Sponsor Environmental Education of Kids in Brazil

The Brilho do Cristal Community School, which currently serves 128 children and adolescents, ages 4 to 15, in the rural area of the state of Bahia, Brazil, in a region surrounded by environmental protection areas, continues to work to provide qualified education to the community of Vale do Capão, in the surroundings of Chapada Diamantina.

At the beginning of September, the school was one of 10 selected from 692 projects as a Sustainable School by the Santillana Institute, taking part in the awards ceremony that took place in Rio de Janeiro. Although it was not the standout school among the 5 representatives of early childhood education and elementary education, being among the finalists was a great sign of recognition for our pedagogical proposal and daily work.

The school also participated in the International Seminar on Educating Cities, Childhood and Sustainability, in the city of Irecê-BAHIA, on September 20th and 21st, presenting the project Knowing to Preserve.

We thank you for the support that allows our school to continue operating and carrying out projects in favor of children and teenagers, in our community, and also carrying out and disseminating practices necessary for the planet!

We continue to seek to maintain and improve our school, especially in terms of infrastructure, which is still very precarious, requiring investment in electrical and plumbing systems, the structure of the walls, which are made of clay, and the floor, which is cracked.

We are immensely grateful for the support we have received, which helps us to pay our teachers and continue our proposal!

Please share our initiative with your family and friends so that we can increase this support network!

Thank you very much!

Links:

• Finalist projects for the Sustainable Schools award