It’s Another World!
In partnership with ‘Fabrica Fortaleza’, 200 students at the University of Life went on a field trip to a biscuit factory at the end of October.
Fortaleza is home to one of the biggest manufacturers of biscuits and cream crackers in Brazil and the company has a programme set up to receive school groups for educational visits.
For a child in the slums, the opportunity to visit a factory is extremely enlightening. Many of them have left the slums and have a very narrow concept of the world around them. The children were given a full tour of the factory, a lesson in hygiene and plenty of biscuits!
Imagine the contrasts for a child waking up hungry in the slums and going on this field trip.
From a favela to…
- A highly industrialized and organized environment
- An air conditioned workplace
- Enormous clean and sanitized buildings
- A productive and successful business environment.
After the trip UNiViDA staff helped children think about their experience. The many questions which arose were a good indication of the trip’s success.
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