On Wednesday we went with the Casa Da Crianca team to visit one of the projects that they are supporting .The area that we went to was Lar Esperanca in Muribeca , a poor shanty town on the outskirts of Recife . Just a 30 minute drive from the built up and prosperous area where we're staying on Boa Viagem we experienced how many people in Brazil live. . The shelter , which is a day care centre for children is in the middle of Muribeca which is very close to the district dump . Many children spend their time going to the dump searching for food and anything else of use . A local woman , Dona Cristina decided to do something to help improve these children's lives and started to take children into a shelter during the day where they are fed and cared for so that they don't need to go to the dump during the day.
Dona Cristina has dreams of making the shelter a better place , she would love a little garden for the children and an area where they can learn. Supported by the Casa Da Crianca team this dream is becoming a reality as plans for a new building and garden are well on the way . These are some photos of the shelter and the work in progress.
This creche doesn't have the luxury of of 1 carer to every 3/4 children. There can sometimes be 150 children and only a few people to care for them , but the children love it there . They have food to eat, they are washed and they are loved which is something that is often missing in their lives . We met one girl of 7 years old whose parents were both murdered in front of her , she hadn't spoken since it happened until she spent sometime with Dona Cristina in the shelter but now she's able to communicate again and smile.
The day that we were there some of the children had not come to the shelter as they had been taken by their mothers to a protest about the violence that's been happening in the town . The children who were there gave us a great welcome . I'm sorry that I'm not able to share the pictures of these children with you but in this instance they need their privacy .
So how does the work that I'm doing here help this cause?
Our project is to provide a portal for communications , document creation and sharing , photo uploading etc. This new Cloud solution will reduce costs in telephone , petrol , travel time ,administration photocopying and postal costs . This in turn will mean that the Casa Da Crianca team have more time to work with new franchises , and meet with those who can help them to continue with their mission so that more projects like the one with Dona Cristina can be completed .
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