{"id":63616,"date":"2016-11-04T11:35:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T13:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/?p=63616"},"modified":"2026-01-22T05:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:16:25","slug":"congolese-refugees-learn-portuguese-at-caminhos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/congolese-refugees-learn-portuguese-at-caminhos\/","title":{"rendered":"Congolese refugees learn Portuguese at Caminhos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/learn-portuguese-in-rio-de-janeiro-refugees3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/learn-portuguese-in-rio-de-janeiro-refugees3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"????????????????????????????????????\" class=\"wp-image-63619\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since October, <a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/\">Caminhos Language Centre<\/a> is welcoming five refugee students from the Democratic Republic of&nbsp;Congo with <a href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/courses\/academic-programs\/fellowship-scolarship-students\/\">scholarships<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/courses\">learn Portuguese<\/a>. Because of the difficult political situation, the Congolese came to Brazil looking for better lives but found it very hard to get a job because they only speak French.&nbsp;Caminhos Language Centre is offering them free Portuguese classes in order to facilitate their integration in Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/congolese-refugees-learn-portuguese-at-caminhos\/#Whats_happening_in_Congo\" >What&#8217;s happening in Congo?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/congolese-refugees-learn-portuguese-at-caminhos\/#Meet_the_refugees\" >Meet the refugees<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/congolese-refugees-learn-portuguese-at-caminhos\/#Congo_vs_Brazil\" >Congo vs. Brazil<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_happening_in_Congo\"><\/span>What&#8217;s happening in Congo?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country involved in conflicts and civil wars for decades. Despite declaring themselves a democratic nation, governments have applied dictatorial regimes throughout the&nbsp;years, prohibiting political protests and killing rebels. Because of that, several armed groups and guerrillas have taken over the country&#8217;s streets over the years, defying the government and trying to weaken its strength. Because of the conflict, the Democratic Republic of Congo suffers with deaths, kidnappings and killings on a daily basis. The country already endures a 20-year civil war \u2013 this conflict is already the largest and bloodiest war in the world after World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/learn-portuguese-in-rio-de-janeiro-refugees4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/learn-portuguese-in-rio-de-janeiro-refugees4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"????????????????????????????????????\" class=\"wp-image-63620\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Saturday, 29th of October, staff and volunteers met to renovate <a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/about-caminhos\/school\">our school<\/a> and the refugees promptly applied to help us painting our building. At this moment, we could sit down and have lunch together and get to know a little more about the Congolese culture, such as their music and joy of living, after all we could see that they are a really fun people. The Congolese just began <a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/\">learning Portuguese<\/a>, but the language barrier did not stop them from showing their friendliness with us, they tried everything they could to ask us about ourselves and make friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Meet_the_refugees\"><\/span>Meet the refugees<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/learn-portuguese-in-rio-de-janeiro-refugees2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/learn-portuguese-in-rio-de-janeiro-refugees2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"????????????????????????????????????\" class=\"wp-image-63618\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The five refugees, all from the same family \u2013 brothers and cousins \u2013 were students in their country but as some of their relatives live in Brazil and offered to help, they decided to move in here looking for a better quality of life and job opportunities. They are here for 2 months now and are adapting very well, after all French descended from the Vulgar Latin, just like Portuguese, so learning the new language is not as big a challenge as we could imagine. According to them, the cultural shock was not a problem either, since the Democratic Republic of Congo is also a very large tropical country and has a friendly and outgoing population just like ours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Congo_vs_Brazil\"><\/span>Congo vs. Brazil<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the similarities, the Congolese point out that Brazil&#8217;s organization and infrastructure is much better than in their country of origin, after all, they live in the midst of this economic and political chaos that has been raging for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caminhos Language Centre welcomes Congolese with arms wide open and we truly hope that they are able to <a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/\">learn Portuguese<\/a>, improve their quality of life, have good job opportunities and build a happy life here in Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/learn-portuguese-in-rio-de-janeiro-refugees1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/learn-portuguese-in-rio-de-janeiro-refugees1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"????????????????????????????????????\" class=\"wp-image-63617\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Besides being a <a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/\">Portuguese school<\/a>, Caminhos Language Centre has always focused on helping children and young people in vulnerable situations. To learn more about our <a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/about-caminhos\/mais-caminhos-social-program\">social programs<\/a> and how you can help, visit our website <a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/volunteer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caminhos is helping refugees from Congo learn Portuguese so they can have better opportunities in Brazil, find a good job, and make friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":85562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_zb_attr":"","zolo_post_video_link":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[388],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caminhos-language-centre-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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