URBANIZATION,
POVERTY, AND CHILDREN IN LATIN AMERICA
Brazil: Case Studies
Misty Hyman - 1999
CASE STUDY
COUNTRY: Brazil
PROGRAM: SOS-KINERDORF International
LOCATION: Bahia, Santa Maria, Caico, Porto Alegre,
Jacarepagua, Lauro de Freitas, Paraiba, Natal, Brasilia, Poa, Pedra Bonita,
Juiz de Fora, Amazonas, Goioere, Rio Bonito
SPONSORSHIP OF PROGRAM:
Private donations via international
organizations.
HISTORY OF PROGRAM:
Founded in 1949 in Austria by an
Austrian orphan, the program started with SOS Children’s Villages that
were internationally acclaimed for their educational and structural
principles. In 1960, the international "umbrella" organization was founded.
The first village in Brazil was established in 1967; the last in 1995.
APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF CHILDREN SERVED:
Brazil: 253 residents, 1057 students
CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN SERVED:
Orphaned or abandoned children (for
villages), also other programs offered for destitute children who are
not homeless or abandoned.
PROGRAM SERVICES:
Children’s villages, youth facilities,
kindergartens, schools, vocational training and production centers,
social centers, medical centers, emergency relief programs.
FINANCIAL BASIS OF PROGRAM:
Privately funded, donations generated
by international organizations.
PHILOSOPHY OR APPROACH:
To provide a home until the child
achieves self-reliance and can make his/her own way of life. Based on
four principles: The Mother, The Brothers and Sisters, The House and
The Village.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
"These principles have proved successful
for all cultures and religions."
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