Where are we?

We are in Jardim Tomé, a neighborhood located on the border of the municipalities of Embu das Artes and Cotia, in the metropolitan region of the city of São Paulo.

Building invisible bridges, making dreams possible

We are on the outskirts of the outskirts, in a conglomerate of “dormitory neighborhoods”, where many residents commute for hours every day to work in the central regions of São Paulo.


It is another region of the state that reveals the inequality in which we live.


Despite being located in an urban periphery, these neighborhoods are interspersed with high-end condominiums and industrial plants, which, although they offer local job opportunities, are not capable of generating the wealth and diversity of opportunities for the development necessary for the neighborhoods: Pq. Alexandria, Jd. Tomé, Jd. Silvia, Jd. Santa Luzia, Jd. Algarve, Jd. Cláudia, Jd. Colibri, Jd. Colibri II, Jd. Isis, Jd. Caipia, Rio Cotia, Jd. Sandra, Jd. São Vicente, Jd. Da Glória, Outeiro de Passárgada, Paisagem Renoir and Jd. Torino.


29%

live on 1 to 2 minimum wages

45%

have no income

41%

of young people are not working or studying

High mortality rate

external causes in the age groups between 15 and 29 years

* Data collected by the last Census (IBGE, 2010).

Maria Eduarda | Student

"I want to live in another country, maybe in Canada or the United States. I know that English will open new doors for me! And I also want to spread the love and affection that I learned here at Acorde around the world."

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"Once again I put hope in my backpack, how much time do we still have to make our dreams come true."


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