Hugs and Rides

Hugs and piggy-back rides are popular requests. We give out as many as we can! At top is Jane with Natalia. Below, Karolayne is attempting to squeeze my brains out through my ears.

Meet the Kids

The boy at the top is Thiago. He was enrolled at the Project when we were here in 2004. Below is Danhilo. The "horns" speak volumes as to what his personality is like.

Meet the Kids

Meet Yuri . This is David. Patricia and Natalia

Meet the Kids

At top is Daniel and Danhilo. Below are girls from the morning session having breakfast.

Meet The Staff

These are some of the folks we will be working alongside of at the Project.

Fortaleza Santa Cruz

Jane and I took a tour of the city with our friends Claudio and Sabrina and we visited Fortaleza Santa Cruz. This fort was constructed in the 1500's and was utilized to guard the entrance of Guanabara Bay which seperates Niteroi from Rio de Janeiro. This last picture was taken from Parque da Cidade (City Park) in Niteroi. The city situated in the distance is Rio.

Country Fest

The church held a Country Fest last Saturday. Fortunately, no one here knows who Billy Ray Cyrus is!

Endings & Beginnings

Our time in Bauru ended with a weekend trip to the largest city in Brasil....São Paulo. Our host dad from Bauru (Gôdo) drove us to São Paulo and we spent a couple of days seeing the sites before taking a bus to Niterói. These are some photos from our time in São Paulo and our first week in Niterói at Projeto Crescer.

This is Avenida Paulista, perhaps the most famous street in all of Brasil. Most of the nation´s largest banking institutions are headquartered on this avenue. One could consider this the Wall Street of Brasil.

This is the view from the top of our hotel in São Paulo. The funny thing is that it looks exactly like this no matter what direction you look. There are buildings everywhere. I guess that shouldn´t be a surprise in a city that inhabits about 16 million people.

Catedral da Sé is located in downtown São Paulo.

This is the inside of one of the four classrooms at the Project.

These are two of the boys that spend half of there day at the Project.

This is the only open area the kids presently have for outdoor recreation.

There is still work to be done. Their are hopes to construct additional classrooms.