Encontro com Deus offers a preventative
solution to the destruction of families, securing
the future of the children of Brazil away from
the streets, child-prostitution, gangs, violence
and drug trafficking.
By housing children together with
their young mums in foster-homes they are removed
from immediate risk without separation. As the
child remains with the mum, the risk of the child
no longer being accepted by the extended family
is reduced practically to zero. Our foster-homes
offer housing to large families of brothers and
sisters, who are extremely unlikely ever to be
able to be adopted.
The mum receives care, all the
basic necessities for her and her children, training,
and preparation to get a job.
We value the family unit, however
fragile. Children have the right to their own
mum where at all possible. The tragic situation
of children housed in orphanages when their mum
is unable, but willing, to protect them from
abuse, poverty or violence is a double injustice.
A child that grows with their mum’s
love, grows in security and becomes a healthy
member of society.
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