Avante
Lençóis – community action and initiative
Avante operates
in the Chapada Diamantina, an area of outstanding natural
beauty. One of the first projects we supported, ABC has provided
stable, long-term support, enabling building works to
be completed and funding core costs.
Avante's wide-ranging work emphasises the importance
of education and training to develop leadership, active
community involvement and democratisation of the arts
and media.
| Region: |
Bahia |
| Type of Work: |
Community mobilisation; arts, education
and training, citizenship; public policy |
| No of children: |
70 |
| Other beneficiaries: |
250 local families; local community
eg library visitors, radio audience, 'O Avante'
readership of 6,000, impact of policy work |
| Age range: |
7-21, boys and girls |
| Founded: |
1995 |
basic education & further
training
- Free high-speed Internet, available for 6 hours
every day
- Library with 4,500 titles, many related to the history
of the region as well as children's books
- Training programmes for young managers and leaders,
resulting in qualifications and job opportunities
reaching out to the community
- 'O Avante' bulletin, managed by Avante
youths and reaching 6000 readers – also used
as learning material in primary schools, reaching
a further 950 children aged 7-11
- Community radio, producing 36 programmes; primarily
run by Avante youth. Links with community radio associations
working for lasting change
- Regional adviser to the Participatory Planning Authority
- Active on many councils, networks and committees
concerned with the formation of public policy
- Membership of the Socio-Cultural and Environmental
Network of the Chapada Diamantina
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