Casa do Menor José Coltro

Av. Carlos Lacerda, 3094

Jardim Rosana, 
Campo Limpo, SP

Brazil 

Phone number (call from the U.S.)
(011) 5511- 5825-8118

Children House José Coltro 

We are a legally registered, non-profit Brazilian charity house founded in 1988, run by volunteers and maintained by donations. We are located in Campo Limpo (poor suburb of Sao Paulo, which is Brazil’s largest city of over 15 million inhabitants). Campo Limpo has a very large “favela” (a few thousand homes made out of cardboard, zinc roofs, etc.) having a population of thousands.

Goals

• To educate teenagers in responsible life-long attitudes and education.

• Keeping our kids off the streets, provide orientation and training courses leading them to productive maturity.

• Assisting needful mothers.

Services Provided

• Initiation into Office/Administrative works
  (50 teenagers from 14 to 17 years of age).

• Introduction to Computers (80 teenagers)

• Office routines

• Typing and accounting principles

• Human relations-proper etiquette

• Orientation about health and hygiene

• Sexually transmitted diseases and drugs.

• Pregnancy orientation (75 women): Hygiene,
  childcare and family orientation classes.

• Mother orientation (18 women): Childcare, hygiene, and 
  sewing/stitchery classes.

Contacts

In USA:        

Anselmo Teixeira

E-mail:  teixeirAA@usfilter.com

Phone:  

262.521.8563 (office) or 

262.691.4510 (after 6:00 PM)

In Brazil:  

Roberto Boscarriol

or Rosely Boscarriol

E-mail:  boscarriol@pbr.com.br

Phone: 

55-11- 5031-0322 (office) or

55-11-5031-8505 (after 6:00 PM)

How You Can Help 

Any Donation or Support is Welcome. For donations click here.  

Hearts in Action is a recognized charitable organization  in the U.S. and your contributions are deductible in your U.S. income tax.