Centro Social Dom João Costa was founded in 1969 by the nuns of Congregação Damas da Instrução Cristã and is sponsored by Colégio Damas, Colégio Santa Cecília and Faculdade Damas.
They promote educational and cultural activities for children from the community of Alto José do Pinho (a poor community in the neighborhood of Casa Amarela with a lot of social problems, but know as well as a musical center of hardcore/punk bands); and professional courses to adults. Current partners of the NGO include Faculdade Estácio, Governo de Pernambuco, Prefeitura do Recife and Ministério das Comunicações.
In 2009, TV Globo broadcast a story about them
Another video online, here.
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good feedback!
Gilly Gee
June 11, 2012 at 3:54 am
It’s great to see such excellent youth work going on!
The link didn’t work by the way, I accessed this post form ‘home’.
3rdCultureChildren
June 11, 2012 at 8:55 am
Thank Gilly! and thanks for letting me know about the link… will have to check it out… It´s always nice to receive good feedback from readers – thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Marcia Clarke
February 27, 2012 at 7:28 pm
This post reminded me of the children I work with in our after-school center (disadvanted students) and it is always a special treat!
3rdCultureChildren
February 27, 2012 at 7:56 pm
Absolutely! Here, they had prepared a nice presentation for us, on traditional dancing!
Thanks for commenting!