Imagine not being able to read or write.
Imagine having a wage that can hardly feed your family.
Imagine working a long, hard day emptying dustbins.
Imagine people caring so much that they are doing something to help.
It is happening in Campos. Rotarians are making a difference in peoples' lives.
Thanks to the care and concern of Rotarians like Maira and Miriam (R.C. Campos dos Goytacazes Planicie)some municipal workers from the city are being taught basic literacy and life skills. The employer provides a meal plus text books but it is Rotarians who are making it happen.
I will never know the outcome of their efforts on the lives of those I met in the class we went to but...
I will never forget seeing the levels of concentration or hearing the expressions of joy from those who read simple sentences in Portuguese aloud to us.
This is a project making a real and far reaching difference to lives who up to now have had little opportunity to reach full potential.
I was proud to be a Rotarian.