This was a really interesting project set up to keep kids of 6-16 off the streets. The project is funded by businesses and the director of the project regularly holds dinners to raise money. Business give up to 20% of their profits tax free to the project. The project in question is the same set up as a school, students can attend either in the morning or the afternoon when they are not attending their actual school.
This school is set up to offer more fun things for students to do so that they want to attend. When we where looking around there was a class which where doing embroidery onto tea towels, one class where watching a film and another class which was much bigger where dancing- they danced for us which was really good they danced the funk which is really popular in Brazil. I took lots of photos but can't take them off my camera yet- (will add when I can).
Projects like this are very popular in Brazil as the school day is split into 2. Depending on the school younger student's may attend in the morning then older student's in the afternoon or vice versa this means often students are playing in the streets or getting involved in drugs or gangs which is why it is so important that these projects continue to be supported so that children have somewhere to go when the school day is over. Most students who attend these projects are from poorer families.
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