A second building
After years of searching in our favela Mangueira, we have finally found a beautiful and much larger building where we can teach 70 additional children. This is on top of the more than 100 children already receiving excellent education with us. This will allow them to escape poverty through good education, something that is completely lacking otherwise in the neighborhood.
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Also new is that we are starting a project with children from zero to four years old. The emphasis here is on the first 1,000 days for a child’s brain development. Here we also involve the mothers of this group of children in the guidance. In Brazilian culture and especially in the favelas, nothing is done to stimulate the brain. There are no songs sung to them, no reading to them, no games, and no regularity and no healthy diet. With a specialist we are going to work with this group those first important years. That will be a huge improvement and make learning much easier.
There will also be an IT learning/workplace, where training can be taken, which will give job security. There will also be a classroom for music lessons and a meeting room, where we can discuss better with the parents about the usefulness of education, especially for girls. To realize all this, baby equipment, diapers, children’s books, rubber mats and playpens will be purchased. Modern blackboards and air conditioners are also needed.Every help is welcome.