Brazil
March 2009
I brought four Floorball kits to Brazil five years back. Another two kits followed. Floorball is played in a home for street children and played as leisure-time activity for youngsters in several other places. Two training sessions for 8 to 12 years olds take place regularly on the edge of a favela (slum) in the south of the huge metropolis São Paulo. We wish to conduct a three-week coach training in São Paulo in April 2010. We intend to invite coaches from children and social projects of various organizations in south Brazil in order to sow the Floorball seed. We are currently renewing the contacts and trying to motivate people so that Floorball can gain firm foothold in Brazil. It would be wonderful if the 35 children presently training, could convert to 200-300 children due to an increase in number of coaches.
March 2007
We have several contacts in this huge South American country, but a lot of things don’t go as quickly as would like them to. A lot of clarifications can discussions take place. We are looking for someone in Sao Paulo, who could set up Floorball in a favela which burnt down recently. Regular training takes place on the edge of south Sao Paulo favela. We are in regular touch with an organization that runs various homes for street children. We have already sent a Floorball kit to them.
New projects are in the planning stage for three more cities.
Facts
Geography
Area: 8,911,565 sq km
Covers half of South America and is a home to half of its population. It is the fifth largest country on Earth.
Economy
Massive inflation, foreign debts and divide between 30% rich and 70% poor have weakened the growth and increased destitution, gripping many in the clutches of hunger.
Religion
Religious freedom and division between church and state.
(Christians 91%, spiritual 5%, others 4%)