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Tissiane and the stairway to heaven (story told by Florian / Chairman of Delta Cultura Cabo Verde)
I was about to unlock the piano room when a group of 4 girls rushed in. Tissiane (10 years old) was very excited: “Florian, Florian, tell us: does heaven exist or not?” I was a b
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Fabricio the football coach (story told by Samir / educator)
Fabricio is seven years old and in second grade. He comes to the Education Center every day. He likes to play the piano and takes IT classes, but his passion is being an assistant coach for
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Fruit tree distribution (story told by Micael / project manager tree nursery and agroforestry)
There are many farmers in Achada Grande (plateau in the municipality of Tarrafal) because there is enough water there. Delta Cultura announced a fruit tree distribution in this region and on
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The car and the diet (story told by Suzete / IT teacher)
After years of walking to the Education Center by foot, my husband and I bought my father’s car. So I was able to go to work by car. Milana (14 years old) noticed that. She drew her ow
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Neiva and Darlene philosophize about Delta Cultura (story told by Samir / educator)
I was on my way to the Education Center with Darlene (13 years old) and Neiva (10 years old) when Darlene proudly said: “Now I have only good grades in school and I am doing the tests with
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Deila and the myth of Delta Cultura (story told by Inês / kindergarten teacher)
I was putting adhesive tape on pictures when Deila (5 years old) came over and started peeling the tape off the roll. “Don’t do that, Deila, otherwise we won’t have any mor
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Martin and the good Lord (story told by Jassica / kindergarten teacher)
Martin (5 years old) came up with this question out of nowhere: “Why did God bring us into the world?” Ariany, also 5 years old, obviously couldn’t find any sense in this q
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Rodrigo and the Robot (story told by Cutchinha / supervisor and football coach; mother of Rodrigo)
I wanted to motivate my son Rodrigo (10 years old) to do certain things and I tried to explain it to him like this: “If your room is dirty, you have to clean it like I clean mine. And if y
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Leonilde and her math difficulties (story told by Zito / educator and football coach)
I study math with Leonilde (11 years old) almost every day. One day she asked me if I finished school. I said yes and asked why she wanted to know. “Because you explain much better than th
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Nerline the math specialist (told by Samir – Educator)
Nerline is 7 years old. I do homework with her on a regular basis and I noticed how much she likes math and how good she is at it. So I started to explain multiplication to her in a playful
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