Street Children in Brazil - The Importance of Hope

Short clip with Gregory Smith, the founder of the Children At Risk Foundation (CARF) that operates the amazing Hummingbird (Beija Flor) program with street children in Sao Paulo, Brazil. You can find out more about the Hummingbird program on the CARF website: http://www.carfweb.net/

and on the Children at Risk blog: http://www.carfwebnet.blogspot.com/

If you want to see some of the finest photographs of street children ever taken, visit Gregory's photostreams on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/

Clip originally uploaded by: http://youtube.com/profile?user=HOMESTREETHOME

Presented by http://streetkidnews.blogsome.com

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

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• street
• children
• sao
• paulo
• brazil
• gregory
• smith
• hummingbird
• beija
• flor
• kid
• boy
• girl

[marlena77778]

It is true I was there 2 weeks ago in Porto Alegre , everyone turns there backs to the children they are consider a nuisance and are abused by police !!

[nightime1000]

Gosh this is soo sad. I hope to adopt from brazil in the future.

[JAEGERSTER]

why were the officer going to kill the children

[Calvrp]

Its so sad - no-one should have to face what these people are facing - its heart breaking.

[sloopy312]

#3, The cop said, "No, she deserves that". The only "crime" the girl had committed was to run. I have seen wonderful and caring officers, but all it takes is a few to give many a bad name that is not to be trusted. blaine

[sloopy312]

#2, where they got "free" room and board in exchange for sexual favors. I was going to surround the house with several of my biker friends but a mother of one girl said she was afraid of retaliation. When police showed up at the soup kitchen all the kids took off as they did not trust them. They all got away except the boy with his girlfriend. In the police station I noticed the girl was bleeding and asked the police if they could give the girl some privacy and a place to clean up.

[sloopy312]

#1, Even though I have tried to help youth and adults in Russia, Taiwan And Tibet; most of my work has been with the gangs and street kids of America. Even in our nation there are some sickening attitudes. I was asked to find a runaway youth of 15. I put the word out on the streets and he showed up, with his girlfriend, several hours later. With him were other youth, one a girl of 10, and a kid carrying a 357 mag. I was to find out that these kids were living in a house...