Finding a name for our new project
Urgent work will begin on finding a name for our new state of the art project being designed in Guaratiba, in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro.
The Mulryan Family Foundation Centre is a mouthful in english let alone in portuguese, so the task will be handed to the local community to come up with something that first off, will be easy to say, but most importantly which captures the essence of the project: to provide shelter, care and love for all children living on the streets as well as support them and their families to improve their lives.
This project will provide children, their families and the local comunity the tools to access a brighter future. More on this as it happens……
Census of children in care in Rio de Janeiro released
The 3rd census of children in shelters in the state of Rio de Janeiro was released at the end of September. The census analysed the statistics of children in shelters as of 30th July 2009.
The total number of children totalled 3358 with 238 organisations/programmes or shelters housing the children.88.15% of the children live in shelters, 5.57% live with a foster family, 2.98 live within a resident school programme, 2.74% in a Monday-Friday shelter and .57% in chemical dependency rehabilitation centres. 7.8% of these children are eligible for adoption.
14.95% of the children are 0-3 years old, 12.27% are 4-6years old, 18.97% are 7-9 years old, 22.84% are 10-12 years old, 20.25% are 13-15 years old and 10.72% are 16-18 years old. Read the rest of this article
This information is taken from Módulo Criança e Adolescente part of the Ministério Público do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
RFA Goldrover helps Reaching Lives creche
The renovation works on the Reaching Lives creche in São Gonçalo had a great boost with the contribution of the British Merchant Navy ship, RFA Goldrover. A team of volunteers worked for four days on the construction site helping lay the concrete and the roof for the new dining room.
Homeless Child hope to have the rest of the first floor completed by the end of next year with a new kitchen, nursery for babies up to one years of age and ‘maternal’ for 1-2 years old. The creche will have the capacity to care for up to 150 children in the local area of São Gonçalo.
Homeless Child believes that no child should live in poverty. Every day, children die on the streets in Rio de Janeiro from crack addiction, violence and abuse. Our charity makes a real difference in the lives of Rio's street children. 
