Promoting a Full Life for Every Child
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
capa 16.10.08 17:46 Page 1 Pastoral da Criança Brazil, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and East Timor Promoting a full life REDINFA – Red para el Desarrollo Integral del Niño y de la Familia Argentina National Coordination Pastoral del Niño for every child Paraguay, Honduras, of the Child’s Pastoral Mexico and Venezuela R. Jacarezinho, 1691 - Mercês Pastoral del Niño y de la Niña CEP: 80810-900 - Curitiba - PR - Brazil ou Pastoral Wawamicheqkuna • Phone: 55 41.2105-0240 • Fax: 55 41.2105-0299 Bolivia E-mail: [email protected] • www.pastoraldacrianca.org.br Pastoral del Niño y de la Niña Child’s Pastoral in Brazil Uruguay and Panama and in the World Pastoral Materno Infantil Social action for life and benefit of the child’s Dominican Republic health and its full development. Pastoral de la Primera Infancia The Child´s Pastoral was started with a small seed of Colombia and Guatemala Faith and Life and planted 25 years ago in Brazil. Today, it has also spread its fruit in other 17 countries. Pastoral Care for Children Get to know our main communitarian actions for the The Philippines benefit of the children, pregnant women and their families, and how you can add to strengthen and La Pastorale de l'Enfant increase this work in favour of life, love and hope. Guinea capa 16.10.08 17:46 Page 2 “Childhood must today be the object of high-priority action on the part of the Church, the family, and government institutions, both because of the possibilities it offers and the vulnerability to which is exposed.” nº 438 5th General Conferecence of the Latin American and Caribbean Bishops Home visit in Brazil Life Celebration in Brazil Evaluation and feedback meeting in the Brazil Life partners A word of Dr. Zilda Arns Neumann VOLUNTEER: OUR MAJOR ASSET • OPAS - Organização Pan-Americana de Ana Cristina Suzina Saúde “Pan American Organization of This love story began in 1982, in Genève, in a The major partners of the Child’s Pastoral Health” conversation between James Grandt, executive are their volunteers. Without them it would be • Empresa ODEBRECHT, Brazil director of Unicef and the Cardinal Archbishop impossible to do the Child’s Pastoral Work. “Odebrecht Corporation” of São Paulo, Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns, during Therefore, it is not less than fair that we • Banco HSBC “HSBC Bank” a ONU meeting. James Grandt was convinced include them among the supporters of the that the church could save thousands of entity. They do not contribute to it with money, YOU TOO CAN CONTRIBUTE! children, if the mothers were taught simple but with priceless dedication and love. actions like preparing an oral rehydration International Child’s Pastoral made at home to prevent dehydration. OUR PARTNERS IN THE Donation via Bank account in Dollars INTERNATIONAL CHILD’S Banco INTESA SANPAOLO - Italy The Cardinal Dom Paulo, my brother, PASTORAL COD.ABI 03069 - CAB - 05031 called me to talk about the proposal of James Account: N 7000007931-00 Grant. I felt I was called by God for a great Dr. Zilda Arns Neumann visit to Angola in 2002 In 2006 a partnership was formed with an BIC. - BCITITMM700 life mission. I explained to him that according I have developed a community methodology Italian organization called “Salute e Donation via Bank Account in Euros to my experience in public health as a inspired by the Gospel of the two fish and five Svillupo”, of the Catholic Religious Order Banco INTESA SANPAOLO - Italy paediatrician and sanitarian medical doctor, loaves (John 6:1-15), that would feed as many Camiliana, whose main office is in Rome. COD.ABI 03069 - CAB - 05031 it would be not enough to teach the mothers as five thousand men, without counting The idea was to make viable the support of Account: N 6152642484-39 to use the oral rehydration. It would also be women and children. It is the simple and the initiatives from countries other than BIC. BCITIT33749 necessary to teach them about pre-natal cheap actions of education and promotion of Brazil, by virtue of the fact that in Brazil the check, breastfeeding, nutritional vigilance health, faith and citizenship performed by philanthropic entities are prohibited from Child’s Pastoral of Brazil and vaccination, so they would know how to volunteer leaders, who organize the transferring financial funds overseas. Dr. take care of their children for them to “grow communities into family groups with pregnant Zilda Arns Neumann has donated the “Opus Donation via Bank account in wisdom, and grace” (Luke 2:52). women and children younger than six years Prize”, which she received from the Family Banco do Brazil old, and with whom they share knowledge and Foundation on November 2006, to the Branch: 1244-0 • Current Account: 23889-9 The National Conference of Bishops of solidarity. These actions also contribute to International Child’s Pastoral in order to HSBC Bank Brazil (CNBB) approved the proposal