Lucia is a 42 year old woman. Living in a small rural community in the semiarid region of Bahia.
Most of her time she was destined to household chores, caring for children and to help her husband in rural activities. The social relations of Lucia, were always restricted. Her husband did not like her to leave home. Shy, Lucia was always with her hair binded, smiled very little. No one ever asked Lucia if she liked the life she led. She never wondered if she was really satisfied with her life.
My name is Alice. I work in family agriculture and live in an agrarian reform settlement situated in the rural area of the municipality of Alvorada do Gurgueia, in the State of Piaui.
In the settlement, which I helped to set up, we have approximately sixty families that work in family agriculture; each having twenty hectares of land.
“Country Education, Our Right, State Obligation” “We Exist”
My name is Danilo Rodrigues, a volunteer in the Itiúba Agricultural Family School ( AFS). It arose out of the union and struggles of the men and women farmers, the Rural Workers Union and the alumni of the AFS in Monte Santo.
A look from someone who is living in the Caatinga biome in Brazil.
Januario, a young man from the Fazenda Nova Community in the municipality of AguaFria, was very much aware of the difference and is afraid that his grandchildren will not get to know the Caatinga, as he knew it.
In the 2003 Carnival, I was overcome by the desire to take part in a parade carrying a standard. But being a typical Brazilian, I left everything to the last minute. Only on the Friday did I begin to construct my standard with plastic PVC piping and white flour sacks. I still needed paint for graffiting it. I arrived very late at the paint shop and the doors were being closed and would only open again after the Carnival.
I am Bruna Picanço, I am black, from Amapá, daughter of the Amazon, I will tell you about my Maroon history from my perspective as a youngster. To be able to talk about me being a Maroon, we must first know what a Maroon is?
My name is Danilo Rodrigues, a volunteer in the Itiúba Agricultural Family School ( AFS). It arose out of the union and struggles of the men and women farmers, the Rural Workers Union and the alumni of the AFS in Monte Santo.
Moises is a nineteen year old country boy; a dreamer and keen on family agriculture. He is one of a family of eleven.
In the 2003 Carnival, I was overcome by the desire to take part in a parade carrying a standard. But being a typical Brazilian, I left everything to the last minute. Only on the Friday did I begin to construct my standard with plastic PVC piping and white flour sacks. I still needed paint for graffiting it. I arrived very late at the paint shop and the doors were being closed and would only open again after the Carnival.
Hi, I am an AFSSC student in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. I live in a community mainly characterized by German and Italian immigration.
I am Bruna Picanço, I am black, from Amapá, daughter of the Amazon, I will tell you about my Maroon history from my perspective as a youngster. To be able to talk about me being a Maroon, we must first know what a Maroon is?