Brazil: Blisters, Coffee and Singing

The blog (posted in English, Portuguese and German) gives impressions from the work camps at Aramitán in 2009.

Aramitán is a project helping children and young people in high-risk situations in the area of São Paulo, Brazil. The Aramitán house will not only be a place where these children and young people can live, but also a socio-cultural center for other children of the area, where professional, artistic and crafts workshops can be offered. There will also be a Cultural and a Health Center.

In an e-mail to the YIP headquarters in Järna, YIP participant Christina Gerodetti (Switzerland) tells us: "We started working last Wednesday and it's been a great time so far: lots of blisters, coffee, singing, mosquitoes and a good mood."

The work camp participants help with building and landscaping. Work camps are in cooperation with YIP, IDEM and Aramitán.

Read the Aramitán blog