Carlos Vinícius Reis has played a key role in Brazil’s homeschool movement. He is the Director of Institutional Relations at ANED Brasil (National Homeschooling Association of Brazil) and is the one who spearheaded the first Expo for Homeschooling in Brazil. In this episode, Mike and Vinicius discuss what’s happening with homeschooling in Brazil right now and they continue last week’s conversation about Brazil’s first national homeschool conference.

Gustavo Borges and his wife are new to homeschooling but have embraced the movement helping to organize the first ever Expo for Homeschooling in Brazil. Mike and Gustavo discuss his homeschooling journey, reflections on organizing and experiencing Brazil’s first national homeschool conference, and homeschooling in Brazil as the Senate continues discussion on legally recognizing homeschooling.

Sameera is a homeschool mom to four children and is actively involved in her homeschool community in the United Arab Emirates. In this episode, Sameera shares about her homeschool story, how she uses her YouTube channel, Parhai by Samz, to help other parents with their homeschool journey, and what living in the United Arab Emirates is like as a homeschool mom, an ex-pat, woman, and individual.

Homeschooling was illegal in Namibia when Monja Gouws decided to homeschool her children. However, Monja had a strong desire to homeschool her children and found a way to do so by registering a school for one. Tune into this episode to learn more about Monja’s homeschooling story as a parent and one of the founders of The Homeschool Association of Namibia, what homeschooling in Namibia is like today now that it is legally recognized, and more!

Joanna Merrett is a researcher working on her Ph.D. in the UK. In this episode, Joanna shares how her background in early education led her to home education and what she has discovered about home education through her research projects. She also discusses the Schools Bill, which seeks to impose a mandatory register on homeschoolers, with Mike Donnelly.

Back in April, we spoke with Alberto Solano who is a homeschool leader, businessman, and homeschool dad to five homeschool graduates. In this episode, Mike connects with Alberto's daughter, Marian Ramsey and Marian’s husband, Jordan Ramsey, who is also a homeschool graduate. Find out how homeschooling shaped Marian and Jordan as individuals and benefited them in their relationship with their family and each other.

Alexandre Moreira joins Mike to discuss Brazil's path to legalizing home education and speaks on his personal experience in the Brazil Ministry of Education; his involvement with the homeschool movement, and his fight for freedom to homeschool in Brazil as the "icebreaker ship" not just for homeschooling families but for all families and the general freedom of educational choice in Brazil!

Join Mike as he talks with Chris Cordeiro and Bouwe Van Der Eems from South Africa. Learn about the history of South Africa and the amazing growth of homeschooling and discuss how can homeschooling transform families and cultures?  Chris, Bouwe, and Mike will discuss this and other fascinating questions!