Bahia Street’s Recommended Reading List
Ràdio do Bahia Street
In 2004, the girls at the Bahia Street Center recorded a mock radio program, with news about the program, interviews, advertisements, songs, and a birthday celebration. There’s a hilarious discussion of what will happen if you suck your thumb or eat too much candy, as well as a rousing version of the birthday song in Portuguese.
You can follow along in English or Portuguese with our handy side-by-side transcript. A note to students of Portuguese: The Bahia Street Center is located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, and the accents you hear on the recordings are specific to that region.
To listen, just download the following files to your computer or iPod and enjoy.
Track 1: Introduction
Track 2: Song: New Childhood
Track 3: Mock advertisements
Track 4: Girls of the Rainbow
Track 5: Introduction to birthday party
Track 6: Play about candy (Part 1)
Track 7: Play about candy (Part 2)
Track 8: Play about candy (Part 3)
Track 9: Applause for the performers
Track 10: Children singing birthday song in Portuguese (Parabens a voce MP3)
Research on Education and Health in Brazil
The importance of education: As Bahia Street works to break cycles of poverty and violence in Salvador, Brazil, it is helpful to understand the context in which the girls we serve live each day. In May 2007, Bahia Street intern (Seattle office) Hazelruth Adams compiled research related to education, girls education, pregnancy/maternity, sexual abuse, health, nutrition, and other themes related to life in the shantytowns of Salvador.
Download the research document (8-page PDF)
Topics covered:
- General Benefits of Education/Academic Achievement
- Benefits of Female Education
- Teen Pregnancy in Brazil
- Maternity and Educational Attainment
- Importance of Health/Sex Education
- Health and its Relation to Education
- Prevalence of Sexual Abuse in Brazil/Salvador
- Consequences of Sexual Abuse in Brazil/Salvador
- Relation of Sexual Abuse in Brazil/Salvador to Poverty/Education/Race/Gender
- Work and Relation to Education/Maternity/Youth
