Citizenship on Delivery

Summary

Extending a legal and social program for people with disabilities in Rio de Janeiro, by setting up a mobile office capable of reaching communities without access to it.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In Brazil, a country notorious for social exclusion, persons with disabilities are at the bottom of society, receiving scant attention from state or private concerns and unaware of their rights. The IBDD has a legal office providing free advice and helping those with disabilities in their struggle. However, Rio de Janeiro’s transport system is notoriously deficient; this is all the more so for poor people with disabilities in the periphery, which prevents many of the neediest from reaching us.

Activities

In an ethanol-powered van, a miniature legal office would be set up, staffed by a legal and social counseling team. This van would set up shop in different peripheral communities within the Greater Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area.

Funding Information

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

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will, together with our fixed center, provide legal advice, professional training and education to persons with disabilities in poor areas, turning them from wards of their families or the state into productive, independent individuals.

Project Message

The State regards as a charity that which it owes...The project will, together with a fixed center, provide legal advice, professional training and education to persons with disabilities in poor areas
- Teresa Costa D'Amaral, Project Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Antonia Costa,
Information manager
Rua General Glicério
364 1203 Laranjeiras
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22245120
Brazil
55-21-25576990
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

IBDD
Rua Artur Bernardes, nº 26 – Loja A
Catete
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22220070
Brazil
55-21-25576990
http://www.ibdd.org.br

Learn more about IBDD and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

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

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

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 27, 2004.

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