Favela Children
A Brazilian Diary
1st Edition
Published on 31. May 2022
184 pages
978-1-948302-43-2 (ISBN)
Description
Ute Craemer is an educator and social worker who has dedicated over fifty years of her life to teaching and nurturing the poor children of the favelas (slums) in Brazil. As an experienced Waldorf teacher, she has been able to understand the needs of the children and their families and provide them with the spiritual nourishment they cry out for. Favela Children is a moving and informative account of Ute's Craemer's work in the favelas and of her personal development. Everyone interested in education and social development will want to read this book. It was originally published in German and went through several editions. It is published here for the first time in English. Translated and with an introduction by Frank Thomas Smith.
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Persons
Born in 1938 in Germany, she pioneered Associação Comunitária Monte Azul, Alliance for Childhood in Brazil, and co-founded the World Social Initiative Forum. She has worked for many years in the favelas of Brazil.
Content
Favela Children
Introduction
Forward
Diary 1965-1967
The Coral-Colored Serpent
Social Development Aid - A Summing Up
Diary 1970-1975
The Development of a Development Worker
Diary 1976-1980
Hope for a Human Life
What it means to be born in a favela
Update
Appendix
