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.

Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Music Brings Hope and Opportunity to Youth in Rio	Lunch for Children in Free NGO Day-Care Center	Job Training and Internships for Favela Youth	A Lifeline for a Severely Disadvantaged Community
An Alternative to Child Prostitution and Begging	Training Youths to keep them out of the Drug Trade	100 Needy Kids off the Street and Productive	Music & Education Program for Disadvantaged Youths
Cultural Heritage Preservation Saves Kids Lives	Creche Aids Families in Violent Rio Favela	Broadcast Education for Favela Youth Diplomas	Provide heart surgeries for Rio's poorest children
Income-Generation Skills for Battered Mothers	Theatre improves Health Inequities in Brazil	After-School Program educates Rio’s excluded youth

Personnel Overview

Fátima Pontes - General Coordinator
Art educator graduated from The Federal University of Pernambuco, Professor of theatre. She has been the coordinator of The Pernambuco School of Circus since 2000, as well as the secretary of education, and a technical assistant in the program of Cultural Inspiration Project of Santo Amaro- as well as the coordinator of the office “to know” since 1998

Everton Lopes de Lima - Pedagogic Coordinator
A Teacher of Primary education in 1998 with Pedrinho Municipal school and worked as the Cultural Articulator for the open school project using culture as a means to succeed in life. He served as the Pedagogic coordinator for Pernambuco School of Circus, between 1996 & 2001 and is still an active participant and advisor to the organization

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