KIDS Support Groups in Brazil

Due to increasing accessibility of vaccinations in Brazil, a large part of the population is now vaccinated. Despite this positive development, a lot of places in Brazil are still under restrictions such as the prohibition of meeting in groups. Due to these restrictions a lot of the Kids Support groups can still not meet in person. A lot of people are insecure since the covid-situation is really unstable. This also hindered some leaders to return to group activities. Nonetheless, the last three months have been amazing. We started three new kids support groups, carried out 30 group visits and three trainings for new leaders. Especially during this time of uncertainty it is more important then ever to keep up the work with kids. We try our best to keep growing as an organisation and reach more and more kids and continue to support them. 

In July, we started a prevention program called “Pérola de Valor” (valuable pearl) in Santa Catarina. The goal of this program is the prevention of sexual abuse. Since children are really vulnerable, it is important to teach them how to act in order to protect themselves from being harmed. In an interactive session, the kids heard the story of “The Secret of Tartanine” which taught them the importance of taking care of their bodies. They played different games related to their bodies.

We are really happy to announce the opening of a new kids support group in Guaramirim and Charpeco, Santa Catarina. The groups started their first meetings in august and we are really thrilled to see how this group is going to develop and support vulnerable kids all around Santa Catarina.

Another success of the last couple of months, was the continuation of the Azulinho series. Our staff produced a second story of the comic, which got printed and will be read by a lot of kids from now on. Besides the comic, also a book got published by the Cruz Azul Brazil which is called “O de casa”. The book talks about the importance of visiting the families of the kids who attend to the Kids support groups.

It is really important to us, to keep up training new leaders, opening new groups but also invest ourselves further in already existing groups. We see how the lives of so many kids get changed and how kids get to grow into healthy teenagers. This is only possible by the support of generous givers. Thank you so much for donating to our project!

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