Yearly Archives: 2018
At fifteen, Thaís left Brazil for the first time to join a US exchange program. “The best experience I’ve ever had,” she says.
Anna started at EduMais as an English teacher in 2017. Now she takes on an Ironman 70.3 to raise funds for our students.
Ed came back to Rio for Carnival and stayed. A long-term volunteer looks back on a year at EduMais and what it gave him in return.
Nikola left a finance job in London in search of change, and found EduMais. A long-term volunteer shares what the experience taught.
Young people from poor backgrounds often cannot picture a different future. The EduMais entrepreneurship course helps them see the paths open to them.
Born in Cantagalo, William once caught the eye of Brazil’s biggest football clubs. Today he leads the EduMais soccer program. A life of two halves.
Volunteering changes the volunteer too. Six skills you build as a volunteer teacher at EduMais, from communication to teaching.