Mundo Real’s New York team arrived in Rio de Janeiro from New York on February 13th with luggage stuffed full of donations. The very next week we began distributing these supplies, and as the photos illustrate, the wheel chair was put into immediate usage. On February 20th Mundo Real accompanied FUNLAR, a municipal government agency…
Dear Friends, We would like to give a special thank you to everyone who contributed to and attended our Fundraiser at St. Rita’s Church in Long Island City, New York. We hope that everyone had a great time and ate plenty of Feijoada! Again, your support is vital to our capacity to provide community development…
On SUNDAY JANUARY the 11th, 2009 at 2:00pm Mundo Real will hold a party fundraiser to benefit our education and sustainable development programs currently taking place in the favela of Rocinha, in Rio de Janeiro. The event will take place at Santa Rita’s Church, in Long Island City in the event room next to the…
The community project of Primeiros Passos (First Steps) is now providing two new services to those in need in Rocinha. First Steps members have been taking residents with hearing problems to receive free hearing aids in Duque de Caixias, RJ. The journey is long and far, many residents are unaware of this service available to…
We want to give thanks to all of those who have supported us thus so far. A special thanks to those who came out to our March 1st event in Asheville, NC to support the project First Steps.
On March 1st Mundo Real will host an informative and festive fundraising PARTY for the First Steps project in Asheville, North Carolina, at the Rocket Club in West Asheville. If you happen to be in the area please come join us at 8pm. Musical entertainment will include live performances by Jar-e, Banana da Terra, Zambumba,…
2007 has been a very rewarding year for Mundo Real. We have crossed many milestones while supporting the project Primeiros Passos (First Steps). However, we are striving to achieve many more goals in the coming year. To get up to speed, our goal is to raise $5000 dollars to start off the new year. This…
The Mundo Real webpage is now up! You can access the website at: www.mundoreal.org. The website currently highlights two projects Radio Rakama (Madagascar) and Primeiros Passos (Brazil). Radio Rakama recently received a 5,000 dollar grant to help it continue in its operations. Find out more at: mundoreal.org/Radio%20Rakama.html The project Primeiros Passos continues to help and…
In 2006 Mundo Real began working on its first project in the large urban slum of Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro. We were invited to work alongside the local residents of Rocinha to develop the project Primeiros Passos (First Steps). The goal of Primeiros Passos is to respond to the unmet rehabilitative, therapeutic, supportive, and recreational…
