Brazil
Supporting our local partners - Vida Brasil
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Handicap International has been active in Brazil since 1993, when it set up a food education project in the disadvantaged neighbourhoods of Fortaleza, the state capital of Ceara. Handicap International also helped to set up the first public orthopaedic workshop in Brazil, in Salvador Bahia, as well as a community-based rehabilitation programme (CBR).
In 1996, Handicap International supported the creation of a Brazilian NGO Vida Brasil (Support for the Individual and Active Development) in the northeast of the country in Salvador and Fortaleza. Handicap International no longer has a programme in Brazil and instead works through Vida Brasil. Its mission is to "promote and strengthen socially vulnerable and excluded individuals and groups through education and participation to help develop a sustainable, inclusive and democratic society."
Key Facts - Brazil
• Population: 195.4 million
• Household Consumption: $5,243 per year
• Life Expectancy: 73 years
• Human Development: ranked 73rd out of 169 countries
Source: UNDP HDR 2011
"I cried when my mother bought me a flute"The Buscapé project, launched by Vida Brasil, in partnership with Handicap International, allows young people with disabilities and those who lives in precarious situations to participate in artistic activities. For several months, Jessica Souza, aged 13, has taken part in the music workshops organised by Buscapé .
Our projects
 | Partnership with Vida Brasil
The aim is to promote the mutual exchange of experience in the following areas:
• Sharing knowledge on common issues, such as disability rights in urban areas, food safety, inclusive education, diversity education, and strengthening the capacities of local associations.
• Supporting the inclusion of Vida Brasil in international networks, such as those related to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; promoting the exploitation and sharing of their experience of working on social projects around the world.
Since 2007, Vida Brasil and Handicap International have been working on a project to enhance the capabilities of local organisations in the northeast of Brazil working in the field of disability, in order make advances in the fields of accessibility and the promotion of the rights of people with disabilities. |
