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Rehabilitating Convicted Men through IT education

Summary

The Pemano project is helping to rehabilitate convicted young men (between 18 and 25 years old) in a prison in Vale do Paraíba (São Paulo-Brazil) through IT education and digital inclusion progress reportread updates from the field


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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

CDI is a NGO which promotes social and digital inclusion through IT and civic engagement schools. In partnership with FUNAP and the detention centre administration, the Pemano project is helping to rehabilitate convicted young men. Since its foundation in 2004, the project has helped 700 men to put their lifes together and go back to society after the end of the sentence.

Activities

Our educational programs provide social and IT skills training. At our service center, the prisoners develop activities such as Poetry Festivals, Music Festivals, Theatre Performances among others.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The Pemano project aims to provide knowledge and self-esteem throurgh IT education, that would make possible for these convicted young men to perform personal transformation and development and become part of the society again.

Project Message

“There are moments in life that you think you are not capable. Now, after the course, I see I am like anybody else and can get there”
- Julio César da Silva, Ex-offender

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Luisa Gockel,

199 Bishopgate
6th floor
London, Greater London EC2M 3XW
United Kingdom
+44 207 678 7471
Email:

Project Sponsor

Center for Digital Inclusion

Organisation

Center for Digital Inclusion Logo Center for Digital Inclusion
Rua Alice 150 Laranjeiras
Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22.241-020
Brazil
55 (21) 3235-9450
http://www.cdiglobal.org

Learn more about Center for Digital Inclusion and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Brazil and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Brazil, read the Human Development Report on Brazil or the Wikipedia entry for Brazil.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on September 28, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 16, 2010.

Latest Update from the Field

New courses to be offered in 2011

By Luisa Gockel - CDI Europe Institutional Development Manager, March 02, 2011 10:53 AM

Two educators and some students who have graduated
Two educators and some students who have graduated

According to the educators Grasiellen and Francisca, around 350 students (divided in 7 groups) will benefit from the project in 2011. This year the following courses will be offered as well: literacy, English, music and audio editing.

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