Saturday, March 10, 2012

2º Aniversário Candeeiro do Samba

- No último sábado, 03 de março, o samba envolveu a comunidade Eldorado, com diversas ações artístico-sociais, para comemorar o 2° Aniversário do Candeeiro do Samba – um encontro que reúne sambistas e apreciadores do samba de raiz, com a proposta de divulgar as composições da Velha Guarda e da comunidade. A Rua Caranguejo recebeu o colorido da Rede Cultural Beija-Flor e cerca de 400 pessoas trocaram informações a partir de muita música, capoeira, graffiti e outras atividades que criaram uma tarde diferenciada na região....

- On Saturday, 03. March, our monthly Samba action involved the neighbouring community of Eldorado in a diversity of Artistic, Cultural and Social activities to commemorate the second anniversary of this regular event called the “Candeeiro do Samba” or the Light of Samba - a meeting that unites Samba musicians and lovers of traditional Root Samba in a proposal to disclose the compositions and performances of the “old-school” and the local community. Crab Street was chosen to receive the colours of the Hummingbird Cultural Network, where approximately 400 people joined to share information and experiences through a lot of Music, Capoeira, Graffiti and other activities, which resulted in quite a different afternoon for the region....

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Basic Scholarships – USD$40.00 - $50.00 per month

Aimed at impoverished younger children participating in our Street Migration Prevention Programme, normally aged between 11 and 14 years of age. This scholarship guarantees their active participation at the Hummingbird Activity Center alongside their essential attendance in public schools. The scholarship helps combat child labor in high-risk families by preventing these children becoming new victims. The scholarship is awarded to those in particularly difficult life situations where survival often becomes a more important factor than the child’s educational needs and mental and physical health. As a regular sponsor you will have the opportunity to stay in contact with your scholarship holder and to follow the changes your sponsorship will be making in this child's life.

Intermediate Scholarships - USD$60.00 - $70.00 per month

This youth scholarship is aimed at developing vocational interests in young people as they grow with our programme, guaranteeing their commitment and eventually leading them on towards an advanced scholarship. A firmer step towards their personal life project. As a regular sponsor you will have the opportunity to stay in contact with your scholarship holder and to follow the changes your sponsorship will be making in this young person's life.

Advanced Scholarship - USD$80.00 - $100.00 per month

Aimed to inspire older youth reach their potential in whatever area they are developing natural or acquired abilities in programmes at the Hummingbird Activity Centre. The scholarship can be used to cover costs for supplementary, external educational courses or for extra training sessions and materials. Such funds would otherwise be an impossible priority for them to obtain within an impoverished family situation. As a regular sponsor you will have the opportunity to stay in contact with your scholarship holder and to follow the changes your sponsorship will be making in this young person's life.
"THE RICH MUST LIVE MORE SIMPLY SO THAT THE POOR MAY SIMPLY LIVE." - Mahatma Gandhi