Tag: Diego Carneiro
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A New Year & already New Results
Diego just sent pictures of the finished ponte <bridge> at Viviane’s house (on left). After visiting Combu Island with Amazonart in October Viviane and her mother ‘Nena’ incredibly accommodated us in their home on the river. There are many different memories from the trip but what stands out to me are always the real and actual…
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The Amazon Life Changing & Life Supporting
Its so hard to know where to begin with this place. Belem & the islands of Brazil are intense, passionate, humble, beautiful, powerful ……. Its a place everyone needs to visit. With so many incredible experiences I have to remember the focus of this visit – to gain intel and links for our volunteers to…
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A few notes from the Amazon
This is what volunteering gets you …… Travel2Change‘s Alexandra is currently en route to Peru to assist “Waves for Devlopment“; a project which offers Educational Surf programs to at-risk Peruvian youth, helping them to develop healthy physical activity habits, gain an appreciation for the natural environment, and acquire needed life skills while building confidence and having fun.…
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Scary world
Anupma wrote to me this morning. She arrived back from the Mara and took a flight to Zanzibar in order to spend more of her “limited time” there. As a photojournalist she’d been asked to submit a story but had no idea of what was about to unfold. “..it was insane here .. couldnt stop…
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And the winners are ……
… E V E R Y O N E !! Partners Travel 2 Change have announced the winners of their Ideas Challenge and we’re thrilled that AmazonArt are included. A year ago (July 7, 2010) Nidderdale High School hosted the Brazilian Ensemble, an “Amazonian” folk and classical fusion trio of cellist Diego Carneiro de Oliveria, accompanied by Carla Ruaro Pires on…