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Newsletter #4 – Until September 1st, your donation counts double!
By: Edwin Roodenburg I hope you have been able to enjoy the summer holidays. In the meantime, we have continued…
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Newsletter #3 Thank you for your donations
The corona lockdown in Rio is entering it’s fourteenth week. From the start we have been distributing food packages –…
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SERIES Behind the Scenes: Joice
In our series ‘behind the scenes at Estrela da Favela’, meet Joice, who has been working with us as an…
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Hunger returned to the favelas
By Edwin Roodenburg, founder Estrela da Favela In fact, this newsletter was to tell you about the successes of Estrela…
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Corona in Brazil; an update
A short update on current situation in Brazil and in particular at Estrela da Favela. We closed the school the…
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Mangueira, the samba school
Estrela da Favela is located in the favela Mangueira, a name best known from the Carnival. Mangueira is, in fact,…
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Blog post Dutch crime reporter John van den Heuvel
John van den Heuvel wrote a column in the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf about his visit to Estrela da Favela.…
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Guest Blog Gringo-Rio: a favela tour to Mangueira
Some thirty minutes from the tourist beach of Copacabana the doors of the metro open. We walk up the stairs of…
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2019 – what a year!
Introduction of our teacher TatianaIt is time to present you our teachers, the real stars of Estrela! The special women,…