CREI (it means ‘believe’ in Portugese) stands for ‘Centro de Recuperacao Infantil’ is our special monthly charity collection partner for this quarter of 2011.
Children at CREI
The charity was started by a Church in Ipanema in Brazil on March 14, 1966 to provide a recuperation centre for undernourished children.
Hundreds of children have now been helped by CREI, which also gives classes to the illiterate as wells as on child-rearing, the basics of hygiene and nutrition.
They currently care for around 50 children, and will probably have to be reduced this number further due to economic pressures.