ABCare (Associação Beneficente Pro-Carente)
ABCare (Associação Beneficente Pro-Carente)
Project Managers: Denise Mendes and John Sooter
The goal & purpose of Associação Beneficente Pro-Carente (ABCare) is to provide aid & relief to the residents of the Santa Isabela (Chiclete) slum located near Kilometer 21 of Rodovia Raposo Tavares in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This comparatively small, yet very poor slum (or favela, as it is called in Portuguese) is located on the borders of three Sao Paulo municipalities and as such has often been neglected as far as any governmental help goes.
- Short-term goals: Improve nutrition, healthcare, pregnancy & pre natal care, and quality of housing, etc.
- Medium-term goals: Provide education, skills improvement, & employment opportunities.
- Long-term goals: Character development & social inclusion activities to help residents break out of the mental & moral habits that bind them to slum life.
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rosa distributing food and disposable diapers
Volunteers passing out "Cesta Basica", or "Basic Basket" of food for each family
At the onset of the project we had the financial and moral support of a local São Paulo businessman, Paulo Mendonça, who served as our first vice president of the AB Care association. His monthly contribution allowed ABCare to furnish 40 basic food baskets per month for the neediest families. These food baskets contain all the basic food items such as: milk, oil, rice, beans, sugar, coffee, etc.