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Our People - A Opção
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PROMOTING FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN BRAZIL'S FAVELA COMMUNITIES. How You Can Help. 160; Chaim Philip Theil, Esq. 160; (U.S.). Drawing on his business and corporate legal experience, Chaim has traveled extensively to Brazil in an effort to promote A. Mission, and, along with other. Volunteers, has been advising small business owners and vendors in various of Rio's Favelas. New York University School of Law (NYU),. From where he received his J.D.,. 160;( U.S. As an advisory member of. Analyst. M...A Resi...
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Volunteers - FAVELATOUR.ORG
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Mission Statement and Vision. Samba and Funk Parties. We are always interested in receiving volunteers to help organize and execute our projects based in Rocinha. Particularly, we will be looking for guest instructors to teach (and optionally live) in the favela of Rocinha. To find places to stay in the favela we recommend guests to stay at ROCINHA GUEST HOUSE. For those volunteers wishing to stay inside Rocinha, please contact us so we can find you appropriate housing. Spin Rocinha Dj School. Acting and...
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Two Brothers Foundation: The World Cup Fever
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Our blog is maintained by our Resident Volunteers who work in the favela of Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro. Tuesday, May 20, 2014. The World Cup Fever. There is less than a month to the World Cup, everyone here in Rio is talking about it, so I decided to have a short debate with my intermediate class about the issues surrounding the event. The purpose of the lesson was for the students to practice pronunciation and to enrich their vocabulary. A very colourful football fan. For the video click here.
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Two Brothers Foundation: Learning to Give Directions in English or How NOT to Get Lost in the Becos of Rocinha
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Our blog is maintained by our Resident Volunteers who work in the favela of Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro. Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Learning to Give Directions in English or How NOT to Get Lost in the Becos of Rocinha. Becos are something typical for Rocinha. They are small narrow streets usually full of stairs, which make it rather complicated to navigate your way around. Because of this, I decided to teach my adults intermediate class how to give directions to a tourist lost in Rocinha. Go up the Via Apia.
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Two Brothers Foundation: June 2013
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Our blog is maintained by our Resident Volunteers who work in the favela of Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro. Friday, June 28, 2013. The Right to Teach. It is a cloudy Friday morning in Rocinha, which is always the best time to write a blog post. Currently, the free internet network that gives excellent high speed wifi access is down, which means I am writing this from the internet cafe near my apartment. Luckily, this day I was joined by the wonderful Geovani Martins,. A very intelligent 20 year old man who is...
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Beat Diaspora: Beats, Buses, Bricks: Tropa de Cultura
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Beat Diaspora: Beats, Buses, Bricks. An omnivorous take on music of the beat-based variety and the urban spaces that nurture it. Friday, November 28, 2008. Even if it's old news in Brazil, I'm due to provide a refresher on Tropa de Elite. In English). It was directed by José Padilha as the second film in a trio. That began with Bus 174. I first watched it in Rocinha with some 2Bros. Folks, where the scene portraying BOPE invasions of the favela were eerily similar to real life. Most interestingly, it was...
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airoots/eirut » Architecture
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Utopian Futures vs. the Fictional Present. July 3, 2016. This is the summary of a talk given at Oris – House of architecture. Zagreb, Croatia on June 16th 2016, which was part of the the Future Architecture Platform. Illustrations by Ismini Christakopoulou, Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava. The quest for a better future is something that seems to infuse modern life, from political revolution to consumerist aspirations, from technological fantasies to ecological utopias (and dystopias). The strong...
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Beat Diaspora: Beats, Buses, Bricks: Baile Rave
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Beat Diaspora: Beats, Buses, Bricks. An omnivorous take on music of the beat-based variety and the urban spaces that nurture it. Saturday, November 22, 2008. If it's not one of us, it's another. Following in the fine Finnish tradition of his countryman DJ Rideon. There's another funk carioca blogger (and 2Bros. On the loose in Teemuk of Otra Luna. The latter has apparently gone mundial. Collaborating with Lisbon's DJ Manaia for some cross-lusophone batidas. Is derided as "rave" at bailes funk. Either way...
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