Global Girl Project (GGP) partnered with a non-profit organization in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, called Favela Street Girls, to provide a two-month exchange program for young women. This exchange brought one young woman, who grew up in one of the favelas in Northern Rio, to Los Angeles for our educational/cultural exchange program. While in the U.S. our participant lived with a host family, attended a local high school, and participated in twice-weekly workshops that focused on community development. Once back in Brazil our participant received another opportunity for world travel and lived in the U.K. for two months while she studied English. Upon returning home from England she implemented her Community Service Project, which was developed in Los Angeles, and continues to work with 20 young women in the Complexo de Penha favela. Drika runs soccer trainings and life skills workshops.

In our second year GGP collaborated with the NGO Soccer Girls Inc., located in Vidigal, Brazil. Jointly we chose another amazing young woman from their soccer program to participate as GGP's second scholar. This scholar came to the U.S. in January/February/March of 2016 and lived with a host family while attending Star Prep Academy. This scholar developed her own community service project called Meninas em Açao (Girls in Action) and she led a group of teenage girls in running weekly community offerings such as neighbourhood clean up, and children's reading circles.