Current State of Progress and Plans

by admin1 | Oct 31, 2023 | Current news

Current State of Progress and Plans Dear friends of the Escola da Esperança project, As you might already know, we are working for years on establishing an international private school. In 2015-2016 we revised our application for the licence of our school. Since then,...

Cosmos and Body

by admin1 | Oct 30, 2023 | Current news

Cosmos and Body Recently the so-called Red learning group had a special learning week. Meeting with Mara and Douglas, a philosopher and a physicist, this group dove into the topic “What is the human being, really?” Studying examples of feats of extreme...

The Kindergarden and the Clay

by admin1 | Oct 29, 2023 | Current news

The Kindergarden and the Clay In November our kindergarten had three pottery sessions in Maya’s workshop in Ateneu do Catorze. Early in the mornings we filled up the van with kids and to the sound of the “Final Countdown” from Queen we headed towards...

Youth Camp 2023 – Creativity and Community

by admin1 | Oct 25, 2023 | Current news

Youth Camp 2023 – Creativity and Community This year’s youth camp was all about creativity and community. To make this a lived experience, we moved to the Art Mountain in Tamera and stayed there for the whole two weeks. This year we had about 30 young...

We went to Damanhur!

by admin1 | Apr 8, 2023 | Current news

We went to Damanhur! We, the “Fire Phoenix” learning group of the Escola da Esperança project, 6 youngsters aged 11-13 and 3 adults, made a road trip to Damanhur, a community in Italy, in February 2023.  The entire journey lasted 3 weeks.  Many of us had never been on...

Easter Youth Camp 2023

by admin1 | Feb 2, 2023 | Current news

Easter Youth Camp 2023 This year we had the ambitious plan to walk along the Portuguese Atlantic coast. As every year, we invited 20 people we already knew from previous youth camps. This year many young people who grew up here in Tamera and then left for their...