RA 2006 abrinq.indd - Fundação Abrinq

Funding PartnerGeographical distribution of the municipalities in the PrefeitoAmigo da Criança networkRegion PPAC % Compliance Municipalities 2005-2006 SealMunicipalities (Brazil) 2005-2006 Seal (Compliance)Mid-West 134 28.8% 39 29.1%Northeast 750 41.8% 232 30.9%North 169 37.6% 32 18.9%Southeast 803 48.1% 378 471%South 407 34.3% 161 39.6%TOTAL 2,263 40.7% 842 37.2%STRENGTHENING OF GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTALORGANIZATIONS FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICESOR THE DEFENCE OF RIGHTSThe Abrinq Foundation promotes the constant quest for improving the efficiencyof the practices carried out by governmental and non-governmental organizationsin the field of childhood and adolescence. One of its main actions in this area is theacquisition of different types of resources – financial, voluntary professional actionsand different forms of support – transferring them to selected social organizations.Other important dimensions in this quest relate to the incentive to use better techniquesof organizational administration, fund raising and knowledge production, such as theincentive to articulate these organizations with a view to strengthening their participationin the various political spaces.Special mention should also be given to the development, selection and systematization ofinnovative experiences and new social technologies, for future dissemination.The Nossas Crianças Program, started in 1993, invests in the strengthening of civiliansocial organizations that focus their actions on programs for children and adolescents.The aim of this program is to generate change in the reality of the organizationsproviding direct service to children and adolescents in the Greater Metropolitan Regionof São Paulo.The Program has the partnership of Wal-Mart Brasil and Camargo Correa Institute andoffers technical and financial support to the organizations selected via an annual process.The on-site and remote technical monitoring present important results that demonstratethe impact achieved via support from the Program.Special mention should be given to the shelter projects, such as the Menina Mãe – FundaçãoFrancisca Franco, Meu Lar Casa de Ismael – Associação Sítio Agar, Sol Esperança – Lardo Menor de Mauá, Criando Asas – Abrigo Casa dos Inocentes and Construindo o Futuro– Sociedade Santos Mártires projects. The emphasis of the projects is on taking the childrenand adolescents out of shelters and returning them to family life: in the Construindo oFuturo project, for example, 90% of the children and adolescents attended were taken outof shelters and returned to their families.In 2006, the systematization of discussions on the shelter services was finalized, carried outby the program in partnership with the Camargo Corrêa Institute.Another focus that attained positive results was the 2 year support given to thesocial-educational measures project developed by the DIET Institute, in Guarulhos (SP).In this period the initiative followed the progress of 303 adolescents in fulfillment of thesocial-educational measure of community service. Of these, 230 adolescents were assessedat the units that took them in and 58% presented “great” or “good” ratings in theirfulfillment of the measure.Numbers for the Nossas Crianças Program47 projects supported financially2,000 children and adolescents directly benefited by the transfer of funds45,115 children and adolescents indirectly benefited by product and service partnerships and the actions of the Nossas Crianças NetworkThis program brings life to the Nossas Crianças Network, which unites 138 organizations,located in 21 municipalities of the Greater Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The annualplanning meeting, organized by the Network’s Committee and held at the Centro de Assistênciae Promoção Social “Nosso Lar” – CENLEP (Social Welfare and Promotion Center),had 40 participants.In 2006, two training workshops were held:Project Development and Fund Raising WorkshopHeld in May, with a daily lesson schedule of 16 hours, trained 26 social organizations inthe Nossas Crianças Network. This action was carried out by the Institutional DevelopmentCommission of the Our Children Network in partnership with Ficas – Fundo InternacionalSócio Ambiental – and hosted by FECAP – Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado.Communications Training WorkshopHeld in July, with the presence of 18 representatives from the Communication, PoliticalAction and Institutional Development Commissions of the Nossas Crianças Network. Theaims were: to conceive an idea of the communication process, to present the instruments ofcommunication and press assistance. The training was carried out by the Abrinq FoundationCommunication Group.Within the context of animating the Nossas Crianças Network, the Abrinq Foundationparticipated in and supported the Act against Torture and Death at Febem, in April, 2006,which saw the participation of around 500 protesters and a presentation by the EURECAblock, from the street children’s project Meninos e Meninas de Rua from São Bernardo doCampo, which is one of the members of the network.In September of 2006, the VII Annual Meeting of the Our Children Network, Violence AgainstChildren and Adolescents – From Silence to Voice was held at the São Paulo State LawyersAssociation – AASP. In the aim of sharing the concepts and practices relating to the subject ofviolence with organizations from the Nossas Crianças Network, other institutions from civiliansociety and the public authorities. The event brought together 250 participants.60