GiraCatavento - Association for the Education beyond Borders jobs and careers

About GiraCatavento - Association for the Education beyond Borders

GiraCatavento was born from a dream — to transform the way children and young people in East Timor learn, discover, and express themselves. 🌏✨ As a nonprofit organization, we believe that education goes far beyond the classroom. It grows through curiosity, imagination, dialogue, and discovery. Our mission is to build a network of after-school activities that nurture cognitive development, creativity, and critical thinking, while keeping a strong and meaningful connection with the Portuguese language. The seed of GiraCatavento was planted during our founder Adriana Mamede’s volunteer experience in East Timor. There, she realized that many teachers and students face linguistic barriers that limit access to knowledge and self-expression. What she found was enormous potential — just waiting to be awakened. 🌱 Today, GiraCatavento is working to give wings to that potential: creating spaces where children can imagine, question, and learn freely, joyfully, and meaningfully. Our dream doesn’t end in East Timor. We aim to bring this transformative energy to other Portuguese-speaking communities (CPLP), connecting generations through education, culture, and a shared language. 💫