The project started in 2009 in Porto Alegre with 5 brave piloters from Estonia, Poland, Romania, Colombia, and India. Together they impacted around 500 kids in 3 different schools. The results were astonishing:
· 91% of the kids would like to participate the project again
· 95% of them said they now plan to travel to another country in their life
· 70% said they now want to go to university
· ¼ started to recycle
· And ½ wanted to learn a foreign language
“I liked a lot to get to know the foreigners, also,
they completely changed my vision for life.”
7th grade student from school Olegario Mariano, 2009
7th grade student from school Olegario Mariano, 2009
In reality, these thoughts are very rarely found in the public education system. This was a huge motivator for Gerdau to start investing more in the project. Next year the project expanded to 5 more cities, 26 foreigners came to make a difference.
This time, the results were measured by professionals. 99% of the participants loved the project and 85% of the kids admitted that the project had changed something in their lives.
The results were unbelievable. The project had proven to bring real change. Now it was time to go global.
By 2011, the project has expanded to 9 cities and 62 EPs inside Brazil and we are attempting a global impact in 6 more countries with 26 global piloters in addition to Brazil!
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