for dignity. In the first stage, the mapping of services was implemented with established partnerships (institutions and workers' associations). In the second stage, publicity and health education materials (podcasts, media for instagram and the electronic magazine) were developed, published on blogs, transmission lines, the project's social network and community radio. This action has contributed to strengthening the local economy and building a collaborative network.