Dreams Can Be Foundation

Mission

DCBF is a US 501 c3 nonprofit charitable supporting organization and a Brazilian NGO dedicated to aiding street children and impoverished youth in Brazil. We work in partnership with local organizations and NGO's to provide: education, moral and social development, humanitarian relief, and the offering of opportunities where there were none before.

Programs

Luta Pela Paz - Fight for Peace Sports Club (with NGO Viva Rio); Nós do Cinema - We in Cinema; Pequeno Tigre Circus School (with Porto da Pedra Escola do Samba); Crescer e Viver (Grow Up and Live); Final Feliz - Happy Ending; Instituto de Ecocidadania Juriti - IEJ-Meio ambiente e Cidadania (Institute of Eco-Citizenship - Environment and Citizenship); Circo Baixada; and many more.

Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Music Brings Hope and Opportunity to Youth in Rio	Fight for Peace Sports and Education Centre	Dance & Theater Company: Alternatives to Drugs	Off the Streets and Back in School to Stay in Rio
Income-Generation Skills for Battered Mothers	Free Heart Surgeries for Rio's Poor Children	Alternatives to Violence for Rio Street Child	Building a School for Early Child Literacy
Happy Ending Childrens Project in Rio de Janeiro	Music Transforming Lives	Fight for Peace Sports & Education Centre

Personnel Overview

Ana Cristina Diôgo - Managing Coordinator
Ana is a sociologist with much experience from Project Shanty School, a popular education initiative that culminated in the publication of a booklet and community building of their own school with predominantly female community leaders to gender research studies into behaviors between the sexes, birthing et al. She created many outstanding projects, as well as having published several studies.

Sandra Honorato - Educator & Pedagogic
Sandra has a degree in Literature, specializing in the English Language. She develops the pedagogic support for and works directly with delinquent youth and their families in juvenile probation programs (Projetos PILA-Projeto Integrado de Liberdade Assistida), as well as the Circus school for eco-citizenship (Circo Escola de Ecocidadania). She is administrative assessory to the Solidarity Studio

Ana Patrícia Silveira - Social Educator & Student of Pedagogy
Ana follows the children and their famlies progress and deals with issues related to the various programs and projects.

Personnel Statistics

Lisa Marie Urgo,
Founder and President
Founded in 2000
Employees: 5
Volunteers: 4

Financial Statistics

Budget (2006): $ 250,000
Budget (2005): $ 241,000
Maximum Budget: $ 241,000
Overhead: 13 %
Other funding sources: board of directors pays overhead, individual donors and benefits support projects, and we also write proposals to funders for the projects. Our financials http://www.dreamscanbe.org/view/218#auditors
Religious Affiliation: None