Support education in Brazil for poor

We are still helping 56 children from 6 to 16 years old that live nearby Secretário, a small village two hours (car ride) from the city of Rio de Janeiro. They go to government school but this school is so crowded (children form every age and skills and the same class; very few material and teachers, none individual attention) that our project helps them after school. Their mothers and fathers are housekeepers and gardners and most of them does not know how to read or write.

This is a lot of work, and, as we live and work and have families in Rio, whenever we can, we drive there to see the teachers and children – that´s why we don´t give you news very often. We give them uniforms, food, material to work with, music, theater, festivities etc.

But if the letters are few, the news are wonderful. Denise Tati, our pedagogy coordinator, graduated from learning with art, thought computer language (our neighbours gave two to us) to the olders and they started a newspaper. The younger ones, who couldn´t understand measures and weights started cooking lessons. They did a cake after measuring the ingredients and now they able to their math lessons.

Links:

• http://www.amigosdamata.com.br/
• http://www.amigosdamata.com.br/colaborador_usa.htm