May 21, 2012
So I decided to wait a day to blog again due to the fact that I only got one and a half hours of sleep on the red eye flight to Sao Paulo. Let me start by saying that the city is not picturesque by any postcard means; however, it has its charms and the people are wonderful so far. Today, we started the day with the best continental breakfast (American hotels take note) at our hotel. I included some pictures below, but some of the different food included a corn bread with fennel, which was awesome and the freshest watermelon juice I've ever had. Also, American coffee is like water after having Brazilian cafe.
(Brazilian
breakfast: (clockwise from top left) Watermelon Juice, Coffee, Banana,
Corn Bread with Fennel, Torrada with Abacaxi Jam, Kiwi, Mango Papaya,
Eggs and Sausage)
After breakfast we were rushed off to our orientation at CREN for a
couple of hours. The visit was used just to familiarize ourselves with
the center and to talk about what we would be doing for the week. Milu,
the head of the center, introduced herself with a hug and a kiss on one
cheek. She remarked that in Sao Paulo they kiss on one cheek, in Rio
they kiss on both. She gave us a tour of the facility, which included
meeting the children, nurses, psychologists and dietitians. We also sat
for a Q & A where she talked about what CREN was and how it
services the communities in Sao Paulo. We were given the opportunity to
ask questions, and I asked her about CREN's methods for evaluating their
success and failures. She gave an informative answer about how they
themselves were a little upset with their own recent self-evaluation and
brought the team together to discuss ways to improve children's heights
at the center. Malu seemed extremely genuine in her concern for the
children and its seems they are very good about evaluating their program
and coming up with solutions in order to improve upon it.
Introductions |
Classroom Artwork |
Children's plates with leftovers to be weighed and photographed for research and data collection. The meal was typical rice, beans, chicken and purple cabbage. |
Upon leaving the center we visited the Japanese-influeunced section of
Liberdade. Sao Paulo has the second highest concentration of Japanese
next to Japan.
(Japanese architecture in Liberdade, Sao Paulo)
(Japanese architecture in Liberdade, Sao Paulo)
Tchau,
Imagens incríveis com São Paulo. Obrigado por compartilhar este post. São Paulo é realmente um lugar agradável para passar tempo de qualidade.
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