Volunteer in Brazil Home News Archive Contact Home News Archive Contact A Bicycle made for Two Shiny and sleek, this  vintage tandem served for a number of  years as Joe’s preferred mount in ViBs  annual fund raising Cycle Marathon. Now retired we decided to offer it for sale and raise some cash to support the young people with their agricultural projects out in Northern Brazil. Mary and David dusted off the cobwebs, spruced it up and advertised it. We are pleased to report that it has now  moved to the south and  has a proud  new ow ..read more

Volunteer in Brazil Home News Archive Contact Home News Archive Contact Fire at the Agricultural College We received this shocking video coverage.  The fire destroyed fencing and trees at the College but thankfully no one was hurt and all the animals were rescued and taken to safety ..read more

Volunteer in Brazil Home News Archive Contact Home News Archive Contact One of my heroes. Antonio Neto is  talking, with Oliveira our  man on the ground in Brazil, about his plan to further develop his fish farming venture. I first met Antonio during a visit to Brazil in 2010.  During that visit to his farm he  mentioned in passing a new member to the family; a little girl who was neglected by her family and was in need of love and support. I have remained  impressed by this man who  despite his stretched finances  found room for another.  ..read more

Our lovely volunteer Rose  paid a brief visit home to  to introduce her ‘amor’  Anthony to her family and  friends in Brazil.                         Here they saying ‘Hello’ to the newest  member of  family.         Rose is coming to the end of her volunteer placement in Newcastle where she has worked with the young and not so young in the community.   ..read more

Pedro, a student at the Agricultural College in Cristino Castro, gets his chicken rearing project underway. Many of the projects we support start in a very small way with very simple beginnings. Pedro, like many other young farmers studying at the Agricultural College, asked VinB to help him invest in his family’s small, subsistence farms. Pedro put a project proposal together. The proposal was then evaluated by Oliveira, our coordinator and Agronomist in Cristino Castro. Oliveira considered the project to be viable and beneficial to the recipient and the local community. He then sent the prop ..read more

Volunteer in Brazil Home News Archive Contact Home News Archive Contact Thanks to all our supporters Micro projects: We are delighted to report that we are supporting 9 micro projects in five different municipal areas in the region of Cristino Castro, NE Brazil. They range from organic vegetable production, handicrafts, fish farms, cattle, pig, sheep and chicken rearing projects. VinB micro loans are provided by individuals and communities in the UK, they are interest free and recycled many times over. To date they are proofing to provide a virtuous circle to all involved. Our ..read more

Just before Christmas Beth became a grand mother for the second time. In September 2016 the trustees were delighted to receive Beth, Eduardo and their daughter Bia to the ‘wilderness’ of Longridge, Thornley and Chipping. Past volunteers and visitors to Brazil came together to welcome Beth and her family to the warmth of a Lancashire hearth. In January 2017 the trustees are delighted to send Beth and Eduardo their heartfelt congratulations on the birth of their grand daughter. At our annual review today the trustees will raise their glasses to the wonderful Sarlo family! Beth’s Grandchild ..read more

Volunteer in Brazil Home News Archive Contact Home News Archive Contact Messy Favela! What would it be like to survive on a $1 a day? That was what the children and families attending St Bartholomew’s, Chipping Messy Church were able to experience on Saturday afternoon. Teaming up with local charity Volunteer in Brazil the children swapped the usual craft, singing and worship of a typical Messy Church for shelter building, making water filters and cooking pancakes on an open fire. This was all part of the “Favela Experience” held at Lee House, Thornley which enables children and ..read more

Favela Brass on the BBC They say that lightening doesn’t strike twice but Favela Brass has featured twice on the BBC within the space of three days. The first was playing own samba version of “Chariots of Fire right at the end of BBC One’s primetime program “Countdown to Rio”, which ran from 8:30pm to 10pm, before the opening ceremony of the Olympics: It’s an amazing moment for the project and we’re all incredibly happy that the Olympics really did provide us with opportunity that we were all hoping for in terms of spreading the word about our project. The task now is to find a way to convert ..read more

Patricia, a student at the Agricultural College in Cristino Castro, invests in growing vegetables and her horticultural skills. Patricia with her mum The trustees are delighted to be able to support Patricia with her micro project growing organic vegetables for sale in local communities. Patricia is keen to use the skills that she is developing as an agricultural student to good use. The vegetables that she produces will serve the local communities in and around Cristino Castro. Oliveira, our local agronomist and coordinator of the VinB micro projects, will ensure that Patricia will get all th ..read more