By Thais Corral | Project Leader
This last year has been undoubtedly tough on Brazil. In the midst of a political and economic turmoil, it is the impoverished communities of the favelas who are taking the harder hit. Last month, we celebrated our annual Christmas party at the Julio Otoni Center. We made an effort to make it extra special as we believe it is important now to remind each other that our strength as a community lies in our unity. We celebrated with families sharing with music, snacks and games, and the children had the opportunity to talk to and take pictures with Santa Claus. It was a wonderful day full of laughter and good spirits, in the warm carioca weather!
It is also the start of a new year, and January means summer vacation in Brazil. We had a very special event – the children of the Julio Otoni community were taken to a special surf lesson at Recreio beach, taught by an instructor who was a surf champion of the country! The children had a great time in the water, warmer and calmer for this season, had snacks and learned to balance and play in the water. A big thank you to all of our supporters for helping us make events like these happen! who knows, maybe we have the next Gabriel Medina among our community ;)
To see the surf class photos, click on this link: https://sway.com/IpxYYuPxcrW9D6tz
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