The Brazil Project stems from the desire of our founder, Father Pancrazio, to set up a shelter and hospitality center for young people living in favelas in serious situations of hardship, offering them a formation, in the light of the Gospel and in the spirit of the FFB, that would guarantee their integral development.
Our location
We are located in Salvador de Bahia, in the complex of neighborhoods revolving around the Bairro de São Cristóvão, near Salvador’s international airport. It is an area with approximately two hundred thousand inhabitants, all in differing degrees of poverty, some of them very severe.
The population is young – 70 per cent are under 25 – and live in very difficult conditions. It is not easy for young people to break free from poverty and in most cases they are unable, once they grow up, to live in better conditions than their parents.
That is why we strive to support the children and their families, transmitting – in addition to a high-level school education – values, interpersonal skills and cultural competences, in the hope of helping them to change, at least in part, their lives and to offer them the prospect of a more dignified and happy future.
Project
The stages are
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Kindergarten from 4 months to 2 years
Already realized
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Infant school from 3 to 5 years
Already realized
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Primary school from 6 to 10 years
To be realized
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Middle school from 11 to 14 years
To be realized
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High school from 15 to 17 years
To be realized
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Professional school from 18 years
To be realized
kindergarten
Our kindergarten, which can accommodate up to 120 children from 4 months to 5 years of age, is highly regarded both by the population and by the Salvador city education department, as well as by philanthropic organizations with whom we collaborate or companies that support us.
In fact, although the quality of teaching is on a par with the best private kindergartens in the city, the service provided, which includes five meals a day (breakfast – snack – lunch – snack – dinner), is totally free. This is possible thanks to donations and funding from Europe (mainly from Italy, Switzerland and Germany) and the support received from the municipality of Salvador for the public service provided free of charge.
We try to improve the kindergarten’s educational proposal day by day by focusing on constant staff training and, above all, by frequently involving parents in the educational activities. Indeed, we believe that a child’s education can be an opportunity for the whole family and the community to grow.
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Support a child
With long-distance support you can help a child to receive a proper education by covering the out-of-pocket expenses for their educational activities.
Your donation means
Who do you support
A child aged between 4 months and 5 years and 11 months in the favelas of the São Cristovão neighborhood in Salvador de Bahia.
What you will receive
- Photo of the child and his class
- Distance support certificate
- Annual report
- Update on projects
- Tax certificate (on request)
Full-time school
Start of activities at 7.30 am until 4.30 pm
Ordinary activities
Educational activities aimed at personal development (sociality, education in human and Christian values, development of specific skills, self-knowledge, motor development, etc.)
Five meals a day
Breakfast then snack, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner
Special activities
School trips, special training (hygiene, cooking, music, etc.), psychological support, teacher training, costs for children’s uniforms.
With 40 euros you will sustain 1/3 of the real costs for one month of a child’s schooling
80 euros will pay 2/3 of the actual costs for one month of school for a child
120 euros will cover the full costs for one month of a child’s schooling