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Socialite's School Brings Hope To Brazilian Slum

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Reading and writing, singing and modern dance are taught at Children of the Golden Rainbow school in Rio de Janeiro. Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, a Rio socialite and the school's founder, hopes to encourage and engage the students, who have been written off by society. (NPR)
Reading and writing, singing and modern dance are taught at Children of the Golden Rainbow school in Rio de Janeiro. Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, a Rio socialite and the school's founder, hopes to encourage and engage the students, who have been written off by society. (NPR)

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