News & Events

Congratulations to Jaquisson!

May 20, 2011 - 9:09am
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Congratulations to Jaquisson, our newest scholarship recipient! Jaquisson is in his third year of law school and currently on a partial scholarship.  We are actively trying to raise the funds to pay for his final year of school. If you are interested in helping him realize this dream, please contact us.

Alagados DVD's make great holiday gifts and each purchase supports our project

December 13, 2010 - 6:52pm
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Alagados DVD's now on SALE for $14.99

Order by Dec 17th for delivery by Christmas!

Share Renato's story of overcoming incredible odds this holiday season and help make it possible for other youth to do the same.

ViewChange.org

November 17, 2010 - 6:28am
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http://www.viewchange.org/videos/alagados-project-joice

The short video that we entered in the ViewChange contest in September is now live on ViewChange.org, a brand new multimedia website that combines global development stories with links to more information and ways for view

Congratulations to Eusilene!

November 11, 2010 - 7:00am
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Congratulations to Eusilene and a huge thank you to the incredibly generous donors who have made a full scholarship possible for her!

Link TV View Change contest

September 6, 2010 - 11:04am
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I've entered a short video of Joice, one of our scholarship students, in the ViewChange Online Film Contest, which is awarding $50,000 in cash prizes to videos that best tell the stories of progress in developing countries. Please help us further the Alagados Project's work with this prize by voting for us. You can vote once a day every day between Sept 4-15. Your votes will make the difference and we need your help to keep empowering young people like Joice.

Congratulations to our 2010 scholarship recipients!!

August 30, 2010 - 12:20pm
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Neila & Eusilene at FIB University Neila & Eusilene at FIB University
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COGRATULATIONS to Neila Machado and Joseval Espirito Santo our new 2010 scholarship recipients!

Neila is starting law school and Joseval will be studying social services, both at FIB University. We are very proud to be supporting these two impressive young people and are confident that they are going to become powerful community leaders.  Stay tuned for their profiles coming soon to the website.

Ingrid de Leon: "Inspired by TAP students"

August 20, 2010 - 9:26am
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My visit to Salvador da Bahia this past July 2010 provided me with first-hand experience on the success the Alagados Project is thus far.  The energy of everyone involved is simply- energizing and invigorating. As a Higher Education professional for the past three years at LaGuardia Community College-CUNY, a public two-year degree conferring institution in New York City, I have learned through my interactions with students and my statistical projects in graduate school that motivation, is a key and determining factor in student success.

Local ownership = a success!

August 13, 2010 - 5:24pm
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Alagados Project Team w/ Ingrid de Leon Alagados Project Team w/ Ingrid de Leon

Sylvia’s trip to Brazil was a success!  It was very exciting to see that the TAP Brazilian team and local community have really taken local ownership of the Project.  They are proposing new ideas about what they need, and we are looking forward to seeing the project grow with their ideas in the lead. 

Headed to Brazil

June 8, 2010 - 3:00pm
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Sylvia will be joining the Alagados Project team in Salvador for 3 weeks at the end of June.  We will be selecting two new scholarship students and looking at expanding our programs to include a college prep component that will help to start inserting more young people in the public university system. Stay posted for a short video of our current students coming at the end of July!

Also, we are looking for the following:

- A small, high quality HD video camera and a small high quality photo camera

Reflecting on the similarities between Haiti and Alagados

February 3, 2010 - 3:18pm
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The parallels between Haiti and communities like Alagados are many. They are communities made up of the descendants of slaves who were brought to these places against their will and without a cent to their name.  They suffer from a prevalence of poverty and a lack of infrastructure and opportunity.