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Don’t be surprised if you are invited to a child’s birthday party in Brazil and be welcomed with a huge celebration with lots of food, alcoholic beverage and all kids of sweets. Brazilians like to party and they are always up to it.

Susanna Southworth came to Rio de Janeiro on a Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship to study Portuguese for six weeks. She chose Caminhos Language Centre as her school for the time and wrote this piece about her experieces in the city.

A lot of tourists are disappointed when they see they can’t cross the Ipanema-Copacabana coastal border by foot. The police has control over the Arpoardor Area and, aiming to protect the rocky coast and native plants, there’s a fence over there preventing people to cross the rocky coastline.

Many people assume that favelas are associated with negativity and danger. Many Brazilians and tourists are really afraid of entering one. The fact is that favelas can be a great place to go to immerse in the carioca culture.

Experience Brazil’s Festa Junina in June/July with traditional food, vibrant dances, and colorful costumes.

A volunteer of Mais Caminhos spent a few weeks in Rio de Janeiro teaching English to underprivileged teens in the nearby favela and learned a lot from this experience.

The Positive Discipline is opposed to traditional punishment, and it aims to educate kids through a caring, loving and supportive environment. Positive Discipline believe that teachers should be kind and firm with their students at the same time.In this article, Priscilla Lisboa tells us her experience with the Positive Discipline used by Mais Caminhos with the kids it helps.

Janelle’s first three days volunteering at Mais Caminhos were filled with fun and excitement as she enjoyed a beach day and engaging arts and crafts activities with the kids.

Davi, his brothers, and sister had an amazing 2015 and are excited for a new year filled with accomplishments and joyful moments.

2015 was a great year for Mais Caminhos. We achieve many goals with our programs, such as the On-Site Educational Programme, helping underprivileged kids from nearby favelas; Mais Caminhos Brave Kids, where 6 kids went to Poland on a intercultural program; and Mais Caminhos Family, helping Davi’s family with housing and financial support.In this article, we look back at 2015 and the achievements of our social program, highlighting milestones from our Educational Programme to Scholarships.