The Children’s and Adolescents’ Statute (ECA) on the Rails (ECA nos Trilhos) was a social and cultural event hosted by the Praticável NGO to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of this Statute. From July 9 to 30, it organised sessions for reflection and dialogue on the positive and negative aspects of Law Nº 8,069/90 which enacted this Statute, in addition to exchange activities among artists with the Chave Mestra movement and educators, children and adolescents assisted by NGOs such as Praticável, Kunta Kintê, Crescer e Viver, Dançarte and Spectaculu, as well as other partner institutions in the neighbourhood.
The Exchange Fund administered by the Instituto Desiderata underwrote a trip to Minas Gerais State for training ten entrepreneurs with the Veredas de Canoas Circuit in Teresópolis. Scheduled for May 17 to 21, the purpose of this trip was to obtain hands-on experience of the difficulties, triumphs and possibilities of generating income through local tourism and handcrafts. Visits were made to the Tiradentes Craftspeople Association, the August Workshop in the Bichinho district, the Mãos de Minas Centre in Belo Horizonte, the Folk Culture and Development Centre (CPCD) and the Dedo de Gente Cooperative at Curvelo. “In Minas Gerais State, we were able to build up internal links and also made several contacts that provided us with great ideas and good prospects for work,” said Gabriel, Inã and Lucas, who took part in this Project.
For the Spectaculu NGO, this Fund underwrote a technical and artistic capacity-building exchange with the Praticável NGO, which organised embroidery workshops for twenty school children; subsequently, a Spectaculu student trained some of the Praticável mothers in fabric appliqué techniques. This exchange enhanced job and income generation possibilities, and also a discussion of Human Rights, which was the theme selected for the workshops. Their output was presented at three exhibitions: at a Spectaculu party, a celebration held at the Young Vic in London, and the II Congress on Human Rights held at the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ).
An exchange project was run with the Queimados Em Cena NGO to train children, adolescents and supporters of the Circo Baixada NGO in the circus arts, to be presented at its annual show. This exchange strengthened the network of cultural players in Queimados, through implementing specific joint actions that entertained the local population. Furthermore, this project extended the artistic universe and prompted children, adolescents and other supporters by taking them all to the Universo Gentilezza show given by the Crescer e Viver organisation.
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The Children’s and Adolescents’ Statute (ECA) on the Rails (ECA nos Trilhos) was a social and cultural event hosted by the Praticável NGO to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of this Statute. From July 9 to 30, it organised sessions for reflection and dialogue on the positive and negative aspects of Law Nº 8,069/90 which enacted this Statute, in addition to exchange activities among artists with the Chave Mestra movement and educators, children and adolescents assisted by NGOs such as Praticável, Kunta Kintê, Crescer e Viver, Dançarte and Spectaculu, as well as other partner institutions in the neighbourhood.
The Exchange Fund administered by the Instituto Desiderata underwrote a trip to Minas Gerais State for training ten entrepreneurs with the Veredas de Canoas Circuit in Teresópolis. Scheduled for May 17 to 21, the purpose of this trip was to obtain hands-on experience of the difficulties, triumphs and possibilities of generating income through local tourism and handcrafts. Visits were made to the Tiradentes Craftspeople Association, the August Workshop in the Bichinho district, the Mãos de Minas Centre in Belo Horizonte, the Folk Culture and Development Centre (CPCD) and the Dedo de Gente Cooperative at Curvelo. “In Minas Gerais State, we were able to build up internal links and also made several contacts that provided us with great ideas and good prospects for work,” said Gabriel, Inã and Lucas, who took part in this Project.
For the Spectaculu NGO, this Fund underwrote a technical and artistic capacity-building exchange with the Praticável NGO, which organised embroidery workshops for twenty school children; subsequently, a Spectaculu student trained some of the Praticável mothers in fabric appliqué techniques. This exchange enhanced job and income generation possibilities, and also a discussion of Human Rights, which was the theme selected for the workshops. Their output was presented at three exhibitions: at a Spectaculu party, a celebration held at the Young Vic in London, and the II Congress on Human Rights held at the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ).
An exchange project was run with the Queimados Em Cena NGO to train children, adolescents and supporters of the Circo Baixada NGO in the circus arts, to be presented at its annual show. This exchange strengthened the network of cultural players in Queimados, through implementing specific joint actions that entertained the local population. Furthermore, this project extended the artistic universe and prompted children, adolescents and other supporters by taking them all to the Universo Gentilezza show given by the Crescer e Viver organisation. 
