Project duration: Ongoing
Project's focus area: Providing essential education and alternatives to Favela Youth
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Like most low income communities in Rio de Janeiro, Julio Otoni is heavily exposed to criminal gangs, drugs and guns. Due in part to the lack of alternatives in the community,it is not at all unusual for children as young as 12 to become involved with gang culture. The project engages these young people in activities such as Computing, English, Capoeira, Dance and Arts. The project is always in need to have funding to sponsor a child. Please sponsor a child monthly.
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CEMINA has built a Center at the Julio Otoni community which has become a focal point of the community, it is equipped with computers and broadband access and offers a program of activities including Educational Support, IT, Capoeira, Dance and Arts. |
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Allows 50 young people to receive education and participate in activities they would otherwise not have access to, providing them with a basis to develop their self-esteem and skills for the future and prevent their involvement with Drug Trafficking |
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By being part of the project I got to be in a beach for the first time in my life. Even though Rio is a city by the sea I had never touched salt water in my life and I am 11 years old.
- Marcela Pinheiro, A beneficiary--one of the children of the project
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Thais Corral,
General Coordinator
Rua Alvaro Alvim, 21/16 andar
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20031-010
Brazil
552181112108
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