Projeto Estrela do Amanhã
– providing basic needs and promoting citizenship
Estrela was founded by Adilson Ferreira da Silva, who was a streetchild himself. It provides food, medical and dental care and sport and art activities at its centre in Umbuzeiro, on the border of Paraíba and Pernambuco states.
The community suffers from poor sanitation and high levels of disease, but the centre is one of the few places where children have access to clean water.
Many children have been abandoned and others have extremely poor diets and suffer from malnutrition. The authorities do little to help, leading to children becoming socially marginalised.
Region:
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Paríaba, Northeast Brazil |
| Type of Work: |
Basic needs; education; citizenship |
| No of children: |
60 |
| Other beneficiaries: |
Families |
| Age range: |
6 months-15 years, boys and girls |
| Founded: |
circa 2000 |
"Estrela is really good, it's helped my reading and I've made lots of friends. I hope the project never finishes." Pedro, 12 years old
"Estrela helps my mum because my brothers and I live there. It's good because we sing, play, dance and I have lots of friends." Karoline, 5 years old
"I live in very poor conditions without basic foods. I went to Estrela when I was unwell and they looked after me and gave me medicine." Bruno, 8 years old |
the Child Development Centre
The Child Development Centre was opened in March 2006, and has since been working with the City Hall and PETI (Programme for the Eradication of Child Labour).
Through its activities, the project aims to:
- discourage children from involvement in violence, delinquency and prostitution
- promote peace, citizenship, voluntary work, protection of a good community atmosphere, human rights and democracy
wide-ranging services
- Health services eg access to dental care, medical and psychological treatment
- Education – reinforcement of school work; sexual health
- Training – professional courses and development training
- Income generation programmes
- Personal counselling
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