by As we raise kids to be global citizens, we want them to develop a sense of wonder at the big world around them. Before they grow up into adults who protect the earth and care for it, they need to love it when they are little — who doesn’t love monkeys, butterflies, and rivers? […]
Rio Report: One Multicultural Mama’s Experience at the World Cup
by The World Cup is truly a multicultural event – global in a way that virtually no other sporting event is. For many, attending the World Cup is a lifelong quest or dream. I’ve followed the World Cup with a little bit of jealousy through the Facebook thread of a friend of mine, another multicultural mama, […]
Beyond the World Cup: Brazil’s Next Generation
by There is a saying about Brazil, it is ‘the country of the future, and always will be.’ Well, in one respect, that future is now. With only a few days to go until kick off, most people are getting excited about the World Cup. True, there is a large section of the Brazilian population […]
Football’s World Cup – more than just a game
by It may be over two months until the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, but another World Cup is underway. The Streetchild World Cup has kicked off in Rio within the last week and will feature nine teams in the girls’ tournament and fifteen teams in the boys’ tournament. The competition […]
The Brazilian Beach
by Brazilians and the Beach There are two types of Brazilian city: those with a beach and those without. The coast of Brazil is almost 8, 000km long, one of the longest in the world. Over 26% of Brazilians live in a town or city on the coast, and many more live within an hour’s […]