RDM School
Together, we raised over R$182,351 for the Almirante Tamandaré School.
Founded in 2005, the Almirante Tamandaré School is in the district of Peixe Bravo (Riacho dos Machados), 75 km from Equinox Gold's RDM Mine. The school serves a community of 350 families and currently has 160 students.
Peixe Bravo is a community comprised primarily by descendants of quilombo, a category of Indigenous people in Brazil. While the school receives funds from the municipal and federal government, private donations are used to improve the school's infrastructure and provide a higher quality of education for its students. The school's current wish list includes: construction of a computer laboratory; renovation of classrooms and air conditioning; and development of literacy and sports projects for young people and adults who have dropped out of school.