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Visiting the City of God

    02/23/2008 | Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Bill invited us to meet him at Central Única das Favelas, or CUFA, a nonprofit youth development organization based in City of God that he founded to provide extracurricular education for local youths. Currently CUFA's facilities include an audio/visual editing suite, a computer center with 20 Internet-equipped computers, and a theater for film screenings, as well as musical and theatrical performances.

The center offers yearlong classes in A/V production and editing, graffiti writing, and a film club, where screenings are followed by debate and discussion of each selected movie. CUFA's youth basketball league has been put on hold until the baskets on their local court can be fixed, but they are currently in negotiations with Nike to garner sponsorship to have the court completely revamped.
(Photo by Thushan Amarasiriwardena, caption by Michael D. Kurtz / LongJaunt.com)
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Rajasthan

06.25.2008 | Rajasthan, India
Departing Udaipur early, we set out on a full day of travel through the heart of Rajasthan to "The Blue City" Jodhpur. For a bargain ...

Day and night: Bahia's beaches

03.01.2008 | Salvador, Brazil
Today we caught a bus to the other side of the city where boats ferry passengers and goods to Ilha Maré, an island in in the bay. Afte...

A ride on the subway

02.15.2008 | São Paulo, Brazil
We jump on the subway late at night and meet a couple characters before getting a taste of the local brew.
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