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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

100 street kids who are high risk of entering drug trafficking, child prostitution and violence, from families whose income is less than USD$750 a year; mostly single parent homes where the mothers work in the informal job market usually as maids. We need to build a bathroom & classrooms. Currently classes take place in a trailer where summer temps can top 100F; and hinders development of technology curriculum etc. Their 1st project in a different city has 104 kids with 100% school attendance

Activities

Under a “Big Top” in a lot in the center of Rio, children have activities such as Acrobatics, trapeze, Unicycle, juggling, theatre, dance, shows, Capoiera, contortionism, drums and psychological support and tutoring in an attached classroom.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $3,960

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $3,960.  The original project funding goal was $3,960.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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