So that we can reach the level of having a rural school “without fences and without walls”, that strengthens “work and collective efforts”, that is “like our home and not like someone else’s house”, teaching us to “build the future”, being “led collectively” (paraphrasing the song by Gilvan Santos).

This work reinforces and affirms the positive impact the Formacampo Program has had on the implementation of Rural Education in Bahia's Territories of Identity. I am grateful for the opportunity and privilege of establishing and contributing to this collective, and for the kindness of being invited to write the foreword for this work. Let's continue the fight...

Prof. Me. Antoniel dos Santos Peixoto

Master in Rural Education (UFRB), Professor in the municipal education networks of Santo Antônio de Jesus and Laje/BA.

Santo Antônio de Jesus, BA, August 2024