My place...?

Kaiky, right, Rodrigo’s colleague and a child at risk, in danger of the streets...
Can we change his pathway? I think so, with a little help from our friends!

We have reached USD$2.680,00 so far with our Flickr Christmas Campaign, “Reaching for a Star”, approximately 25% of our total aim.

That will purchase some of the equipment needed for our new shelter, but there’s still a long way to go.............................

Good people!
We are preparing a new shelter for some of the street kids from the centre of São Paulo. This is a partnership project with a young Norwegian lady who has decided to join us and make the street kids her life too! The house is already purchased and now it needs to be equipped. This will be a small, family-structured project, one which has proven itself from my own experiences as a long-term foster parent for many street kids these last 14 years, two of whom are now young adults and will be assisting with the running of the shelter.
I will be the mentor for these young apprentices.

Our main aim is to implement foster-care as an important facility for recuperated street children in Brazil. Today many kids are doomed to live the rest of their childhood in an institutional setting due to the lack of structured family alternatives.

The shelter aims to tackle small numbers of children coming off the streets, where Hummingbird will be their reference for positive social reintegration and their pathway to a new family structure.

Equipping a home, as you all well know, is no easy task for any family, but we aim to have the home up and running by February/March 2007. If you feel this cause worthy please don't hesitate to make your contribution to the Reaching for a Star Campaign:

To give you just some idea of our needs:
Fridge: $700,00
Gas Cooker: $700,00
Washing Machine: $600,00
Installation of two bathrooms: $2.800,00
Installation of kitchen: $1.500,00
Kitchenware: $1.000,00
TV / Video / DVD: $750,00
Computer: $900,00
Mattresses and bedclothes: $1.200,00
Furnishings: $2.000,00
etc. etc.

As you can imagine, the needs, even for the basic necessities, are many, but if we reach the $10.000,00 target for the Reaching for a Star campaign (plus a little more), we will have installed the house ready for use. A little from many will make all the difference.
Please help us to help more kids leave the streets and certain death!
I'm sure you would if you knew them...........

Thank you!
Gregory
Founder - Children At Risk Foundation – CARF

PS! If you’d like to contribute just a little towards reaching our aims, please visit CARF’s Reaching for a Star Campaign Page or our Changemaker Campaign Page. You can also sign up as a regular supporter from these pages and make a real difference in the lives of those kids.

You will soon be able to follow developments with this project if you join our Flickr Changemaker Group