We are trying to keep this blog as updated as possible but at the moment, I am the only one that has constant internet access but hopefully you will from the others soon. We have had some very interesting trips and definitely some fantastic working visits. After our day trip to Xingo on Wednesday, we picked up right back where we left of with meetings and visits.
We first saw Ciras, Centro de Integracao, which is a school for the mental handicapped and disabled children. It is in a part of Aracaju that is extremely impoverished that Carolina Freier de Carvalho has opened her school to these children and young adults. I
t is one of the most beautifl things I have seen in a poor community. She has everything for these children and adults from arts and crafts, cooking, and cosmetology, to physical therapy and just giving them a safe place to play everyday. It is a nice school but constantly needs help for new items to improve the school for these people and Carolina, who is an American that moved to Brazil more than 20 years ago, has been the amazing woman behind the project. We had the pleasure of seeing the entire school and all that she works hard for and we would like to "Thank" her for allowing us to see the amazing facility and for her time translating. With that, we followed on to another facility that takes care of the poor people of Aracaju called Projecto do Hospital Sao Lucas. They are another facility that feeds, gives day care and health care, dentistry and even counceling to the needy of the area. Jacque, Adrienne, and I (Joe was at a vocational visit) were fortunate enough to see that this facility is helping the need of the area that has had major floods and almost come down.
t is one of the most beautifl things I have seen in a poor community. She has everything for these children and adults from arts and crafts, cooking, and cosmetology, to physical therapy and just giving them a safe place to play everyday. It is a nice school but constantly needs help for new items to improve the school for these people and Carolina, who is an American that moved to Brazil more than 20 years ago, has been the amazing woman behind the project. We had the pleasure of seeing the entire school and all that she works hard for and we would like to "Thank" her for allowing us to see the amazing facility and for her time translating. With that, we followed on to another facility that takes care of the poor people of Aracaju called Projecto do Hospital Sao Lucas. They are another facility that feeds, gives day care and health care, dentistry and even counceling to the needy of the area. Jacque, Adrienne, and I (Joe was at a vocational visit) were fortunate enough to see that this facility is helping the need of the area that has had major floods and almost come down.
These were both sme of the BEST facilities in the area and it is good to know that these people are getting the help they need for themselves and for their children. We soon were off to another Rotary club meeting. We would like to thank the Rotary Siqueira Leste for a great lunch and our gifts!
We soon carried off to see Sao Cristavovao and met Paulo Roberto de Almeida Menezes. He showed us the entire city that used to be the capitol of Sergipe (where we are staying). It was filled with stone buildings dating back to the 1800's and beautiful artwork. Thank you Paulo for the tour of your city! Then we were trailblazing to another Rotary Meeting Siqueira Campos where we met the GSE Team that will be traveling to California soon. They are great people and extremely excited to see Pasadena, Apple Valley, and Upland......get ready California, here come the Brazilians!
We finally got home and were looking forward to the factories of Friday. I will try to get the others perspective for you on that at another time but for now, CIAO and Obrigada!
Clarissa
Thanks Clarissa for sharing your perspective!! Rotarians are certainly some of the finest people in this world as evidenced by the work they do to help those less fortunate. Simply amazing... :) :)
ReplyDeleteHi, Clarissa.
ReplyDeleteThank for the words about our city of São Cristóvão.
You only miss to say, our city is from year 1690, and is the 4th oldest city od Brasil.
Thanks for your friendship.
Paulo Menezes