Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
MUTIRÃO
English translation:
COLLECTIVE EFFORT
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Lumen (X)
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Portuguese term
MUTIRÃO
Portuguese to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
pitch-in work
A system in which members of a commnity get together and pitch in to help each other perform some jobs, such as building their own homes. The word in Portuguese refers to the work group and the system itself.
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COLLECTIVE EFFORT
Eu prefiro *collective effort*, mas alguém já perguntou e nessa página vc pode ver algumas respostas e decidir:
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Charles Heck
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
Works in field
Brazil
Academic Publishing in English?
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
cooperative
If it is a system then cooperative is the best translation. It is a joint effort that is institutionalized, there are cooperative grocery stores owned by the community. Cooperative is also a noun, so since it refers to the system itself, this is a good fit.
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Note added at 23 mins (2007-04-09 02:48:44 GMT)
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To modify the noun, you can just add an adjective. In the example given, it would be a 'housing cooperative'.
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Note added at 25 mins (2007-04-09 02:51:13 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative
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Note added at 23 mins (2007-04-09 02:48:44 GMT)
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To modify the noun, you can just add an adjective. In the example given, it would be a 'housing cooperative'.
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Note added at 25 mins (2007-04-09 02:51:13 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative
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Gisele Goldstein
United States
United States
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Works in field
United States
Fast and Reliable
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Portuguese
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4
Self-help
Eu leio bastante nesse área para o doutorado e acho que o termo mais commum é self-help. Veja alguns exemplos:
Self-help Housing: Mutirao 50, Fortaleza (Brazil)The Mutirao 50 Project is located in the Municipality of Caucaia in the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza. The region has 2.5 million inhabitants of whom ...
www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/unesco/most/southam2.html - 13k -
Consta também várias vezes no livro "The Latin American City" do Alan Gilbert (autor bem conhecido na área). Capítulo 5 - Housing Strategies - The Rise of Self Help Housing (p.80).
Self-help Housing: Mutirao 50, Fortaleza (Brazil)The Mutirao 50 Project is located in the Municipality of Caucaia in the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza. The region has 2.5 million inhabitants of whom ...
www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/unesco/most/southam2.html - 13k -
Consta também várias vezes no livro "The Latin American City" do Alan Gilbert (autor bem conhecido na área). Capítulo 5 - Housing Strategies - The Rise of Self Help Housing (p.80).
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Donna Sandin
: without additional phrases, this could mean simply an individual practicing self-help, idea of group is only clear in the references you cite about housing,/
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Maybe you are right, and when it is not housing related, there should be Mutual Self help... but it is certainly the term used, especially for housing in L.A., in the literature.
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Thais Maria Lips
United States
United States
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&
English
Works in field
United States
Translations Decoder LLC
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Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to English, and 3 more.
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4
community volunteer construction
Outreach may be used instead of construction, for other projects.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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160
mutual aid self-help (support) group
Many examples on the Internet:
New Jersey Self-help Clearinghouse: In New Jersey, phone 1-800-367-6274 or **1-800-FOR-MASH (Mutual Aid Self-Help)**; outside New Jersey, dial (201) 625-9565; ...
www-rci.rutgers.edu/~rccc/selfhelp.html
STARTING A MUTUAL AID SELF-HELP SUPPORT GROUP. In Your Community · How To Develop an Online Support Group or Web Site. OTHER RESOURCES ...
mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/
Amazon.com: Self Help Sourcebook: Finding & Forming **Mutual Aid Self-Help Groups*** (Self-Help Sourcebook): Books: Barbara J. White,Edward J. Madara by Barbara ...
www.amazon.com/Self-Help-Sourcebook-Finding-Self-Help/dp/09...
A Comprehensive Systems Approach to **Promoting Mutual Aid Self-Help Groups**: The New Jersey Self-Help Clearinghouse Model. Edward J. Madara ...
nvs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/15/2/57
Individual and social benefits of mutual aid/self-help groups. Social Policy, 27, 3, ... Madara, E. J. (1997) **The mutual aid self-help online revolution**. ...
webpages.charter.net/stormking/Chapter5/conclu.html
New Jersey Self-help Clearinghouse: In New Jersey, phone 1-800-367-6274 or **1-800-FOR-MASH (Mutual Aid Self-Help)**; outside New Jersey, dial (201) 625-9565; ...
www-rci.rutgers.edu/~rccc/selfhelp.html
STARTING A MUTUAL AID SELF-HELP SUPPORT GROUP. In Your Community · How To Develop an Online Support Group or Web Site. OTHER RESOURCES ...
mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/
Amazon.com: Self Help Sourcebook: Finding & Forming **Mutual Aid Self-Help Groups*** (Self-Help Sourcebook): Books: Barbara J. White,Edward J. Madara by Barbara ...
www.amazon.com/Self-Help-Sourcebook-Finding-Self-Help/dp/09...
A Comprehensive Systems Approach to **Promoting Mutual Aid Self-Help Groups**: The New Jersey Self-Help Clearinghouse Model. Edward J. Madara ...
nvs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/15/2/57
Individual and social benefits of mutual aid/self-help groups. Social Policy, 27, 3, ... Madara, E. J. (1997) **The mutual aid self-help online revolution**. ...
webpages.charter.net/stormking/Chapter5/conclu.html
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gratuitous work
Term used in rural regions, where neighbours help each others working for free.
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Donna Sandin
: as used in the US, this most often has a negative connotation - Webster's second meaning, "without cause or justification; uncalled-for." A gratuitous comment - something better left unsaid and serving no useful purpose if said
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Paul Dixon
Brazil
Brazil
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&
English
Works in field
Brazil
PT/EN Translator - ABRATES Certified
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
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8
community effort
Also possible here.
11 hrs
community volunteer labor system
It's a very hard term to translate.
This suggestion is from a glossary provided to translators by the Inter-American Development Bank. However, like some of the other suggestions already made, it lacks the idea of a crash effort, marathon effort, speed, and usually of a one-shot event. In translating for your context, maybe you can include something that suggests it's not an ongoing perpetual thing.
In the U.S., you can have a "bee" - a quilting bee, for example. Or a barn-raising.
This suggestion is from a glossary provided to translators by the Inter-American Development Bank. However, like some of the other suggestions already made, it lacks the idea of a crash effort, marathon effort, speed, and usually of a one-shot event. In translating for your context, maybe you can include something that suggests it's not an ongoing perpetual thing.
In the U.S., you can have a "bee" - a quilting bee, for example. Or a barn-raising.
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