UNICEF: Brazilian youth center educates after school
By admin | November 13, 2008
VIÇOSA DO CEARÁ, Brazil, 28 December 2007 — Mothers in the small town of Viçosa do Ceará have spent many years trying to provide their children with a safe environment that will give them the opportunities they need to escape from poverty.
Elionete Maria Dos Santos is a mother of four who has been struggling to help raise her children using only her husband’s modest salary. The family feared that without intervention, their children might end up on the streets or involved in crime.
Those fears dissipated, however, with the creation of the UNICEF-supported Children and Adolescents Care Centre, which is sponsored by Brazil’s Municipal Secretary of Health. The centre’s mission is to guarantee that disadvantaged youths have access to cultural, educational and sport activities.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/brazil_42295.html
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