ASSISTED STUDY PROJECT

Project supported by the Henri Hulshoff Foundation – a Future for Children  in collaboration with AACV, Associação dos Amigos das Crianças do Vidigal  (Association of Friends of the Children of Vidigal), the Colégio Teresiano (Teresian School) and the Parish of Our Lady of Good Voyage, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

 

Location:

Facilities provided by the Franciscan Priests of the Parish of Our Lady of Good Voyage in Rocinha, low-income community (slum) of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

 

Duration (to be continued indefinitely)

Begin – 2011             Classes – 1                Number of students - 11
Continued – 2012     Classes – 2                Number of students - 22
Continued – 2013     Classes – 3                Number of students - 24
Continued – 2014     Classes – 4                Number of students - 35

 

Assisted children

Children, living in the low-income communities (slums) of Rio de Janeiro City

 

Goal

To provide full-time quality education and support to low-income children, attending the four years of elementary II (previous high school). To demonstrate that with good teachers and motivated students, regardless of their socioeconomic status, they may become prime citizens.

 

Number of students and classes for 2014:

 

·         Group of the sixth year: 11 students

·         Group of the seventh year, 10 students

·         Joint Group of the eighth and the ninth year: 14 students

 

Annual cost per student (2013 data):

The annual cost per student in 2013, excluded investments (buildings and equipment), was R$8,700.00, or about R$720.00 per month. (In the first half of 2013 there were 25 students; in the second half there where 24 students.)

 

Provided to each student:

Lunch and afternoon snack;
All school supplies requested by the school;

Cost of extra activities requested by the college;
Support classes of:
• Portuguese
• Mathematics
• English
• History
• Geography
• Science
• Physical Education / Sports