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Bishop Tarcisio Scaramussa SDB, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Paolo, gave a talk in which he spoke about the social work which the Salesians have been doing in Brazil since they arrived 125 years ago and the contribution which the Preventive System has made in the field of education.
Other speakers highlighted the contribution the Salesians were making through social work in society. Mr Rogério Pinto Coelho Amato, Secretary of the State of San Paolo for Social Assistance and Development ; Mr Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira e Costa, Secretary of the City of San Paolo for Social Assistance; Mr. José Ricardo Franco Montoro, Secretary of the City of San Paolo for Participation and Partnership, and Mr. Paulo Fiorilo, Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission for the Defence of the Rights of Children, Adolescents and the Young.
Other speakers included the President of the City Commission for the Defence of Children and Adolescents, Elaine Macena Ramos, Prof. José Roberto Companer representing the National Industrial Committee and Prof. Katia Regina Seixas, representing the National Committee for Commerce.
The area of the social work of the Salesians in San Paolo that is most developed is that of Vocational Training Schools. This is followed by care for minors who after having problems with the law are placed in two different programmes of Assisted Freedom and Service to the Community in which about 640 boys and girls are in residential care in five centres. There are also various kinds of after-school social work and nursery care.
The most significant social work in the “Mary Help of Christians” Province is located on the outskirts of the city of San Paolo, in the Itaquera district which each day caters for more than 6,000 people.
Published 09/09/2008
