Summary
Using art, music, dance and theatre to attract 178 children off the streets and the rubbish dump. Providing an alternative to child labor whilst also encouraging self-esteem and community education.
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Project offers not only a distraction from the very dirty conditions of living in Vila Emater, but a viable path for youth to move out of it; using entertainment as a respite & educational tool for the entire community to improve standards of living. The Northeast is the poorest region of Brazil, with the worst HDI rates of the country, Education & health care are very bad when they exist, malnutrition is common, illiteracy is about 75% and child labor is a concern, as is child prostitution.
Art, dance, music and circus activities for the children are then used to produce educational shows for the community; wider education and support is also provided in public health, citizenship, human rights, environment and community ethics.
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
This program touches the otherwise bleak lives of these children in an immeasurable way. However, it also aims to bring about long term improvements in education, family living and community awareness, whilst sustaining the local traditions.
The lives of these people are beyond desperate and their lack of any helpful knowledge perpetuates this misery through generations- this project is sorely needed.
- Christine Clauser, Development Director Dreams Can Be Foundation
Christine Clauser
Director of Development - Dreams Can Be Foundation
945 Menoher Blvd
Johnstown, PA 15905
United States
8142554379
Email:
Dreams Can Be Foundation
Dreams Can Be Foundation 945 Menoher Blvd.
Johnstown,
PA
15905
United States
(814) 255-4379
http://www.dreamscanbe.org/
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This project is located in
Brazil
and can also be found under
Children.
For more information about Brazil, read the Human Development Report on Brazil or the Wikipedia entry for Brazil.
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 30, 2006
By Leticia Martins - Dreams Can Be , August 13, 2008 03:36 PM
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