For four days starting on July 19, Meninadança's Brazilian
coordinator Warlei Torezani, Lorene Zac, our artistic director, and
founder Matt Roper will walk the 97km between Medina, in Minas Gerais
state, and Cândido Sales, in Bahia state, where we have our Pink House
projects. As the world arrives in Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics, we want to bring attention to this unreported scandal.

We will be tying pink ribbons onto every km sign along the
stretch, a striking and visible sign to those travelling along the road
which will be backed up with an educational and media campaign. The kms which are sponsored by a Meninadança supporter will also have the name of the supporter printed on the ribbon, another way we can show that people all over the world are standing up for the young victims of
sexual exploitation.

At gas stations and truck parks along the way, a dance team will
be putting on short, eye-catching performances, at which we will be
directing a message to truck drivers and asking them to display a bumper sticker on their truck, using the pink ribbon symbol, which reads: I AM AGAINST Child Sexual Exploitation.

Another team will be going from home to home in residential areas
along the motorway, and in the communities along the way, talking to
local people and giving out a card which explains in three steps how to
report abuse and exploitation. We will also be giving out fridge magnets
 with the ribbon and I AM AGAINST theme, and putting on some
performances in local towns and villages.

When we arrive in Cândido Sales we will be holding an event in the
 town's main square, during which our new Pink House will be officially
inaugurated. The girls we are already working with will perform and
around 200 people from local churches, wearing I AM AGAINST T-shirts,
will welcome us there. From that day on, the new Pink House will start
its activities and will be open every day.

Please help us raise £1000 to pay for the logistics of the walk and the printing of materials and T-shirts to help us take this important message and help change the culture of exploitation along the BR-116.