DEVELOPING MINDS IN ROCINHA FAVELA - RIO DE JANIERO
In the violent favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the Foundation’s innovative education projects offer a way up.
FUTURE KINGS OF BRAZILIAN SOCCER: INSIDE MANGUEIRA FAVELA
In Rio's Mangueira favela, Developing Minds Foundation and Brazil’s fabled professional soccer team Flamengo provide children an alternative to a life of drug violence.
IN COLOMBIA, A FORMER CHILD SOLDIER OF THE FARC TELLS HIS STORY
From living on the streets as a child to being recruited by the guerrilla at 11 years old. From marching through the jungle to his narrow escape from his commanders. From newfound freedom to building a new life.
OVERCOMING FEAR, A VILLAGE IN COLOMBIA MARCHES ON
Overcoming violence, families in the mountains of Colombia participate in a Developing Minds Foundation sponsored literacy project.
FROM THE CITY OF GOD AND ROCINHA FAVELAS
A glimpse of our talented students in the Rio de Janeiro favelas of City of God and Rocinha.