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

Thaline Martins - Coordinator
In 2002 the offices of Circus Arts began- creating a strong aptitude for stretching not only the body, but the consciousness. Thaline became a member of Bigtop of Circus Artists in 2003 as a student, one year after she began to work as an apprentice in training, soon becoming a recognized educator, in 2006 she went on to assume the responsibility of being the coordinator of the project

Rodrigo Cachanco - Executive Director
y 2006 Rodrigo has been a member of classic theatre for 15 years working with youth in very popular theatre theory classes,that study, accumulate and circulate original & famous plays. Returning in 2002 he began art of the circus classes teaching physical movement & training. Today and everyday he retains passion for the art and possibility of the circus. In 2003 he established the Tent of Art,

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