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| The Shelter Project |
one more accomplished dream |
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This Shelter home is part of the Happy Family Ministry
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| Victims of poverty and negligence, but principally of unkindness, lack of love and |
| desertion, many childrentoday opt for living on the street. Despite the Statute that |
| guarantees their rights, they are marginalised by society which sees them to be the |
| main cause of urban violence and many other problems. |
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After adopted 55 children, in 1997 the first shelter house was opened. |
| The desire to still help children, was always present in Celida and that is how
came up the Shelter House Happy |
| Children Nook, the first one that accepted
to receive new-born children. Until today, more than 200 children |
| passed by
the Project, supported by the couple, that do anything to take care of the
children like true parents, |
| offering a home, medical, dental and psychological assistance, love and a very special attention.
There are ca- |
| ses about children that don't have opportunities to come back
home or be adopted, specially the olders and lo- |
| ts of them are definitely
receptioned by the Happy Children Project. |
...We help children in risk situation |
| The number of homeless, abandoned and mistreates children and teenagers
still scaring people in Belo Horizon- |
| te. For protect them from the suffers, the
Childhood Judge and the Guardian Counsel count with the "Shelter |
| Houses", legally associations that offer to them a temporary home until their
families situacion be suitable. Lots |
| of them are conducted to "shelters" for to
be protected from the threats they suffer or the risks they are chap |
| for.
One of the biggest aspects that do the number of children that need a home growing up is the families's |
| social and economic situation.
To resolve this problem and decrease the children suffers, one of the
solutions is |
| to create big campaigns for the born control and income beget. |
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Camila - 10 / 2003
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Alex - 07 / 2003 |
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They are left abandoned by the State due to lack of gover- |
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| nment proposals
and other priorities for resources. The |
| Shelter
aims to prevent these children with unsettled lives |
| becoming street children. |
"Whoever welcomes in my name one such child as this, wel- |
| comes me." Matthew 18 v.5 |
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| Why do we have a shelter home? |
God has given us a singular opportunity;
something very |
| Upon terminating all the adoption processes of our |
special and precious. God has given us the
opportunity |
| children.
we realized that we could continue helping |
to
help people and specifically, to support
and help chil- |
| other children through a
shelter home; taking care of |
dren.
This has been the motive for much joy to us and |
| them
until their legal situation was
resolved by the |
our children.
Unfortunately, the following report
deals |
| local authorities.
We were always
receiving children, |
with the opposite.
It shows cruelty that has become co- |
| to take care of them. It was the
same in the begin- |
mmonplace
and repetitive in many families.
Such acts in- |
| ning
with our family and this continues today with o- |
tensify
more each day.
Our desire has always been to |
| thers
children that need help.
This is our Calling, our |
do
the will of God. He called us, enabled us and sustai- |
| Vocation, and it is in the Shelter-Home we intend to |
ned us.
We want to dream, and we ask the Lord
to give |
| continue this ministry. |
us dreams.
We ask the Lord to come and fill our hearts |
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with joy, with His joy that is our strength.
It's dreams |
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from God we want! |
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