Tuesday we returned to the City of Youth in Campinas, toured the facility and learned more about what Hope Unlimited has been doing there.  We listened to stories about some of the children there who have been severely abused.  Their histories are so traumatic that it can make you fill ill inside. We split up into groups of three and had lunch with them for the first time.  These kids are amazingly resilient and happy to have visitors from America at their table.  They range in age from 8 to 18.

Entrance to City of Youth

 

Despite all the progress you see in Brazil, poverty conditions are still seen throughout the places we drove through.  This was taken along the road on the way to the City of Youth.

"Launch" table setting in one of the casas on the campus.

One of Hope's Thrift stores where we purchased a few items to help decorate rooms