Financing CCDIA's course in manufacturing and repair of musical instruments from Sep-2001 to Jan-2002.

http://www.pcs.org.br/

The musical instrument course includes such fundamental subjects as Portuguese, Maths, Internet, Business Administration and Citizenship, as well as cultural field trips. The course will provide qualifications to 30 young people, aged 16-21, all of whom had previously only been educated only to primary level.

The Erstes Kölner Akkordeon-Orchester is an internationally renowned German orchestra.

http://www.khm.de/~haushalter/on_tour.html

The Orchestra did a great deal of fundraising concerts on our behalf in 1997 and is planning to visit Brazil once more in the near future.

Filantropia.org - an organisation acting as an agency and source of information for philanthropy in Brazil.

http://www.filantropia.org.br/

Filantropia.org help CCDIA by connecting us with volunteers.

IDE - the Evangelical Development Institute is a Mato Grosso do Sul based organisation founded with the help of CCDIA.

IDE exists to help churches engaged in or wishing to start social development work. It currently provides practical support to CCDIA projects in Campo Grande.

KFUM-kameratene is an Oslo-based YMCA

http://www.kfum-kam.no

CCDIA have strong links with KFUM-kamaratene.

Many teenagers from CCDIA projects have Norwegian penfriends through this organisation.

On two occasions KFUM has provided the means for Brazilian teenagers to make their first-ever trip abroad to play in the Norway Cup.

Latin Link are a UK-based Christian mission organisation operating throughout Latin America

http://www.latinlink.org/

Latin Link sent two teams of volunteers to help in CCDIA projects in the year 2000.

The teams came to help with some much needed renovation and construction work on projects in São Gonçalo and Campo Grande, and served to strengthen the teachers, the projects and the churches as much as they did the buildings!

MCT - the Ministry of Science & Technology

http://www.mct.gov.br/

The Ministry of Science & Technology, together with RITS has recognised CCDIA's ground-breaking work of bringing Information Technology to Brazil's slums and awarded donations of brand new computing equipment.

The Mustard Seed Foundation is a US-based Christian grant-making foundation.

http://www.msfdn.org/

The Mustard Seed Foundation has been a strong source of financial support over the years.

Their generous donations continue to be of immeasurable value to our projects.

The Volunteer Portal is a Brazilian web-site that matches volunteers to projects.

http://www.portaldovoluntario.org.br/

Members of the public can register their skills and NGOs can search the database to find people in their area. Portal do Voluntário has been of immense help to CCDIA.

RITS - Information Network for the Third Sector

http://www.rits.org.br/

RITS have recognised CCDIA's ground-breaking work of bringing Information Technology to Brazil's slums and awarded donations of brand new computing equipment.

Their web-site is an excellent resource for Third Sector organisations in Brazil.

Rock for Rio is the name for an annual series of rock concerts in Germany raising money for CCDIA.

http://www.rock-for-rio.de/

Rock for Rio, the initiative of an individual supporter called Harry Braun, has been giving financial support to CCDIA since 1991.

The money received through the Rock for Rio events has been and continues to be a key enabling force for much of our work.