With the current world crisis (CORONAVIRUS pandemic) the country was forced to take measures quickly to contain the spread of the virus and consequently prevent large numbers of deaths. In this way, the Government of Cape Verde initiated the mandatory lockdown which surprised many families. The lockdown started in the middle of March and lasted […]
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Delta Cultura Awarded by Somos Cabo Verde – Os Melhores do Ano
Delta Cultura has been awarded by Somos Cabo Verde – Os Melhores do Ano, under the category of Volunteering, as the best organization in Cape Verde. The award, on it’s fifth edition, was presented this evening, October 18th, at the capital city Praia and it was attended by several amazing and inspiring people people, varying […]
Special Children’s Day
In celebration of Children’s Day, June 1st, Delta Cultura Education Center and Graciosa Municipal Care Center provided the children with a very special and different day, full of games, music and fun. Delta Cultura has been supporting the center’s children and young people to live together and embrace differences/diversity. As the philosopher Plato said, “Education […]
Workshop about Disabilities
Delta Cultura Education Center and the Graciosa Municipal Care Center organized a workshop on “disability” on the 29th of this month, which was the result of a previous visit by Delta Cultura’s participants to the Graciosa Municipal Care Center. The workshop aimed to explain to children the meaning of the word “disabled” or better, what […]
Football Training on FUNinõ by FC Thun
Currently there is a further education for football coaches at Delta Cultura Educatin Centre. About twenty trainers get to know FUNino. FUNino is the game philosophy of the FC Barcelona youth, which should be fun an game intelligence above all. After the trainers got to know FUNino, the individual elements were worked on with specific […]
II International Meeting with Volunteers in Tarrafal
After the first meeting in 2018, a new meeting was scheduled and between the Volunteers of Chão Bom High School and the Volunteers of Delta Cultura Cabo Verde. We began by presenting each of those present at the meeting, and then introducing the conversation that emerged in a normal and quite productive way. Remember that […]
Lecture about the Importance of Education
On 21 October, Delta Cultura Education Center held a lecture, prepared and given by the volunteer Helena Pereira, about education. Under the topic “The Importance of Education – Much More Than Schooling”, the different ways of acquiring knowledge and education were discussed, which advantages can bring education as diverse as possible and in what ways […]
Vaccination Campaign against Measles and Rubella
Delta Cultura Cabo Verde (DCCV), within its kindergarten project that is already in its third year of operation, joined the vaccination campaign of the Ministry of Health and Social Security. The National Measles and Rubella Vaccination Campaign, developed by the Ministry of Health and Social Security through the Expanded Vaccination Program, with the support of […]
Zumba Workshop
During the afternoon of Tuesday, 19th, about 20 participants, including children and youth, volunteers from the center and more, participated in a zumba workshop at the Delta Cultura Education Center. But what is Zumba? Zumba is a fitness program inspired by several songs of the world that is being implemented in several countries of the […]
Open Conversation with the City Councilor
Delta Cultura Education Center conducted an open conversation between kids and Social Area Councilor from the City Hall. The conversation was around the issue of Social Inequality in the community of Tarrafal and it was attended not only by participants but also by workers and volunteers from Delta Cultura Education Center. A social worker, who […]
Presentation of the Play “Presidenti Ka Sta” by the Komikus Tarrafal
In collaboration with the local group Komikus Tarrafal, Delta Cultura Education Center organized the presentation of a play called “Presidenti Ka Sta”. The group is made up of young people from Tarrafal who see humor and art as tools of expression and dissemination of opinions as well as social goods and evils that affect our […]
Workshop about: “The Impact of Plastic Use in the Environment”
Delta Cultura Education Center conducted a workshop about the impact of plastic use on the environment. The workshop was conducted by the Portuguese volunteer Susana Almeida who had an audience of around 50 kids from the Center. The workshop was very effective as kids got to understand the importance of preserving the environment against plastic […]
Volunteers at Delta Cultura
Delta Cultura is currently supported by five (5) international volunteers who have been providing volunteer work at the Center for quite some time now. First of this group is Lena Saur, a German volunteer, who has already left. Lena was integrated in the kindergarten program and she also had a short experience on conducting German […]
Kinder Garden – Transport
What a great afternooon for our kids from the kinder garden, who had the opportunity to visit three different places in Tarrafal. As the topic of the month is about means of transport, our monitors brought the kids to the firefighters, the Post Office and the mechanic, each one having its own special features related […]
Workshop Rap & Hip-Hop
It was a great pleasure to receive the American rapper Corey De Pina, coordinating leadership development’s programs at ZUMIX, one of the major NGOs in the USA whose goal is to empower youth through music. Corey was grown up in the Boston’s neighbourhoods from a capeverdian immigrants’ family. This morning, through a strong but super […]