About us

Task Brasil started running residential care for street children in 1998 after receiving a very generous donation from Jimmy Page, the Led Zeppelin rock icon, who witnessed first hand the deprivation of the children and troubles in the favelas whilst playing in Rio de Janeiro. Casa Jimmy has provided a safe place for children, young people and pregnant teenage girls facing a life of great deprivation and vulnerability. Is now, since 2011, running educational projects. In 2020, Covid Emergency Support. Casa Jimmy resumed activities for the children in March 2022.

Runners pound the streets to help kids in Rio stay on track.

Every penny helps!