Our school is located in a small city called Tadim which is located in a semi-rural area, next to a big city called Braga, in the north of Portugal. We have approximately 900 students from 3 to 15 years and 90 teachers. The students go from kindergarten to the 9th grade elementary school. The majority of the students is from this rural area. Most of our students come from families that work mainly in the fields and in small family industries. Some come from one parent families and have social needs.

Some have divorced parents and a few are orphans. Almost 8% of students have special education needs. We have very few students coming from other countries (Ukraine, Cabo Verde, France) and also have Roma students. Our immigrant students have a support of a Portuguese teacher to help them to cope with language difficulties. Most of our students are not used to deal with students from other nationalities, so this represents an opportunity for them to interact with other cultures. The participation in this project will be important to develop the European citizenship of students and to let them realize that there are opportunities for them waiting outside the small place where they live.