Project BrazilMake a difference in the heart of Brazil26 September – 6 October 2010
Participants will work to restore a community school (Escola Veredas) in the remote village of Bandeira. This project has been developed in partnership with the local population and has resulted from the work previously carried out by a group of Bobby Moore Fund volunteers in 2005. The work that that group completed in 2005 gave children and adults the chance to continue to be educated amidst their families and community. As a result of this project, attendance at the school has rocketed, which has left them with too many students for the classrooms and facilities. By extending and improving the current facilites at the school, it will enable students to stay at home and be educated near their families, rather than being obliged to move away. Project Brazil will make for an unforgettable experience. Watch our videoKindly filmed by our 2008 Production Partner Bradley TV. To view images from previous years, please visit our photo gallery or read about the project through the eyes of a participant.
Aim of the projectProject Brazil will allow families from Bandeira to stay together, and will leave a real legacy for the community in Bobby's name. The team will spend several days working on the project and, on the final day, there will be a 'handover ceremony' to the Brazilian community. The next day the team will be transferred to a local town for a football match against an official Brazilian team, where a trophy and medals will be awarded to the winning team followed by a celebration dinner. Your fundraising will go to the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK to help tackle bowel cancer. Stephanie Moore MBE, Bobby Moore's widow and founder of the Bobby Moore Fund, said: "I have taken part in several Projects and found them to be the most rewarding experiences of my life. The help that is being given in these remote areas is vital for the local people to be able to remain in their village, and the money raised through the participants' fantastic fundraising efforts is hugely important to the work of the Bobby Moore Fund. To know that you are making a real difference to both causes is something very special." Please visit the facts page for more information about the Project. If you are interested in taking part in Project Brazil 2010 please call 020 7009 8881 or email sallie.may@cancer.org.uk. Find out more |
