CARF Brazil
- Industry: Non-Profit
- Occupation: Social Entrepreneurship
- Location: Diadema : São Paulo : Brazil
About Me
CARF Brazil, was established by Gregory J. Smith in São Paulo in 1993. Gregory had already established The Children At Risk Foundation – CARF Norway in 1992, to benefit the street children of Brazil by defending their rights and offering them a dignified solution so that they could live and grow within a family-oriented context and healthy social environment. The knowledge gained during the last decade guided Gregory to create a Street Migration Prevention Programme. Due to its success, CARF had to seek new solutions to cope with growing demands and in 2001 The Hummingbird Arts & Cultural Activity Centre became a reality, allowing CARF to expand its capacity from 80 children and young people to more than 600 today. The most recent development in 2007 is the establishing of a new Brazilian NGO, the Hummingbird Cultural Network (RCBF - Rede Cultural Beija-Flor), to cater for a network of community prevention centres to be implemented during the coming years and led by youth entrepreneurs trained at Hummingbird.
