Rua Capoeirana,10
Jd. Olinda
Campo Limpo,
SP. 05765-190
Tel-Fax.(new) (011) 5841 0898
e-mail: christine@originet.com.br
What does it cost to really make a difference?
For one thousand favela children throughout
São Paulo the answer is
R$20.00 per month.
With your R$ 20.00 and the free 'technical- educational' support that our charitable Association -ABIAH is able to offer to all the churches and groups in the project,
a 5 or 6 year old child from a seriously deprived home situation
will be able to receive an excellent pre-school social and educational
preparation
given by genuinely caring and qualified people in a location close to
their home.
Without help from somewhere these favela kids are going to be entering state
school at 7 years old with none of the social-behavioural or educational
skills that they need to be able to compete with the other children from
the 'proper' houses around the favela. In overcrowded classrooms where
the teacher is usually unable to give the special extra help that these
children need, you can guess what's likely to happen. They'll do badly,
learn to hate school, drop out and one way or another join the masses of
under educated and virtually unemployable young people on the streets
and involved in petty crime and worse.
Please give us your name and address and we will link you up to a group that is running one of the favela pre-schools in our network. They will let you have a photo of the child you will be supporting and will aim to keep you informed on his or her progress. This way you'll have personal link and be able to visit the little pre-school and perhaps even help in other ways if you wish.