and strengthen the social tissue and to improve expand its activities. Branch: 0058 • Current Account: 12345-53 appointed the Archbishop of Londrina at that Donation via Visa and Mastercard Credit time, Dom Geraldo Majella Agnelo, currently The International Child’s Pastoral has the Cards the Cardinal Primaz of São Salvador da “The conquest of a fair following partners, among others: Acess website www.pastoraldacrianca.org.br, Bahia, to follow the development of the work. and fraternal world is • Family Foundation, USA click on banner “Ajude a Pastoral da The slogan chosen was “I have come so that born in the heart of each • UNICEF - United Nations Fund for the Criança”. You can make donation by credit they may have life and have it to the full.” Infancy card, fixing the number de parcels to be paid John 10:10.. The pilot-project was person and in the positive • ABC - Agência Brasileira de Cooperação or use the bank form. implemented in Florestópolis, municipality attitudes towards the do Ministério das Relações Exteriores do belonging to the Archdiocese of Londrina, in Brasil - “Brazilian Cooperation Agency the north of the state of Paraná, which had a neighbour, mainly the from the Department of Foreign high mortality rate, 127 death per one child.” Relations of Brazil” thousand children born alive. 16 Promoting a full life for evey child A word of Dr. Zilda Arns Neumann Child’s Pastoral in Brazil and in the Word 1 public policies mainly in the areas of health There is still much to be done! The Africa and education, promoting the reduction of Millennium Declaration, approved by the Under consolidation process: Guinea (beginning of 2007), Guinea-Bissau (beginning of 2007), Mozambique (beginning of social difference, child and mother mortality, United Nations on September 2000, 2002). Under expansion process: Angola (beginning of 1996). malnourishment and violence. established eight targets to be reached by Latin America 2015, among them the eradication of extreme Under consolidation process: Bolivia (beginning of 2003), Honduras (beginning of 2005), Guatemala (beginning of 2005), Mexico (beginning of 2002), Panama beginning of 2003), Dominican Republic (beginning of 2004), Uruguay (beginning of The conquest of a fair and fraternal world poverty, hunger, reduction of child mortality 2004), Venezuela (beginning of 2005). Under expansion process: Argentina (beginning of 2003), Paraguay (beginning of is born in the heart of every person and in and increase in autonomy for women. These 1994), Colombia (beginning of 2001). the positive attitudes towards the neighbour, objectives can only be accomplished with Asia Under consolidation process:The Philippines East Timor mainly the children. One of each community the combined efforts of religions, (beginning of 2004), (beginning of 2001). members is to be available for volunteer governments, non-governmental work. The Child’s Pastoral, since its organizations, companies, communication In February 2008, the CELAM (Latin American Episcopal Council) of the Catholic Church, foundation, is inclusive, ecumenical and media and society in general. located in Bogotá, Colombia, approved as a priority goal for the next 4 years, the subject of beyond religion. It does not make distinction First Years of Infancy. One priority included in this goal is spreading out the Pastoral da of race, complexion, political party or any The Child’s Pastoral of Brazil contributed Criança methodology in all the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Dr. Zilda Arns other. Here in Brazil there are more than 260 to these objectives disseminating its mission Neumann was invited to coordinate this explansion. thousand volunteers. Each month, they of Faith and Life when it expanded its follow two million children under the age of methodology and experience of 25 years to six years, pregnant women from 1.4 million other countries. Highlight families, in 42,319 communities and 4,066 municipalities. The International Child’s Promoting the full development of the Pastoral is present in 17 other countries in children, from the mother’s womb to the age PARAGUAY COLOMBIA Africa, Asia and Latin America. of six in his/her family and community context, means participating in the Paraguay was the first country after In this neighbour country of Brazil, the Its extraordinary results are due to the construction of a fairer and fraternal world Brazil, to apply the methodology of the action of the Child’s Pastoral is known as methodology that joins Faith and Life, to the in service of life and hope. Child’s Pastoral. Among the results achieved “Pastoral de la Primera Infancia” initiated promotion of women, to the non-centralized are the promotion of solidarity, the 2001. The Information System based on the qualification system, to the Information Warmest regards, appreciation of the children’s lives and more Brazil model, is already being implemented. System, to the quality of the education attention from the public authorities.