A Tarde article about inequality in Brazil
August 13, 2010 | Bahia Street
Rita recently shared this story about inequality in Brazil.
World View Teachers Visit Bahia Street Center
August 11, 2010 | Bahia StreetIn 2004, Bahia Street expanded its mission to include the education of people outside of Brazil about issues related to poverty, Brazilian society and culture, and locally-led social change projects. Bahia Street has led annual study trips and organized theme-based educational tours to support this mission, and it has partnered with a number of U.S. university departments in the past few years in the development of academic study abroad programs. This past June, Bahia Street had the opportunity to host public school teachers from North Carolina, organized by World View at the University of North Carolina, on a week-long exploration of education within Brazilian society. They met with Bahia Street staff, toured Salvador and Cachoeira, and visited a partner university to learn about Brazil’s higher education system. These teachers, now home, are thinking about ways to bring what they learned back into their classrooms. We appreciate the opportunity to foster greater education about our world. For more information about Bahia Street’s resources for K-12 educators, click here.
Defining Beauty in Brazil
June 8, 2010 | Bahia StreetThe New York Times just published an interesting article about changing concepts of beauty in Brazil. It reminds us of Rita’s tremendous effort to promote concepts of beauty for African-descent children. She has a bulletin board and pictures of black women all over the Bahia Street Center — models as well as “regular” women– to show Bahia Street girls and young women that they are just as beautiful as all of the southern Brazilian models that fill local magazines.
When It Rains It Pours…
April 20, 2010 | Bahia StreetIt is the rainy season in Brazil, and the rains continue to cause destruction for those people who already live on the edge of survival. Pictures of floods in Rio have been shared by many news sources. Harder to find are pictures of the rains that are now hitting Salvador. I read one source yesterday that said that schools in Salvador were caused due to flooding in the streets. Indeed, we have experienced no luck getting through on the phones to Rita at the Bahia Street Center. Phone lines become unreliable when the weather turns. We will continue to monitor the situation and offer help as we can.
Rita has begun an evening class for 22 high school students. She determined at the end of last year that more support was needed to help high school-age girls get the education they need to get into university. They are receiving education in math, science, biology, and chemistry, as well as mentoring and social support as they have less time at the Center and find their own way in their public high schools. We are funding this program through donations and a grant that we received from the Oak Foundation in Switzerland.
And lastly, those of your in Seattle– mark your calendars! The 2nd annual Summer Beat dance party is scheduled to take place on Friday, June 11th, at the Youngstown building in West Seattle. All funds raised will support Bahia Street’s mission ending cycles of poverty and violence in Brazil. More information to come!
Stay Updated~
March 1, 2010 | Bahia StreetAn article was published about a recent yellow fever outbreak in a couple southern states in Brazil. According to the CDC, part of the state of Bahia is at risk for contracting yellow fever, but the area near the coast and Salvador is not included. Places with stagnant water and open sewage, like favelas and impoverished neighborhoods, are subject to increased risks with more areas for mosquitoes to breed. Many of Bahia Street’s students live in these kind of neighborhoods, but Bahia Street provides medical attention for each student. For more information about yellow fever and preventative methods read the Yellow Fever In Brazil article.
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