Trips Facilitaded
First Edition

Two week total immersion on an English summer camp in the Swiss Alps.
Our first experience
The first edition of the project started off with four teenagers from disadvantaged communities of Rio de Janeiro: one from Rocinha, two from Vidigal and one from Botafogo. They were sent to friLingue, a two-week-long summer camp programme in Switzerland, between 21 July and 04 August 2019.

Two teenagers were hosted on a student campus and the other two in a typical alpine chalet.

In the two weeks, the participants were part of a international group and had 30 hours of English classes. They also participated in various workshops, such as arts, media, theatre, sports etc. Apart from that, they went on cultural excursions to museums, castles, cheese and chocolate factories and to nearby towns in Switzerland and Italy.

This was a unique opportunity which has transformed their lives forever, as well as the lives of their families. For each of them, it was their first international experience thanks to which they could improve and practice their foreign language skills, meet people with diverse cultural backgrounds and make news friends.

Experiences like this have the power to broaden the participants' horizons and help them develop soft skills which are important not only for the job market but for their whole lives.
Thank you notes from the participants
What the parents say
Ivanildo
Letícia's father

I'd like to use this letter to thank everyone involved in this trip: True Experience, Instituto Futuro Bom and friLingue, the school in Switzerland. Letícia was the first member of our family to travel abroad and to participate in a exchange of this scale. We know that if it was only for our own efforts, it could happen, because nothing in life is impossible. But, for sure, with the help of these angels it happened much quicker than we could have imagine.

My daughter has always wanted to travel, learn other languages, meet people from various cultural backgrounds and, thank God, we achieved it. Every day, she thinks of the trip, how magical everything was, and if she could repeat it, she would not think twice and just get her books ready to hop on the plane.

This experience changed my daughter for the better, helped her perceive the world in a different way and understand that the "impossible" is a matter of opinion. Thank so much!
Rosilene
João Victor's mother

I, Rosilene Carvalho de Freitas, mother of João Victor, would like to use this letter to talk a little bit about the hugely important experience and opportunity that friLingue and the project provided for my son.

It is an unforgettable experience to learn about new cultures, to spend time with new people and to have the possibility to get to know other places. He has made experiences and memories which have enriched his knowledge and development.

It is so gratifying to see his smile and the sparkle in his eyes. I am seeing him to be, day by day, better and better prepared for the future. I thank from my heart everyone who was by his side, as I entrusted them my most precious treasure.

Thank you everyone.
Sergio and Iracema Matos
Ellen's parents

Hi! We are Ellen's parents. My name is Sergio and my wife is Iracema Matos. We are so happy with Ellen's trip. At the beginning, we were very worried, but, thank God, we were helped by capable people, who reassured us in all our concerns regarding the trip to Switzerland.
We thank everyone from our hearts for this wonderful experience that we had, especially friLingue, True Experience, the sponsors and all the direct and indirect donors. We thank particularly Carol and Patrícia for all the support from the departure here in Rio de Janeiro to the whole stay in Switzerland.
This experience will surely be a lesson for every young person that if they study and make academic efforts, they can dream big.
We wish that Carol and Patrícia and people like them will always be blessed by God and that projects like this one will be ever more frequent in the lives of people.
Thank you and we wish everybody better days in their lives.

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Cost of the trip
We thank the donors for the first edition:
Alexandro de Souza Melo
Aline de Azevedo Ferreira Benet
Ana Carolina Trindade Valadares
Antonio Leal Faoro
Beatriz Fróes Coelho
Bruno Rafael Bicalho Cruz
Carolina Fróes Ferreira
Cassio Cancela e Penna
Cristina Said Saleme
Djalma Pereira Corrêa
Fernanda Elisa Pereira Altoe
Gabriel Vieira de Moura
Gabriela Coelho Brêda
Giordani Bruno
Glaucia Deslandes de Lima
Gustavo Fróes Ferreira
Helena Arcoverde
João Batista Macedo Filho
Julia Chumbinho
Juliana Mesquita
Julio César Leite Fortes
Julio Ricardo Damasceno
Korinne Algie
Lilian Fróes Dayrell Duarte
Liliane Ribeiro de Sousa
Lívia Ansaloni Fortes
Luciana dos Santos Silva
Luciana Franco Moreira
Luciana Godoy
Marcelo Fróes Assunção
Marcelo Tavares Faria
Maria Abreu Damasceno
Maria Cecilia Viana de Lima
Maria da Conceição Pinheiro
Maria das Mercês Quintão Froes
Maria Helena Fróes Dayrell
Maria Helena Moraes Antunes
Nadia Maciel Falcão
Neide Fróes
Oliveira Villas Boas
Patrícia Abreu
Patricia Fróes Dayrell
Paula Cristina Abreu
Pericles de Moraes Filho
Rafael Ansaloni Fortes
Rafael Pieroni
Raquel Deslandes de Lima
Raquel Fróes
Renata Attanasio de Rezende Bisol
Renata Paiva
Roberta Bernardes Rodrigues
Sarah de Azevedo Esteves
Saulo Tomaz Fróes
Saulo Tomaz Fróes Junior
Silvana Mara Fróes
Simone Santos Magalhaes
Sonia lopes Gomes
Taís Moraes
Tatiane Gonçalves
Vanessa Rodrigues

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