Starting with Brazil, which is the largest country in South America with a population of over 190 million. Portuguese is the national language. Brazil’s illiteracy rate, poverty rate and mortality rate have all improved over the last 10 years yet still have room to improve. For example the poverty rate has decreased from 34% in 2005 but is still at 22%.
Our team is heading to Florianopolis which is in the south east state of Santa Catarina.
We will be staying in Florianopolis while working in a small village called Es-tiva where the drug rehabilitation center is located. The center is for adolescent boys struggling with drug addictions. The men and boys are sent to this center upon their own free will by the authorities. We will be working on a new Dorm building, laying bricks for the second floor and hopefully starting the roof. We are aiming to complete the second floor of the dorm, so it will be ready to pour the cement ceiling under the roof. They are currently working on this project in preparation for our arrival, please pray for that preparation.
There you have it, a little background information. Stay tuned for the last team intro and the continued count down.
Anita
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