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

Vanessa Marquesim Santana - Project Coordinator
University, Rio de Janeiro; interned at public schools- participating in classes of Portuguese and Literature. & has participated in seminars and courses such as: ‘Writing and Oral Speech’, ‘Textual Production’, ‘Reading in the Life of the Citizen’, ‘Literature for Children and Youth, et al.

Regina Murray - Founder General Director, unpaid volunteer
Regina Murray has a degree in journalism, Ms. Murray concieved of and founded the project, and the legally responsible person for the nonprofit organization Associação Amigos da Mata. Ms. Murray’s brings 20 years of experience as the director of a publicity business and is an unpaid volunteer with the project.

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