Archive – Volunteer in Brazil

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

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

Thanks to all our supporters

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

Messy Favela!

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

Tom is blown away with two appearances on the BBC in one week!

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

A new home and a face lift

Refurbishing the new college centre The restoration gang Sixteen volunteers arrived at the project to paint our new second home at the College of the

A quick up date from Tom

Thank you to Alison Hawthorne, Vivace Strings and Solihull Music Service < Vivace Strings Professional double bass player and Doncaster Youth Jazz Association alumnus Alison

Serving local Communities

Agricultural College in Cristino Castro The Agricultural College in Cristino Castro continues to serve local communities. Fernanda, the college director, and Miguel, a long standing

Ambassadors’s challenge

Walking a mile A group of CAFOD Ambassadors ‘walked a mile’ in the shoes of an indigenous community ejected from their land by a logging

Indigenous leaders from Brazil visit Lee House

We are thrilled to welcome two special guests from Brazil to Lee House Davi Yanomami Kopenawa is President and Founder of CAFOD’s indigenous partner, Hutukara Yanomami

Three Little Pigs

Maicon has started his pig rearing project! You may remember that a few months ago the VinB trustees approved a micro loan for Maicon, a

Grant Approval

The trustees agree a grant to install a water tank at the Agricultural College in Cristino Castro. Volunteer in Brazil has been working with the

Making a difference!

Children from St Wilfrid’s in Longridge present Volunteer in Brazil with a cheque for £800 Following a day at Lee House where the children explored

New micro loan applications

The Women’s Cooperative in Cristino Castro has applied for a micro loan. In the 1990’s Rosalba was one of the founding members of the Rural

Maicon’s project is approved

Maicon Mendes de Carvalho, who lives in Vale do Gurgueia, 45km’s from Cristino Castro, has a plan to rear pigs to generate an extra income

Worst drought for 50 years

The north east of Brazil is experiencing one of the worst droughts for 50 years One of our great friends and beneficiary of VinB’s micro

A Fish Farming Pioneer

Learning through experience and technical support Antonio Neto (seen here with his family, VinB trustees and friends from Manchester & Slovakia) is a fish farming

Review 2013

On Wednesday 08 Jan the trustees met to review the work of VinB over the last 12 months. The trustees were very happy with how

The feel good factor of true partnership

See Similde(red top) and Fabiana(purple top) in the opening shot selling their produce. They used a VinB micro loan to install a mechanical irrigation system,

A gift from Longridge High

Young people at Longridge High have been supporting Neto and his family in Cristino Castro with a micro loan to build chicken sheds and rear

Great start with a VinB micro loan

As you can see brothers Valdglan and Valdgley have wasted no time in using their VinB loan to get their chicken rearing unit up and

Storms in Cristino

Storms brought havoc to Cristino in N.E. Brazil earlier this week. Causing damage to VinB’s volunteer accommodation and agricultural building. A stark reminder of the

Much more than green shoots

It’s always a delight to catch up and experience again the warmth and enthusiasm of Fabiana and Similde. Join them as they walk us round

If you watch nothing else…..watch this!

Get ready to be charmed, heart warmed and uplifted by a charity advert that is so different. An amazing video because it allows Kenya the

Changing lives the VinB way

The latest micro loan project update arrived in the VinB office this week. This always causes a great deal of excitement as staff are keen

It gladdens the heart

Its wonderful to see that Similde and Fabiana have lost no time in using their micro loan to get their irrigation system up and going.

Denis is ready to go….

Currently studying at the Agricultural College, Denis is the first student to receive a Micro Finance Loan. Here a rather nervous Denis talks with Martin,

Micro loans making a difference

Neto is making great progress with the construction of his chicken shed, that will enable him to extend his flock and increase egg production on

A helping hand for Edilma and Raul

Lending a helping hand with a micro loan to farming families, who are struggling with drought and rising living costs to stay on the land,

Lending a helping hand … the VinB way

One of the most effective and sustainable tools in helping families to escape poverty is Microfinancing. With the help of these schemes and their own

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