by designmis | Oct 18, 2011 | Blog, Brazil
Hi, Kids! Today I’ve got to tell you about the slums. Jaymes took me to the highest point in CBC so we could get a good look at the houses around us. They are different from our houses because ours are all spaced out and here in Brazil they are all squashed together....
by designmis | Oct 18, 2011 | Blog, Brazil
Hey, Heartland Kids! Today was our fourth day in Brazil, I’m a bit tired because we’ve been working really hard, but I’m not as homesick as I was yesterday. We are really busy working on the gym. Denzel is teaching Mr. Barton to weld. He has a special machine and a...
by designmis | Oct 12, 2011 | Blog, Brazil
Hey Heartland Kids, Bon gee ah! That means Good Morning in Portuguese! Sorry, Mrs. White, I don’t know how to write it properly yet but that’s the way it sounds when the people here say it. I miss you all very much. I’ve been so busy learning about CBC that I’ve...
by designmis | Oct 11, 2011 | Blog, Brazil, Uncategorized
Hey kids, it’s Moose here again. Today I’m going to show you around the CBC project. Here’s a picture of me in bed this morning. Can you see my mosquito net? Today is a school day and at 8.00am the children come into the program. This is the front gate, and as...
by designmis | Oct 10, 2011 | Blog, Brazil, Uncategorized
I woke up to a very unusual sound this morning: it was a rooster crowing loudly just over the other side of the wall! The sunshine was streaming in the windows, and I could hear that people were already up and about. I got a bit confused when I saw I was trapped in a...
by designmis | Oct 10, 2011 | Blog, Brazil
