ACER on the Move

Year 07
ACER on the Move
# 67
All you need to know, February 2013
First Play Day
attracts 60
children
Art – still one of the most
powerful languages
‘A Chance to Play’ project’s first Play Day held.
The first Play Day run by the
‘A Chance to Play’ project took
place on 23rd February, as a twohour long practical training session (10.30-12.30). It seems the
children had the time of their
lives, and this is just the beginning. On the day a variety of activities were offered – face painting, colouring, balloon figures,
skipping, conga line dances – and
sweet treats such as popcorn and
candy floss.
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on the move’ on the
ACER Brasil website
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Around 60 children took
part with the help of 20 activity
monitors, supervised by Cristina
da Cruz, community worker,
and Marcio Luciano. The activities were due to start in Jatoba
Street, by the Sapopema sports
court, yet due to the rain they
had to take place within ACER
itself. Cristina found it a useful
experience and a great opportunity to learn more about the
community.
“Being able to see the reality and
the happiness of many children
was very rewarding for me”
Cristina da Cruz
”
This Tuesday, the CMAP art club began its sessions, with a real focus
on the children and young people
taking part, in a reformed space
to allow for freedom of expression
and personal discovery. Anyone
between 5 and 18 is welcome to
come along; the sessions are free
and take place every Monday and
Wednesday at ACER. The CMAP art
teachers voluntarily run sessions
with a variety of themes, using
many materials and techniques.
The aim of the CMAP art club project is to establish a creative,
safe and fun environment, in which ideas are explored freely and
constructively. Every opinion is shared and care is taken to show that
the ideas brought to the centre by the children are important. There
is no desired outcome. The only rule governing the creativity is to
respect one another; otherwise imagination takes us on a journey
and who knows where we will end up? Those of you between 5 and
18 come and be creative and join CMAP on Mondays and Wednesdays
from 6.30 until 8pm, in the ACER art room. Entry is free!
“
Art washes away from the soul
the dust of everyday life.
”
Pablo Picasso
Rhea McAteer, Khalil Titouhi e Thiago Lacerda
ACER Brasil
Culture
Number of the month
196
Artisan craft lessons
The number of people who received
home visits in February by a member of our social work team.
Artisan craft lessons become a regular occurrence after being requested by many.
Ruth, cultural assistant hired by the organization, teaches various artisan techniques to a class
of 12.
Besides learning how to transform materials
which would often be thrown away, they also
enjoy a moment of relaxation and chance to socialize with others. These meetings take place in
ACER’s art room every Tuesday and Thursday from
3pm-5pm.
Coming up:
Ruth finds it very rewarding to provide her time and
to help the class participants relax and socialize.
“I find our meetings are quite
intimate. This sharing of experiences helps me grow too”
Ruth Pereira comments
See photos from the Football Workshop on 10 jan
ACER’s Flickr page
February
13/02 – A new volunteer from
Ireland, Oisin, arrives.
20/02 – Meeting with the Governing Body of ACER.
23/02 – Beginning of a new partnership with the group ‘Guerreiras’ guerreirasproject.wordpress.
com.
Jonathan Hannay ‘liked’ a video on Youtube
@acerbrasil
ACER Brasil
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The ‘Banco do Povo’ took part in a report,
interviewing clients from the region, and it
will be broadcast on 22/02/2013 on Globo.
18 jan
24 jan
March
05/03 – Fátima Lima from HSBC
comes to discuss our new partnership
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