Votorantim Cement announced – in Barcarena, on March 18th – partnership formalization with the Child and Teenager Rights City Council (CMDCA/CTRCC) to support to the Projeto Crianças e Adolescentes: Prioridade Absoluta (Children and Teenagers Project: Absolute Priority).

Through the Via Votorantim - a program by Votorantim supporting the Child and Teenager Statute –  R$ 160,780.00 will be sent to Abaetetuba Diocese’s Social Works for the Project, which promotes complementary educational activities for more than 520 7-to-15-year-old children and teenagers.

The Crianças e Adolescentes: Prioridade Absoluta Project offers school reinforcement, arts & crafts workshops, sports & recreation, and psychosocial support aiming to reduce family fragility and infant-and-youth drug vulnerability, and sexual exploitation and abuse, domestic violence, early pregnancy, child labor, and school jubilation and dropout.

Via Votorantim
Resources for Projects like these have been destined – since 2004 – by Votorantim Group’s Companies to the Child and Teenage Rights Fund (FIA). To integrate all contributions, from 2006 on, the Via Votorantim has been developed – a program guiding and supporting the Company’s business units so they can dedicate such funds, always supported by the Votorantim Institute.

The great program differential is the investment in following up supported Projects, with qualification workshops for qualifying professionals from the entities accounting for performing the Projects and Child and Teenager Rights City Council (CMDCA/CTRCC) members. The objective is to strengthen the child-and-teenager protection network in the cities served. In addition, the program directly involves Votorantim workers in the supported Projects follow-up through visits and monitoring reports.

Check out the information about all projects encompassed by the VIA in 2008:

Barcarena/PA
Project: Children and Teenagers: Absolute Priority
Performing entity: Abaetetuba Diocese Social Works Association
Target: 520 7-to15-year-old children and teenagers
Project Activity Area: complementary education
Resource to be provided in 2008: R$ 160,780.00

Sobral/CE
Project: Vida que te Quero Viva / Life, I want you Living
Performing entity: Sobral City Social Action Foundation
Target: 2.500 10-to-19-year-old children and teenagers Project Activity Area: attendance network strengthening
Resource dedicated in 2007: R$ 172,477.57
Resource to be provided in 2008: R$ 270,022.53

Corumbá/MS
Project: Teenager Shelter Building
Performing entity: Social Assistance City Secretariat
Target: children and teenagers between 12 and 17 years of age
Project Activity Area: shelter
Resource to be provided in 2008: R$ 218,460.00

Trindade/PE
Project: Land Role
Performing entity: Labor, Citizenship, Inclusion, and Social Development Secretaria
Target: 150 10-to-18-year-old children and teenagers
Project Activity Area: complementary and professionalizing education
Resource dedicated in 2007: R$ 119,419.50
Resource to be provided in 2008: R$ 110,515.60

Paulista/PE
Project: Building Up Citizenship
Performing entities: Dom Helder Câmara Arts and Crafts Educational Institute; Santa Clara Association; Community School of Paulista; Ação Comunitária Social Integration Center; Tio Manuel Vieira Nursery School
Target: 150 12-to-18-year-old teenagers
Project Activity Area: complementary and professionalizing education
Resource dedicated in 2007: R$ 250,000.00
Resource to be provided in 2008: R$ 200,000.00

Aracajú/SE
Project: Communication and Citizenship
Performing entity: Recriando Institute
Target: 300 14-and-18-year-old teenagers and youth
Project Activity Area: educommunication
Resource to be provided in 2008: R$ 266,666.75