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Bulletin 3 / 2005
February
IKO PORAN !
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- We keep
growing a lot in Rio de Janeiro and this August,
in partnership with Solar de Santa, we will
open our second house to accommodate up to 17
volunteers in Santa Teresa neighborhood. We will
then have the capacity to lodge up to 37 volunteer
at a time;
- Still about
our growth in Rio de Janeiro, we formatted new
programs with the following organizations:
Ballet de
Santa Teresa:
http://www.ikoporan.org/zzz1_1_programas_2005_bst_eng.asp
CEDAPS
(Centro de Promoção de Saúde)
http://www.ikoporan.org/zzz1_1_programas_2005_cedaps_eng.asp
CEMINA -
REDEH (Rede de Desenvolvimento Humano)
http://www.ikoporan.org/zzz1_1_programas_2005_cemina_eng.asp
Dança pra
Galera.com
http://www.ikoporan.org/zzz1_1_programas_2005_dpg_eng.asp
O Nosso
Papel
http://www.ikoporan.org/zzz1_1_programas_2005_nosso_papel_eng.asp
Praticável
http://www.ikoporan.org/zzz1_1_programas_2005_praticavel_eng.asp
SAMP
(Sociedade de Amigos do Morro dos Prazeres)
http://www.ikoporan.org/zzz1_1_programas_2005_samp_eng.asp
- We are also
expanding to other areas within Brazil and this
October we will start operating group programs in
partnership with the Projeto Saúde e Alegria (Health
and Happiness Project). In March of 2006 we will
also start our operations in Salvador (Bahia state)
with the following organizations: Projeto Axé,
Circo Picolino, Fundação OndAzul - BA, Grupo
Acupe, Grupo Cultural Arte Consciente, Bahia
Street, A Mulherada and Associação Educativa
Cultural Didá;
- The English
volunteer Bronwyn Parcell built the website of the
partner organization Dança pra Galera.com and
taught the youth from the institution to update
its content and design. See the work at:
www.dpggalera.com
- Happy with
the impact of their work and with the experience
that they had on our programs, Bronwyn Parcell,
from England, and Calvin Chiang, from Australia,
have now become Iko Poran Ambassador in their
countries as well. They will help to promote our
activities and provide a point of reference for
any prospective volunteers and/or partners.
- Through the
link below you may access pictures and testimonies
from the Community Tour that we did with the
Turner Travel Group to the Projeto Final Feliz (Happy
Ending Project) in Anchieta (Rio de Janeiro):
http://www.ikoporan.org/news/17_05_tour_2005.asp
- The Programa
Cyber Volunteers is already recruiting volunteers
to work in the tele-centers and community radios
of the partner organization CEMINA through the
partnership that we established with ICVolunteers.
Read the annoucement formatted by our volunteer
Dipak Natali (United Kingdom) at:
http://www.softwares.ch/~cyber/en/projects/index.php?id=71_brazil
- Through the
link below you may download the guide "Brazil
for Travelers - Brasil para Viajantes" edited
by Instituto de Hospitalidade and Brazil’s
Ministry of Tourism in the scope of the "Sustainable
Tourism Certification Program" (we are on
page 16):
www.sustainabletourismbrazil.org/pubbrasil/media/suppliers%20list.pdf
We appreciate
your support and interest contributing in the
construction of a fair and equal society for all
www.ikoporan.org
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