Covered playground for childrens home, Brazil, € 2750

Casa Familia e Vida was initialized in 1998 in the suburbs of São Paulo, Brazil. A “home” for approx. 25 children from 0 – 18 years old, who were left alone or couldn’t live at home anymore, was founded.

Next to the house there is a covered sports field. It is a nice place to blow off some steam for the children that live in the “home” as well as children from the neighbourhood and neighbouring schools without outside sports facilities.
The basket has come down from the wall and the roof has started to crack in several places which has resulted in the sports field being closed down. The Foundation would love to repair the field which will cost them € 2750,-. This will give them a new roof and a new basketball ring and years of playing to look forward to.

Report:

Casa Familia e Vida is an organisation, founded in 1998, which has the development of educational activities, for children that live in the streets in the suburbs of Sao Paulo, as its main goal. Ditte Kuiper is the person in charge of all these activities. Moments of Joy has supported projects of Casa Familia e Vida before. The project that was to be undertaken this time was the covered sports field next to the organisations Housing. This sports field is not only used by the children of Casa Familia e Vida but also by children in the neighbourhood and neighbouring schools. The sports field was in very poor shape, the roof was ready to cave in and the field had been closed because it had become too dangerous.
This field has now been restored/repaired and is in full use again thanks to the donation by Moments of Joy. Because of the weather in that area, the rain can come down very heavily, it is a super benefit that this sports field has a roof. It therefore makes the field available not only for sports but also for small parties and other neighbourhood activities. This way the children can forget their troubled day to day problems and simply be a child again. 

TOTAL € 2750,--