SESI Citizenship

SESI Citizenship is a Brazilian program that aims to bring education, sports, leisure and culture to all pacified communities in the state of Rio de Janeiro,[1] i.e., those that already have the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs).[2] Created in August 2010, the program has already held about a million attendances in dozens of communities[3] and was awarded the prize "Citizenship Personality 2013", granted to individuals and institutions[4] who "contribute to the defense of civil rights, the strengthening of social promotion policies and the ethical values."[5]

Concept

SESI Citizenship is locally implemented whenever new UPPs are installed at each location.[6] Its goal is to bring leisure activities and social services for the inhabitants of the region - some of them in a permanent way.[7] According to previous researches that identify the main needs of each community,[8] it is created a plan of what will be offered to residents.[9] By the way, some of them are even hired to perform certain functions, such as: monitor the progress of work; identify the local needs further; promote, explain and enroll residents in activities and courses offered by the program.[10] The so-called "SESI Citizenship Agents" also encourage people to learn how to read and write for the first time.[11]

Components of the program

The program contemplates some specific activities:[12]

• Vocational education – Workshops and laboratories that prepare the student for the labor market;
• Basic education – Elementary and secondary school for youth and adults,[13] in addition to pre-Enem, tutoring, languages, computers, mathematics and budgeting;[14]
• Athlete of the future – Leisure and citizenship teaching through sports activities for children and teenagers, seeking also to train future athletes;[note 1][15]
• Knowledge industry – Spreads culture and education[16] while assembling in communities like Andaraí and Cidade de Deus[17] libraries and digital inclusion spaces, as well as offering workshops, lectures and cultural attractions.[18] Two partners in this initiative are Futura Channel (which offers television programming)[19] and the Brazilian Academy of Letters (which helps to create and maintain libraries in communities of Rio de Janeiro,[20] what includes the training of manpower);[21]
• Seniors SESI Program – Activities for people over fifty years of age, such as physical exercise, nutritional and psychological counseling, medical care and sociocultural actions as "memory workshops and storytelling;"[22]
• Culture – Cultural programs and workshops for residents on graffiti, photography, percussion, hip hop music and theater;[23]
• Kitchen Brazil – Nutritionists teach the full utilization of food in order to improve eating habits;[24][25]
• Health – Offices of gynaecology, internal medicine, dental and pediatrics[26] to prevent health problems;
• SESI in Action – Services like issuing documents (identity card, social security number, work ID, birth certificate), recreation for children, craft workshops and painting,[27] lectures on basic care (brushing teeth, for example), medical tests (measurement of blood pressure, blood glucose testing, body mass index), legal consultation and distribution of books;[28]
• Lego Project - Uses Lego pieces to stimulate the learning of "logical and mathematical thinking and the basics of physics", including ethical and moral values, interpersonal relationship and teamwork.[29]

See also

• Crime
• Favela
• Entertainment

Notes

1. Among the activities offered are soccer, futsal, volleyball, basketball, judo, dancing, athletics, swimming and gymnastics.

References

1. Cople, Cristina (27 August 2010). "Firjan em parceria com o SOLAR no projeto SESI Cidadania". Sola Meninos de Luz. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
2. "SESI Cidadania transforma vidas". Folha Dirigida. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
3. "Mesquita recebe unidade móvel do SESI Cidadania e abre inscrições para cursos gratuitos na Chatuba". Notícias de Mesquita. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
4. "Folha Dirigida entrega diplomas Cidadania 2013". Associação Brasileira de Imprensa - ABI. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
5. "Desembargadora Leila Mariano é eleita uma das 'Personalidades Cidadania 2013'". Poder Judiciário do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - PJERJ. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
6. "Pacote de segurança e cidadania". Porto Maravilha do Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
7. "Programa SESI Cidadania em Mesquita (27 July 2013)". Notícias de Mesquita. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
8. "UPP". Instituto Nacional de Altos Estudos - INAE. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
9. "Parceiros". UPPRJ. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
10. "Firjan oferece cursos gratuitos a moradores de UPPs". Jornal O Dia. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
11. "Vai uma aulinha aí, colega?". Jornal Extra. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
12. "SESI Cidadania". FIRJAN System. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
13. "Sesi Cidadania forma 370 moradores de comunidades pacificadas". Foco Regional. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
14. Monteagudo, Clarissa & Hoertel, Roberta (26 December 2012). "Moradores de comunidades pacificadas descobrem o universo das letras na alfabetização de adultos". Extra newspaper. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
15. "SESI Cidadania realiza a 2ª edição dos Jogos de Integração". Governo do Rio de Janeiro/UPPRJ. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
16. Batista, Soraya (29 May 2014). "Projeto Indústria do Conhecimento se multiplica em áreas de UPPs". Governo do Rio de Janeiro/UPPRJ. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
17. Balocco, André (10 May 2014). "Fotógrafa japonesa retrata realidade das favelas pacificadas". O Dia newspaper. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
18. "Prazeres recebe 13ª Indústria do Conhecimento". Digital Newspaper Brasil 247. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
19. "Futura e FIRJAN formam bibliotecários em regiões atendidas por upps, faculdade e escolas sesi/senai RJ". Canal Futura. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
20. "ABL treinará mão de obra para as bibliotecas do SESI-Cidadania nas comunidades pacificadas pela polícia". Fundação Astrojildo Pereira. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
21. "Secretário-Geral da ABL abre os cursos de treinamento de mão de obra para as bibliotecas do Sesi nas comunidades pacificadas do Rio". Academia Brasileira de Letras - ABL. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
22. "Unigranrio participa do SESI Cidadania em Duque de Caxias". Unigranrio. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
23. "Atores populares encenam em festival no SESI". Jornal Digital Brasil 247. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
24. "Duque de Caxias ensina como comer bem e gastar pouco". Caxias Digital. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
25. "Pacificação em comunidades leva cursos profissionalizantes e educação". O Dia newspaper. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
26. "FIRJAN inaugura Espaço Comunitário de Saúde na UPP do Pavão/Pavãozinho". Caxias Digital. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
27. "SESI Cidadania leva serviços gratuitos para Mesquita". ZM News. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
28. Costa, Paula (1 September 2013). "SESI Cidadania mobiliza moradores do Sereno". Governo do Rio de Janeiro/UPPRJ. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
29. "SESI Cidadania leva oficina de Lego para comunidades pacificadas". FIRJAN System. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

External links

• SESI Citizenship (in Portuguese)
• FIRJAN System
• Pacifying Police Units (UPP)