Music Transforming Lives
Education in Brazil
SummaryTo make use of diverse artistic manifestations, principally music, as a means of changing individually and collectively children and youngsters who find themselves in a socially risky situation.
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
More than 100 students, from 8 to 20 years of age, study voice, the recorder, violin, viola, and cello. All classes are free as students come from families earning less USD$100 per month. The program needs donations in order to buy instruments and instruction materials, cover operational costs and expand the program to reach more children.
Activities
Kids receive two 1-hour lessons per week and participate in a rehearsal on Saturdays. Introduction to music and score reading, instrument instruction and singing and voice, playful activities, perform at schools, theaters, cultural centers, etc.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $470
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 $470 . The original project funding goal was $10,321.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Music skills learned at Reciclarte are the catalyst for changes in other areas of children’s lives such as completing education, a stronger sense of self-esteem and good citizenship.
Project Message
Here in Rio de Janeiro we have about 6.000 young people working for armed drug dealers in slums. We can´t save them all but our work can be an example for government and other poor comunities.
- Davi Moura Neves, Development Director
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Carolina Senna Figueiredo
Programs Director Dreams Can Be Foundation
Rua Rainha Guilhermina 90/304
Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22441-120
Brazil
55-21-2249-5572
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Dreams Can Be Foundation
Dreams Can Be Foundation 945 Menoher Blvd.
Johnstown,
PA
15905
United States
(814) 255-4379
http://www.dreamscanbe.org/
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Brazil
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Brazil, read the Human Development Report on Brazil or the Wikipedia entry for Brazil.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 23, 2004
