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By Alicia Lopes Araújo
This scenario represents an obstacle in guaranteeing these people’s social rights, among them the one to education, thus strongly motivating the continuity of work carried forward by the Institute, which today, through different programmes, continuously sustains 937 people, including children, teenagers, young adults and elderly people: pre-school, and elementary school, attended by 419 children; assisted accommodation and strengthening of ties, after-school workshops for the 164 assisted...
Over the years, thanks to an intense apostolic and spiritual life, the group grew significantly, leading to the creation of the Association of the Missionaries of Jesus Crucified, whose mission is to visit disadvantaged families and organize centres for catechesis, in a context marked by social inequality, caused also by the acceleration of the industrialization process in the cities of São Paulo and Campinas.
However, after a flood struck the area, the families had to look for another place to live, and settled in Vila Maria da Conceição, known also as Morro da Maria Degolada. “It was precisely in this place, far from the centre and lacking facilities for healthcare, education and assistance, that the religious sister carried her work forward, founding in 1956 the, a place for the protection and promotion of life.
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