“I don’t have a dad and my Mum doesn’t have a job, so there is hardly ever any food at home, so I have to come here to eat ”
Ingrid, 7 years old

“Here the food is good, and we often run out of food at home”
Jessica, 12 years

“I have to come here to eat because I don’t want to die of hunger like some other children who died before”
Gustavo, 11 years

“I like the food here, and before the project started I used to get very tired when I didn’t eat every day”
Anderson, 7 years

“Often we don’t have any food at home because my mum doesn’t have a job, so I have to come here to eat”
Israel, 9 years

“It’s good to learn to read and write, and to play with my school friends”
Nataliane, 12 years

“I like to learn to read and write, and they teach us how to try to be good citizens”
Marcia, 11 years

What the Parents say

“We are very grateful for the school project which is so important for the children, and for the food as us low income families find it very difficult to feed our children every day”
Francineide Germano da Silva, mother

“Your project is very important because our children need an education, and when they are at your school we don’t have to worry about them being on the streets where they easily come in contact with drugs”
Maria dos Santos, mother

“I would like to thank you for providing a place in your school for my children, as it is very difficult for children from the Favelas to get an education. You not only teach them to read and write but also teach them good manners and to respect people, and it keeps them away from drugs. Your feeding program is so important for us poor, as I find it very difficult to feed my family.”
Orlando Ferreiro, father