Natercia's Help in Brazil

The Club supported Natercia"™s time in Brazil working with the underprivileged children of Lençois in the Chapada Diamantina Region of Brazil. This volunteer project is known as the Casa Grande Association.


This is Natercia's report received on 9th June 2015.

"I am currently sitting in here in the guesthouse opposite the "Casa Grande Association" and thought I would give the members of The Rotary Club of Hexham an update. I only have three weeks left in this beautiful country and have loved every second of it. As for your donation, it has gone very far in developing Casa Grande. The school coordinator of which I would not be able to survive without, has finally been paid! She went months living under minimum wage and not even getting paid most months. Resources such as paint, paper, and other stationary equipment have been stocked up and the children are loving coming to the house to learn. A plot of land was also donated to Casa Grande two years ago. Sadly without any funds to develop it,  it has sat there and is very over grown and littered. Thankfully, with your donation, we have managed to start and turn it into a playground!! I would love to meet with the members of the Club once I am back and to show you pictures of the change your donation has helped effect. I also have a written thank you letter from the children."

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