Against the backdrop of public calamity, the project “Hope for Petrópolis” had sent a group of volunteers to the scene of the tragedy in order to bring the working methodology of Emergency Pedagogy to local children, adolescents, educators and teachers. In addition, it held an introductory seminar on Emergency Pedagogy and Trauma Pedagogy with support from the Municipal Secretariat of Education and helped strengthen the campaign promoted by the Center for the Defense of Human Rights – Petrópolis.