The Genesis garden party was held on the 31st of July and was a great success with good weather encouraging around 90 people to join together for a huge barbecue, games and food stalls plus a bouncy castle.

Many thanks to those who came and those who helped.

The event raised £650, which is fantastic and will be used well.

Next stop… we get posh at the ball!

Washington Pires

Be one of the lucky 120 people to join us for a special evening of Celebration and Fundraising at the first…
Baraka Brazilian Ball!

Flyer for the Ball

The Baraka Brazilian Ball is raising money for the Genesis Community Project. Working in Partnership with our friends living in the Washington Pires favela/slum in the city of Ibirite in Brazil.

Get your glad rags on, Friday 7th October. 6:45pm-Midnight.
At the Thorpe Park Hotel events suite, Leeds 15 (map).

The evening includes a dazzling array of treats!
Drinks reception, 3 course meal & coffee
Live music, Charity auction, Zumba, DJ & dancing, prizes and more!

Tickets are £35 and are available from Garforth Bookshop
or email ball@barakaonline.co.uk.

Also see Baraka’s website.

If you aren’t sure just where Washington Pires is, watch this video.  It isn’t very good, but gives you an idea.  Alternatively, you can search for it in Google maps or Live maps.

Anyway here it is…

or if you want it in a new window… Zooming in on Washington Pires

Thanks to all those who attended the follow-up evening at 62C, it was a really useful time for us to talk in some detail about the vision and how we intend to proceed and also to find out more about who is interested in helping and in what ways.

We’ll be in touch soon with more information about how you can get involved – there are some exciting things happening!

Welcome to the website of the Genesis Community Project

We are a voluntary organisation based in Leeds in the UK and our aim is to work to improve the lives of people in favelas in Brazil. Specifically we have links with the Washington Pires favela just outside Ibirité, near Belo Horizonte and Contagem.
We will be adding more information and features to our website very soon, including details about the upcoming fund-raising Ball.

In the meantime, please feel free to get in touch with us at info@GenesisCommunityProject.org.uk or visit our Facebook page.