Caramundo creates opportunities for motivated youths in poor urban areas in Latin America. We support local, grass-root youth initiatives that stimulate autonomy and lead to economic self-sufficiency. Our programs focus primarily on arts and sports. We are a non profit organization operated almost entirely by young volunteers from the Netherlands and Latin America.
Rotterdam 7 Feb, 2010
Each year Vital Voices (Washington D.C.) selects a small group of extraordinary women to recognize for their remarkable achievements advancing women’s leadership around the world. This year, Panmela Castro, a.k.a. Anarkia was nominated for the Global Leadership Award of Human Rights for her leadership and trailblazing work using art as a vehicle to promote positive social change and awareness in her community and around the world.
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The women of the workshops on techniques of drawing and painting in the prison of Sesuntepeque had a successful exhibition in fall 2009. During two weeks, all final results of the workshops were shown on a great wall inside the prison. They addressed topics such as peace, love, hope, freedom, friendship and family. A few weeks after, Quetzalcoatl took the chance to also exhibit their work in another prison; the penitentiary centre of Jucuapa.
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This Thursday December 17th, after being closed for a long time, Severo 172 finally opened with the grand multi-discipline interactive urban art expo Resistência! This cultural explosion set Rio de Janeiro’s city centre Lapa up side down and once more showed that Rio de Janeiro does have an innovating art scene that shouldn’t be neglected!
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After a very violent confronting battle between the Rio de Janeiro military police and local organized crime of the surrounding hills of Sampaio, it took a while before Projeto Queto got back on track with the workshops. Nevertheless, Projeto Queto as being the only artistic and cultural centre in the area stands strong and faces the every day difficulties with pride and strength.
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Are you looking for an innovative and different type of team building event in your company? Are you a local government representative and inspired to learn more about art in public space? Do you love art and are you curious to know more about street art and graffiti?…do the R.U.A. Art Tour!
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