The ABC trust is dedicated to helping the most vulnerable children and young people of Brazil. By raising awareness and funding, we help numerous projects which give these children the support, education and inspiration they need to transform their lives. Over the last few years we have supported 22 projects across Brazil which:
• give shelter, food and healthcare
• provide education and training
• generate confidence and self-belief
We believe that working through the arts provides a uniquely powerful way of changing lives. That’s why many of the projects we support use film, theatre, dance, music and art.
Making a Difference
Here are just a few examples of the projects we support, each of them making a huge difference in their communities:
Cinema Nosso, is an NGO set up by internationally acclaimed film-maker and ABC patron Fernando Meirelles as a direct initiative from his award winning film ‘City of God’ to help young people from the poorest areas of Rio.
The project, supported by ABC, trains young people in all aspects of film-making and has given them the chance to learn new skills, find jobs and tell their stories to the world.
Casa Teatro Popular, based in Salvador, promotes access to the arts and gets children off the streets by opening new horizons through poetry, music and street theatre workshops
Circo Picolino, a social circus arts project for pre-school children, combats low levels of literacy and high school drop-out rates by injecting a love of learning at an early age.
AA Crianca, based in the centre of Sao Paulo, provides essential care and support and aims to reintegrate street children back into safe and supportive family relationships.
Want to know more?
Go to www.abctrust.org to find out about our other projects and how you can help, or email info@abctrust.org.uk
Our Patrons
Jimmy Page OBE | Bebel Gilberto | Fernando Meirelles | Carlos Miele | Pele | Romero Britto | Julian Lloyd-Webber Brian May | Jeremy Irons | Juliette Lewis
The gap between rich and poor in Brazil is one of the most extreme in the world 54 million people live in poverty; 17 million people live on less than $1 a day
An estimated 7 million children live or work on the streets of Brazil
60% of Brazil’s children do not complete primary education
Child labour is widespread with recent official reports estimating that 1.7 million children aged 5-10 years old work
Poor urban communities bear the brunt of drug-related gun crime; in 2006 over 17,000 young people aged 15-24 were killed
References: International Labour Organisation, Unicef, Human Rights Watch, World Bank
