€26,000
Children and young people in serious difficulties
2024-2025
Children and young people in serious difficulties
Brazil
The Complexo de Maré alternative school is located in one of Rio de Janeiro’s largest and most violent favelas. Projeto Uerê implements a unique education model for children and teenagers exposed to conditions of extreme poverty, and who are traumatized by their violent living conditions. These students suffer from cognitive delays. The Air France Foundation continues to financially support the association’s literacy, art and football programmes. In Brazil, 68% of children suffer from learning difficulties. In public schools, many pupils enter secondary school without a basic level of education. The Complexo de Maré offers an unprecedented opportunity for these students. All courses incorporate the “Uerê Mello” pedagogy created by its founder, using a specific education method tailored to each child to treat the cognitive delay caused by their emotional traumas.