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About JCC
Jovens Construindo a Cidadania helps schools and communities in Brazil start and sustain their YCW programs. Services include:
- Background information about JCC/Youth Crime Watch
- JCC/YCW awareness presentations
- JCC/YCW implementation training for your site
- Technical assistance getting your site started
- Technical assistance once your site is up and running
News from Brazil
December 2009: JCC and the Nolasco Family building citizenship in Carangola City, Minas Gerais - Brazil
On December, 25, 2009, the JCC group with their Advisor, Soldier Fbio, participated in an event promoted by the Nolasco Family and supported by Commissioner Candinho, former Police Officer of the State of Minas Gerais, and other partners and volunteers. At this event, the youth of JCC delivered about one thousand food boxes and many thousand toys and t-shirts as well as soft drinks and lunch for all those present. JCC members expressed great satisfaction with their participation in this social activity and point to it as an example of citizenship and fraternity.
The Commander of 75th Special Company, Major Luiz Andr de S, with Vice Commander, Antonio Geraldo Neves de Souza supported this event and sent police cars and a police contingent to offer safety and to manage vehicle traffic around the event.
Mrs. Betty Giovannoni Oliveira, the Director of the local Emilia Esteves Marques School, praised and congratulated the pupils' initiative and congratulated them on a job very well done. Mr. Jos Maurcio de Lima Nolasco a local business man expressed his excitement with the JCC and all of the student activities in the school and community and made a generous donation to the JCC program that will be utilized for additional community action oriented projects.
On Christmas Day, youths from the City of Uberlandia, worked as volunteers in their community helping and supporting a variety of community efforts to benefit all of those who reside there. JCC has been about promoting activities and philosophies of youth leadership, peace and fraternity in order to spread this culture throughout our society. It is up to each person in the program to be involved in these types of action programs in order to construct and build citizenship.
April 2009: JCC Brazil adds a new program at E.E. Dr. Paulo Araujo Novaes
The staff and students at Paulo Araujo Novaes School have a new JCC program in place. JCC trainers introduced the program in November 2008 with a presentation by Captain Jorge, Lt. Herika, and Soldier Joao. The new group has a core group of 45 students in their school of 800. Lt. Herika, Soldier Renata and Soldier Joao have offered to serve as advisors. Planned action areas include:
- Citizenship
- Traffic safety
- Violence prevention (gangs, domestic violence, bullying)
- Partnership (family, community, etc.)
- Health
- Environment
- Drug abuse prevention
- Values (honesty, freedom, respect, tolerance)
- Youth Exploring Solutions
We wish the students the best of luck with their program.
Soldier Joao, Soldier Renata, teacher Maria Ines, and Lt. Herika will be involved in the program.
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