Brasil

Project location: Campinas
Number of children supported: 100
Type of support: Financial support
Period of support: Since 1992

The Pestalozzi NGO runs a day care center and takes care of disabled children, each of whom is looked after in groups for four hours a day. The focus is on education and rehabilitation. Around 100 children with various disabilities are treated and cared for here using different methods and medical professionals with the aim of stabilizing and/or improving the condition of the individual children. Furthermore, inclusion is promoted.

Project location: Campinas
Number of children supported: 1300
Type of support: Financial support
Period of support: Since 1994

The NGO CPTI (Centro Promocional Tia Lleide) runs the project "Conviver e Fortalecer vinculos". This project involves 300 children and young people between the ages of six and 15. The goal is to get children from favelas off the streets, motivate them to attend school continuously, and supplement their schooling with mentors.

For the children, courses such as culture, art, sports and computer science are held. For the parents, courses are given to educate them about their rights and responsibilities in society. A hot meal is provided once a day.

In addition, the children are advised about career paths and thus prepared for life on their own responsibility.

Project location: Campinas
Number of children supported: 400
Type of support: Financial support
Period of support: Since 2012

PROGEN supports 400 children between the ages of six and 14 at three different locations in problematic neighborhoods in Campinas.

Courses are offered in ballet, sports, music, computer training and social and cultural workshops. The program promotes family ties, strengthens the children's integration into society and prepares them for their future careers.

Project location: Campinas
Number of children supported: 120
Type of support: Financial support
Period of support: Since 1991

Grupo Primavera was founded as an NGO back in 1981 and has been supported by primavera since 1992. The "Aquarela at Grupo Primavera" project involves 120 children between the ages of six and nine. Cognitive contents such as reading and arithmetic, as well as values and ethics are taught. Furthermore, logical thinking is developed through play. All children are also encouraged to be creative, for example in making puppet play figures. In addition, the focus is on the early introduction and training of computer skills.

Care is provided in two shifts, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. In between, all children are offered a hot meal.

Parents of the children are invited at regular intervals to witness the children's progress. The children's development at school as well as their school certificates are monitored by the project management.

Project location: Curitiba
Number of children supported: 23
Type of support: Financial support
Period of support: Since 2010

The training project "Jovens em Acao" is carried out by the Instituto Robert Bosch in partnership with SESI of Curitiba. Around 25 students aged 15 are participating in the project. They come from poor neighborhoods near the Bosch plant in Curitiba.

They receive a school scholarship for two years at a private school run by SESI. Twice a week, they have a workshop at the Instituto Bosch in Curitiba with the aim of strengthening their personal development and developing their social skills through accompanying activities and discussions.

Project location: Sorocaba
Number of children supported: 60
Type of support: Education, Alimentation
Period of support: Since 2023

The project Vida in Curitiba, Parana is located in a very poor area of Curitiba. Paulo Perreia de Novaes founded the project in 1997. The project initially started with a children's school bus to bring 26 children from slums safely to school. Today, 60 children between the ages of 6 and 17 are cared for in the NGO in 2 shifts. They provide lunch for all kids since most of them only receive a proper meal once per day. Core subjects of additional school education are reading, writing, acquiring computer skills, English, music, dance, judo and soccer. A mini soccer field in the courtyard allows girls and boys to forget a little about everyday life and poverty.

A core content of the NGO is also the reception of currently 5 severe cases of autistic children, whose parents are desperate because otherwise one parent could not work. The care is provided by a specially trained teacher, in addition to usual methods, especially through the use of musical instruments including training.

Project location: Sorocaba
Number of children supported: 1100
Type of support: Additional school support, Alimentation
Period of support: Since 2024

The project Pastoral at Bom Pastor takes place in 9 neighborhoods in the city of Sorocaba, bringing art, musical education, skills such as creativity and expression, ways of communication, and emotional health to 1,100 children and adolescents. The workshops will be itinerant among the Community Educational Centers of the Pastoral do Menor in Sorocaba, with a focus on music classes and emotional intelligence workshops. The underlying thought is that music is the language that translates itself into sonorous forms capable of expressing and communicating sensations, feelings, and thoughts through the organized and expressive relationship between sound and silence. It is present in all cultures, in various situations such as celebrations, religious rituals, civic and political events, and many more.

Project location: Pomerode
Number of children supported: 650
Type of support: Additional school support, Alimentation
Period of support: Since 2024

The project Programa Espaco Alternativo is situated close to Bosch Rexroth plant in Pomerode. The projects goal is education by offering a safe space for 650 children and teenagers where preparatory activities for life can take place. Socially vulnerable children aged 5 to 12 years old are supported here.

Focus lies on after school activities, as well as supporting schoolwork. Practicing sports and games, developing physical/cognitive/social/spiritual skills, learning musical instruments, singing, nutritional guidance, reading and foreign language training are part of the program as well.

Project location: Joinville
Number of children supported: 200
Type of support: Support of disabled children, Alimentation
Period of support: Since 2023

The project "somos todos estrellas" at Universo Down is situated in the City Joinville, Santa Catarina. In this city is also established the Bosch Shared Service Center of Latin America.

Universo Down takes care for disabled children in different groups all day long. Focus is on education and rehabilitation. Around 200 children with different disabilities are treated medically by different methods and medical specialitsts.

The aim of full-day care is to stabilise the children in the long term despite their disabilities and to improve their participation in life.