ROOTS. Learn where you live

For the pupils on Santa Maria, which is still underdeveloped in
terms of tourism, the project offered the opportunity to take part
in a European project and to meet young people from other European
countries and cultures.
Different groups met on a remote island; an island that relies on
shipping for everything they need to import (furniture, tiles...),
where the inhabitants have to fly to another island or to the mainland
for medical examinations and where the population is so
careful with their environment - and at the same time so friendly,
warm and helpful.
It was a great experience to get to know the advantages and disadvantages
of such an isolated place, to see the differences in
lifestyle and everyday life and at the same time to get to know
many traditions, routines and personal wishes that nevertheless
seem to be the same all over the world.
Carmen Moreira
30