I’m posting this mainly to get some translation help from my Brazilian friends. Last winter I worked for a while at an orphanage on a remote mountain in Brazil (down the dirt road from the Buddhist temple where I also stayed).
I was particularly impressed with Leo and Vanderson, two staffers at the orphanage, so I wanted to find out why they chose to dedicate their lives to working with kids. They both live full-time at the orphanage. In addition to taking care of the daily needs of the almost 60 kids, Leo teaches music, and Vanderson teaches capoeira.
They talked to me about why they chose to do what they do. Once I get an English transcript, I’ll add it to this post.
So, my Brazilian friends, por favor me ajudem.
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Tags: brazil, capoeira, education, favellas, kids, music, orphanage, research
I spent this past winter in Brazil, doing character and location research for my series. I spent a lot of time on a mountain in the middle of nowhere. On the mountain there is an orphanage, about 60 kids from the big city favellas. I volunteered there.
Also on the mountain was a buddhist “retreat” run by a German-Brazilian family, and I stayed there when I wasn’t at the orphanage.
I’ll talk more about how Brazil fits in to the series at another time, but I wanted to share a few of the photos.
