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- Background information about JCC/Youth Crime Watch
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News from Brazil
June 2008: Collecting food and clothing for the poor
The photo report below speaks for itself. Kids in JCC held a food and clothing drive for the poor from June 5-9, 2008.
May 2008: Spotlight on Jessica from Sao Paulo
This month YCWA's Youth Spotlight shines on Jessica Gabriele Ricardo of the JCC program in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Jessica has been an active student leader in her JCC program. Her recent actions against a local gang brought her to our attention. Read more.
March 13-14, 2008: Getting Out the Vote in Minas Gerais
Schools in the city of Uberlandia, 171st Company PM School Patrol, the 32nd Battalion of the Military Police of Minas Gerais, participated in a new project, Civic Expression (Expresso da Cidadania) March 13-14. The project, led by the legislative assembly of the state of Minas Gerais, has the support of JCC, the 32nd BPM and other institutions to promote civic awareness among teens aged 16 to 18 and encourage them to register for the vote and participate in the political process. The event was lent a good dose of star power by Marcos Frota (pictured above, in t-shirt), a famous TV and film actor who also has his own circus.
March 2008: Update from Jau State of Sao Paulo
The JCC program in Jau State has posted a blog describing its activities. See what the kids in Jau are up to... www.pmjccjau.blogspot.com (material in Portuguese).
March 2008: Update from Barueri JCC
The Barueri municipal newsletter for September 2007 featured the JCC Barueri program. Barueri is a young city, where 41% of the population are under the age of 20, and 30% are under 15. The JCC program is expected to serve up to a thousand students in the 5th to 8th grades in Barueri's public schools. JCC students will work with the Civil Guard to address a spectrum of social problems contributing to crime and violence. The kids are doing great work. We wish them all the best.
The original story is posted on the Barueri website (in Portuguese).
February 2008: Fall training helped strengthen Youth Crime Watch concepts in Brazil
A two-week course (80 hours of training in all!) for trainers of the JCC program was carried out November 26-December 7, 2007, at the Hotel Sol in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. A total of 67 students participated, 61 from Minas Gerais State, one from Amazonia, two from the Federal District, one from Para, and two from Sao Paulo.
Photos from this event
 Training |
 Training 2 |
 Training 3 |
 Implementation Training at Cruz School |
 Implementation Training at Gaspar School |
 Police Academy Graduation |
 Tour of Ouro Preto |
 Tour of Belo Horizonte |
The course aimed to provide general knowledge and skill-building for Military Police planning and implementing JCC programs and training mentors for the program in its philosophy, methodology and mission. In addition, a statement of cooperation between the Military Police and the JCC Brazil non-governmental organization was issued to consolidate and improve efforts in Minas Gerais, focusing on crime, drugs, and violence among young people and optimizing the role of youth working with the police and the community, especially the school, to find solutions. The training was a cooperative effort between YCWA and JCC. Representing YCWA were Gerald A. Rudoff, co-founder and International Chairman and senior trainer Terry Allen Jones. Representing JCC were nationally certified JCC instructors and Military Police of Sao Paulo State instructors 1º Ten PM Rosemeire Vitonto, 3º Sgt PM Elisângelo Ivanildo da Silva, Cb PM Aluizio Pires jùnior da Silva, Sd PM Shirley Pereira de Lima and Sd PM Ilza Sarapião Araújo. JCC Brazil NGO instructors participating were Célia Luzia Penatti Arcêncio, President JCC NGO, and Civil Maria Luiza Ruiz Moreno, Psychologist and former Military Police Captain. The Technical Coordinators for this course were Captain Sergio Papadiamantopoulos Gomes da Silva, of the Ninth (9ª) Region of the Military Police of Minas Gerais and Coordinator Metodološki Lieutenant Jose Paulo Lomba Filho, of the Academy of Military Police.
The inaugural lecture was given by the JCC Brazil NGO President, Célia Penatti, after a message from International Chairman of YCWA, Gerald Rudoff. Authorities present were Colonel Luciene Magalhães de Albuquerque, Sub-Chief of the State Higher of Military Police of Minas Gerais State and Lieutenant Colonel Robson Alves Ferreira Campos, Chief of the Section Third of State Higher.
The training itself spanned 80 classroom hours over a period of two weeks. It followed international training practices of YCWA and included various activities for the Implementation Training as well as that of Training of Trainers. Additionally, there were specific classes dealing with the fields of education, psychology and public safety. As part of this training, activities were conducted that gave all of the students an opportunity to apply those things they learned into actual practice. As part of this practical effort, students participated in actual JCC implementation training in three schools in different regions of Belo Horizonte. The students, working in teams, had the opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge that they had acquired in the first days of the course. It was felt by all who participated in this training course that it will propel JCC into a new growth direction will greatly aid the development of the program countrywide.
The Mentors course of Program Youth Building Citizenship - JCC, was governed by the Service Order 31.930.43/07 of the State of State Higher of the Military Police of Minas Gerais.
January 15, 2008 - Kids in the state of São Paulo clean up the streets!
JCC members in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, took up rakes and trash bags this Tuesday morning to clean up the 14th Military Police headquarters. The group hoped to spread the message that a better quality of life begins in your own front yard. Young JCC members were joined by officers of the 14th Military Police Battalion for the event. And it seems that a good time was had by all.... Photos below.
January 2008 - JCC Brazil on YouTube
» Television report about JCC featuring interviews with JCC members (in Portuguese).
