New stuff arriving

Last week we received new items of our project: globes, guitars, flutes, drums and mini mattresses. More to come!

Cotton candy for everybody!

Some may think that the last item for a school should be a cotton candy machine. The thing is that these kids deserve to celebrate special occasions: Independence Day, Easter, Christmas, graduation. Yes, they sure do deserve to fill their often bitter lives with some sugar. And cotton candy definitelly helps filling this need. The school used to spend money renting such item ocasionally. Not any more! Thanks to HeSpace Children's Foundation, our celebrations will cost a bit less, and our money will be kept for other educational needs. We will be posting pictures as other items arrive.

Drums on their way

Today we received the confirmation of the seller that the drums are on their way to the school. Practically all the items were ordered, and the project team is expecting the items for this month. As soon as they start arriving, we will be posting news and pictures here.

First Acquisitions of our Project

We are happy to let everybody know that we ordered all of the items of our project, and the first of them is already with us: the mini mattresses covers fabric. We will be publishing pictures as items arrive. Most of them had to be ordered from out of Brasília because of the better prices we got, mostly from São Paulo.

Eumetsat Better World Club Results

As posted previously, we used the funds raised at the Eumetsat book fair to pay for the graduation suits. We also used the money to paint the kitchen and dining room walls. They were recently refurbished but there was no money left for painting. We also bought non-slip mats for the kitchen floor. Many thanks to our Better World Cup friends, this year will certainly be better because of your kind help!

Graduation day

Graduation day was perfect thanks to the Eumetsat Better World Cup donation, that made it possible to buy the kids suits. The rest of the money is being used to do some painting on walls next to the kitchen.

As for the project money, it was only released by the bank last monday, and the project team went shopping. Hope to have good news next week!

Book fair to help fund raising

Last week our friend Carolina Loddo organised the annual book fair at Eumetsat to raise funds for our 2013 project. The event raised over EUR 1,200! Thank you, Eumetsat folks! We will use this money to improve the school's library. HESpace has sent us the funds, and so did Carolina, and we are now waiting for the long long bureaucratic banking procedures to start the execution phase of the project.