Quality Education for 2,000 Brazilian Children2018

This year the greatest news is that for the first time ever, a teenager will be leading the project delivery and in this report you will find out more about Janaina who was 17 in January.

She tells us that becoming project leader has made her feel very realised as it is something she has wanted to do for a long time and the first task she had to do was to select 7 other teenagers for the project. "This was very challenging because I needed to find young people who are themselves good readers, work well as a group, are respnsible, flexible, punctual and who can relate well both to the children and to their colleagues."Selection was accomplished and the group received training in March and Janaina shares that her biggest challenge with the young people is "to show them that although I am the same age or even younger than some, I shoulder a lot more responsablity."

In April, the project has started up again in the schools and Janaina says that even though she is young, the school Principals "have received me very well and are extremely thankful that we are back with the project."

Finally, she says "My biggest achivement in life to date is to have turned from being a child client of the charity to now attend children at schools and to be responsible for other young people."