Arrival and First Day

We've arrived and have been embraced with open arms and hearts by our brother and sister Rotarians here in Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

My host Augusto Scorza and I visited an AIDS organization "Esperanza e Vida" (Hope & Life) where poor people with HIV have a place to be treated or if too ill a place to spend their last days in an environment of caring and love. Augusto's club has helped them with some projects. We spent a couple of hours walking through the site and discussing Matching Grants with the founder and unpaid manager Robierto. I learned about how those afflicted with HIV deal with it here. It is much like in the US.

More later. Here we are at the home of Takuo Hashizume, on of the organizers for GSE here and a former GSE Team Leader to the US. This was a most welcome brunch with an amazing array of tropical fruits and breads. One of the team cannot eat glutin for all the breads were glutin free and delicious.

Bob