Pal supports Childrens’ Centres in Umbaranas, a semi desert region of Brazil.

The Childrens’ Centre is staffed by local women trained by the lay volunteers of the Little Sisters of the Assumption, in the Montessori method of preschool education. They offer…

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Sister Bride returned to Brazil to visit her projects there. She had spent 17 years of her life working in the desert of North East Brazil. Here she tells us about a young man called Gales.

Gales, a father of 4, worked hard on New Year’s Day 2013 on his farm. Hard work was no stranger to him as he had tilled this land for…

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Asproma Recycling Project

Asproma is a Recycling Project set in the semi-desert area of north-east Brazil. It was set up by Sr. Franca of the Little Sisters of the Assumption for people who were rag-picking on the dumps to restrict an outbreak of dengue fever which had just hit the town. It evolved into a large non-profit recycling project, with two premises, which now employs over 24 people. In 2008 they collected 486,744 tonnes of recyclable material. (more…)

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