Born Dead on the 4th of July
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From the fantastic photo gallery of street portraiture by Anomalous, Lower East Side - NYC, USA.
posted by CARF Brazil at 9:57 PM
Thursday, August 18, 2005
About Me
- Name: CARF Brazil
- Location: Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil
CARF Brazil, was established by Gregory J. Smith in São Paulo in 1993. Gregory had already established The Children At Risk Foundation – CARF Norway in 1992, to benefit the street children of Brazil by defending their rights and offering them a dignified solution so that they could live and grow within a family-oriented context and healthy social environment. The knowledge gained during the last decade guided Gregory to create a Street Migration Prevention Programme. Due to its success, CARF had to seek new solutions to cope with growing demands and in 2001 The Hummingbird Arts & Cultural Activity Centre became a reality, allowing CARF to expand its capacity from 80 children and young people to more than 2000 today. An important development in 2007 was the establishing of a new Brazilian NGO, The Hummingbird Cultural Network (RCBF - Rede Cultural Beija-Flor), to cater for a network of community prevention centres implemented during the next few years and led by youth entrepreneurs trained at Hummingbird. By the end of 2012 we will have four community prevention centres up and running...
Previous Posts
- FORSAKEN
- Nepal
- Home
- Mothers
- Jimmy - Street Portrait
- The Visit
- Balancing between hell and heaven.
- Forsaken on the Streets
- Guarani Suicides
- El Playon, El Salvador
Commendable Links
- “Migrations” by Sebastião Salgado
- “Terra” by Sebastião Salgado
- Amazonas Images by Sebastião Salgado
- “Genesis” by Sebastião Salgado
- “Earth Pilgrim” by Sacha Biyan
- “Mental Picture” by Tim Hetherington
- Ami Vitale – Photographer Par Excellence
- Tatiana Cardeal (:)<[o]=
- The Invisibles
- The Electronic Intifada
- Brazilian Photos by Pedro Martinelli
- Ashoka Social Entrepreneurs
- Ashoka Brasil
- Changemakers.Net
- Millennium Development Goals
- State of the World’s Children - 2004:
Children Galleries
- United Children
- Children's Portraits
- Little People
- Little Ones in B&W
- Mother and Child
- World Kiddies
- Mothers and Sons
- CoOol Kids
- Parent and Child
Children’s Portraits
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- Forsaken by Society
- Forsaken People
- Forsaken Places
- Social Documentary
- Global Poverty
- Developing World
- PEACE
- Street Portraiture
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Forsaken People Gallery
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Human Rights Resources
- Human Rights Watch
- CIVICUS
- Civil Society Watch
- Amnesty International
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- European Convention on Human Rights
- African Charter on Human and People’s Rights
- American Convention on Human Rights
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
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"If we are to reach real peace in the world, we shall have to begin with children". — Mahatma Gandhi
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Children At Risk Foundation - CARF
Estr. Pedreira Alvarenga 2343 / 2349
Eldorado, 09971-340 Diadema - SP
São Paulo - BRASIL
Tel.(55)(11)4049 4440
(55)(11)4047 2231
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