Program to Assist Children in Difficult Circumstances

                                    BRAZIL


SECTOR:                 Social

PROJECT NAME:           Program to Assist Children in Especially Difficult
                        Circumstances in Six Cities in Brazil
                        (ATN/SF-4575-BR; ATN/SF-4576-BR; ATN/SF-4577-BR;
                        ATN/SF-4578-BR; ATN/SF-4579-BR; ATN/SF-4580-BR)

TOTAL COST:             $29,586,000

FINANCING:
      IDB               $17,900,000
    LOCAL               $11,686,000

DATE OF APPROVAL:       June 29, 1994

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:    The purpose of this nonreimbursable technical
                        cooperation is to improve the living conditions of
                        children in especially difficult circumstances in six
                        cities in Brazil (Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza, Sþo
                        Luis, Terezina, and Campinas).  Support will be
                        provided to extend direct assistance to minors at high
                        personal risk or who pose a risk to society, to
                        provide them with an opportunity to attain physical,
                        psychological, social, and economic development and
                        provide the guidance required to lead a normal and
                        productive life as adults.  The program also seeks to
                        reinforce the participating organizations through
                        institutional-strengthening activities and the
                        development of appropriate methodologies for the
                        treatment of those minors.

                        The program will be structured around a set of six
                        individual subprograms, one for each city.  Each sub-
                        program will include funding for specific projects to
                        provide assistance to minors at high risk through
                        social work or prevention activities.  The social work
                        activities will include: (a) street activities;
                        (b) shelters; (c) group houses; (d) recovery centers;
                        (e) programs for young girls; and (f) legal aid pro-
                        grams for juvenile delinquents.  The preventive
                        activities will include: (a) homes for children up
                        toeight years of age; (b) job training programs;
                        (c) daycare and preschool programs; and (d) programs
                        in semi-urban areas to stem the flow of children to
                        the inner cities.

CONSULTANTS:            The consulting services will be paid for out of the
                        Bank's contribution.

GOODS AND EQUIPMENT:    Goods and services costing less than $250,000 will be
                        procured through national public bidding in local
                        currency.

CIVIL WORKS:            The local counterpart funds will be used to finance
                        small-scale works for construction and remodeling of
                        the executing units' facilities.

EXECUTING AGENCY:
                        1.  In Campinas:

                        Prefeitura de Campinas
                        Secretaria da Familia, Crian‡a, Adolescente e A‡þo
                              Social
                        Campinas, Sþo Paulo, Brasil
                        Telephone:  (55-192) 81-767
                        Contact:    Mrs. Laura Maria Contador R. Da Silva

                        2.  In Salvador:

                        Secretaria de Planejamento do Estado da Bahia
                        Salvador, Bahia, Brasil
                        Telephone:  (55-71) 371-4635
                        Fax:        (55-71) 371-3206
                        Contact:    Mr. Luis Vasconcelos Carreira

                        3.  In Recife:

                        Secretaria de Planejamento da Prefeitura da Cidade de
                              Recife
                        Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
                        Telephone:  (55-81) 224-9795
                        Fax:        (55-81) 424-2862
                        Contact:    Mrs. Giralda Farias

                        4.    In Fortaleza:

                        Secretaria de Trabalho e A‡þo Social do Estado do
                              Ceará
                        Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil
                        Telephone:  (55-85) 261-8188
                        Fax:        (55-85) 244-7610
                        Contact:    Mrs. Fatima Catunda Rocha Moreira de      
                                    Andrade

                        5.    In Sþo Luís:

                        Funda‡þo da Crian‡a e do Adolescente do Maranhþo
                        Sþo Luís, Maranhþo, Brasil
                        Telephone:  (55-98) 222-5041
                        Fax:        (55-98) 222-2471
                        Contact:    Fr. Julio Gotardo Soster Moreira de
                                    Andrade

                        6.    In Terezina:

                        Secretaria Municipal da Crian‡a e Adolescente
                        Terezina, Piauí, Brasil
                        Fax:        (55-86) 223-8565
                        Contact:    Mrs. Miriam Nogueira Portela Munes