By: Edwin Roodenburg I hope you have been able to enjoy the summer holidays. In the meantime, we have continued…

The corona lockdown in Rio is entering it’s fourteenth week. From the start we have been distributing food packages –…

In our series ‘behind the scenes at Estrela da Favela’, meet Joice, who has been working with us as an…

By Edwin Roodenburg, founder Estrela da Favela In fact, this newsletter was to tell you about the successes of Estrela…

A short update on current situation in Brazil and in particular at Estrela da Favela. We closed the school the…

Estrela da Favela is located in the favela Mangueira, a name best known from the Carnival. Mangueira is, in fact,…

John van den Heuvel wrote a column in the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf about his visit to Estrela da Favela.…

Some thirty minutes from the tourist beach of Copacabana the doors of the metro open. We walk up the stairs of…

Introduction of our teacher TatianaIt is time to present you our teachers, the real stars of Estrela! The special women,…