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Course Offerings 2010
(Portuguese and English translations below) Grazie alla convenzione stipulata con la Prefeitura di Salvador ed in particolare con la SECULT, la Segreteria di Educazione, Cultura, Sport e Tempo Libero, attraverso il progetto “Leitura, arte e inclusao digital na cidade baixa” per il prossimo semestre l’ICBIE offrirà alla popolazione locale corsi di informatica basica. Il costante…
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Biro Biro at Work
The new school year will be starting in less than a month, after carnival has brought the Bahian summer to an end. Already Pietro and Marlene have begun to send out publicity for course registration and, as always, there will be improvements and additions. To satisfy the huge demand, Pietro has decided to purchase a…
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Progress in the ICBIE Library
(English translation below) Projeto da biblioteca em andamento O ICBIE juntamente com a SECULT (Secretaria Municipal da Educação, Cultura, Esporte e Lazer) através do projeto “Leitura, Arte e inclusão digital na cidade baixa”, têm como um dos seus objetivos a abertura da Biblioteca Leonardo da Vinci, com sede no ICBIE, para a comunidade. Atualmente, vários…
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ICBIE Europa’s Big Splash at Contestaccio
Grande partecipazione domenica 17 gennaio, al Contestaccio! Il noto locale romano ha dedicato una serata ai percorsi interculturali tra Italia e Brasile, invitando l’ICBIE Europa Onlus a promuovere le proprie iniziative: dal palco le parole di Paolo, sulle pareti i colori della mostra fotografica “Alagados”, realizzata in collaborazione con il gruppo Nova 10 ordem, tra…
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New Years and a Birthday
The hot night in Ribeira caused the party to be moved out onto the front terrace, where the breeze gave adequate relief, and we all donned the traditional white clothes for a sumptuous dinner with risotto ai calamari and charcoal broiled marlin steaks. The revelry was doubled, due to the fact that it was also…
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ICBIE’s Panoply of Colors
For someone returning after a year and a half, the most striking transformation of the ICBIE is the amazing collection of street art that adorns its interior and exterior walls. The Nova10Ordem crew and visiting artists from as far away as China, Canada, Columbia, Portugal, France, Switzerland, China, the United States, and Denmark have covered…
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Saramandaia Mutirão on YouTube
Thanks to a secret horde of videoclips by Alberto Maganzini, there is now a new YouTube video of the Mutirão held in Saramandaia. Check it out and see what amazing work the ICBIE has done for Salvador’s poorest communities! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wJmLIyNA-Q
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Santa Comes to Massaranduba!
For the second consecutive Christmas Eve, the crowded and sprawling area of Massaranduba was visited by three ICBIE Santas, Pietro, Alberto and Roy, who distributed gifts to the children of this impoverished (and often desperately violent) area of Salvador. But behind the scenes, the generosity of three people made this joyous event possible: Mary…