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Founded in 2009 by Bart Bijen, the Casa do Caminho Language Centre (CDC) originated from the Casa do Caminho orphanage in Xerem, aiming to provide quality language education and support to the community.
Living your Dream started in November 2012 when Diana Martínez, volunteer in the orphanage Casa do Caminho, in Xérem, Brazil, gave the first English lesson to one of the former residents: Davi Porfirio. Bart Bijen, the former Director of this orphanage, was looking for an English teacher for Davi so he could get ready for […]
Learning portuguese in Rio de Janeiro is great. An increasing amount of foreigners are travelling to Brazil for work, attracted by its growing economy and rising middle class. Tourism is booming and a string of upcoming international events and a world-famous Carnival will ensure that this trend continues. Arriving for the first time, however, many […]
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]IO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last week I wrote about the movie ‘Waste Land’ (‘Lixo Extraordinário’), a documentary about a Rio-based social project led by Brazilian artist Vik Muniz. As it happens, Vik Muniz has chosen none other than Vidigal for his latest social project. He’s been busy constructing a new building-studio-facility which sits at the top of […]