4 Angel for a Day at 4 different places in Brazil

In Barueri, the organisation "SAF -Associaçãode Apoioa Família” was chosen to run the project, which looks after 130 deprived children and young people, aged between 7 and 17, and promotes their social development, by ensuring access to art and culture, as well as the consolidation of the community, familial and social bonds.

Likewise, on 1st December, another "Angel for a Day" campaign took place at the „Lar Emiliano Lopes“ institute in Passo Fundo. This organisation is a social branch of the local Evangelical community and currently supports 30 children and young people, aged between 6 and 15 years old, who find themselves to be socially vulnerability and the organisation tries to help them to strengthen their social bonds within the community.

They get help with homework and can take part in group activities, such as dance, music, capoeira, jiu-jitsu, as well as various different workshops and leisure activities. Furthermore, they work on projects, which their families can participate in so as to strengthen the affective bond and the community. „Casa de Acolhida São Felipe Neri”'s work also involves drug prevention and implementing corresponding measures to prevent domestic violence.

Since its founding, several projects were developed by the social centre, such as, for example, the School of Sports, which only offered sport at first and then later started offering employment counselling, the Employment Desk (for housework), courses in various different sectors, such as IT, tailoring and sewing, secretarial skills, as well as courses teaching people how to assemble and maintain computers. Over the years, the projects were restructured and reconfigured. Currently, the social centre supports the following projects: Creche Nossa Senhora Auxiliadord (2 creches), the Amoprevolezza Project, various different lecture series, social work, literacy courses for adults and a theological group.

During all four "Angle for a Day" events in December 2018, the volunteers organised several different group activities for the children, such as group games with rope and balls, face painting, festive craft workshops and handed out "Angel for a Day" T-shirts, small Christmas gifts, organised group photos and all ate a meal together. All had a great deal of fun together and enjoyed this atmospheric event greatly.

All participants, i.e. the Members, the volunteers and the children, had an unforgettable day and will definitely remember this event during Advent for a long time to come. And, who knows - perhaps maybe they will be able to look forward to another special Christmas event this year.