O programa vai comecar!

I've got some great news! The Mulheres Mil program will officially begin this Monday! :) This past Tuesday we had a meeting with some of the professors who had agreed to teach the classes to women of the program, despite the on-going strike. With our internships quickly coming to an end, 10 weeks to be exact, I'm happy the program will finally begin. At the same time, the funding that the program receives from the government needs to be spent before the end of December.

During the meeting, we found out that a  total of 61 applications had been received and that 40 women were chosen. The schedule for the English classes that Amber and I will be teaching was also determined. We will be teaching 3 times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Although we had settled on 80 hours, it is not realistic for us to complete these hours before our internship is done. Hence, we went back to the initial 40 hours of English schedule. 

The inauguration ceremony is taking place this Monday, looking forward to it...