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Pequena Tribo ought to be a project in every school.

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My name is Luciana Milagres.

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I am the head teacher of Escola Municipal Major Júlio Frederico Koeler,

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here in the Retiro neighbourhood.

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Sometimes we are simply lost for words,

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because this is education that transforms.

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It means looking at a child and creating prospects, creating dreams.

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We believe deeply in what comes on top, in what is added,

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beyond the academic side:

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what touches the child, their dreams,

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their abilities, their development.

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And Pequena Tribo brought all of that.

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It brought a smile to our children,

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who are part of a community

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that we know has a history of hardship.

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So they need to live their childhood.

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They need to dream.

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And when the project arrived at the school,

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the change was a complete turnaround.

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Those pupils who did not behave well,

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those pupils for whom any situation meant verbal aggression,

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who sometimes even ended up hitting their classmates —

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once they started taking part in this,

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they were transformed.

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They had the chance to search inside themselves

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for the best they had to give.

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The development of each one of them was visible.

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Visible in their happiness, their smiles, their kindness, their courtesy.

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It brought these children, completely,

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a life, a sparkle, a light.

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So we have no words to thank them.

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To thank Rodrigo, to thank Leidiane,

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to thank Uncle Gustavo, all the interns,

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the whole team who work

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thinking of each child, thinking of each life,

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of each transformation.

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Pequena Tribo ought to be a project in every school.

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I think they should grow, and grow, and grow.

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And it is a privilege for us to host Pequena Tribo.

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We feel very happy, very fulfilled.

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Let us hope this goes on for ever —

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that it is not four years, but eight, or ten.

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That it never ends, that they walk alongside us.