Bridge to Bahia – AOSR & ICBIE

Pietro is throwing Annie straight into the complexities of local life. Yesterday they visited our friends at the Minha vó Flor orphanage, and Annie was able to see the awful contradiction: orphanages are by definition one of the saddest places...

The first of the five new mini-apartments is finished, and the others aren't far behind. Although all this building represents a significant strain on our finances, it is of course an important investment in the ICBIE's future, and is a...

In order to foster international friendship and understanding, especially among children, we are always ready to hook up with groups or associations, and, in that sense, the most recent ICBIE partnership seems to be a particularly good fit. The Anguillara...

Hello World! Coming back from the ICBIE in Salvador de Bahia I can confirm: this place really exists! What a truly amazing experience… Every night it was a never ending smile for what had happened and one couldn’t wait for...

Between Christmas and New Year's, Mestre Pedro again brought his whole crew to the ICBIE, to give a show for our new visitors.  Gabriele Fabozzi is one of the most active students in the Bridge to Bahia project at the...

Although the ICBIE faces constant challenges to make ends meet, we know how lucky we are, considering the conditions in our neighborhood. For example, just a few blocks away, on Rua Marques de Santo Amaro, is the Minha Vó Flor...

From kindergarten to twelfth grade, the American Overseas School of Rome spurs all its students to share their human resources to fight poverty and ignorance, and to tackle the injustices of the global economic divide. Instead of superficially plowing the...

After the successful film cycle that was presented last July and August, Pietro has assembled a new series.  This time the subject is The Masters of  Italian Cinema, and it is intended primarily for our many Italian students, as the...

Visitors to the ICBIE are immediately impressed when they see the beautiful old baby grand piano stationed under the stairway of the entrance hall.  Unfortunately, the instrument is beautiful only in its appearance: it is in terrible mechanical shape and...