We believe that mental health services are the right of every individual in Brazil regardless of age, race, sexual orientation, gender, skin color, religious beliefs, or socioeconomic status. Furthermore, we believe the administering of mental health services should be approached from a global perspective. The Brazilian Children's Charity plans to solve these problems through a capacity building model.
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The Goals of the Brazilian Children's Charity Non-Profit Organization 503(c)(3)
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The goals of the Brazilian Children's Charity are:
a) Provide safe mental health services to homeless children and low-income families free of charge in Brazil.
b) Strengthen both professional and social bonds between the U.S.A. and Brazil. For more on this, click here
c) Provide services through a capacity building model, i.e. through the assistance and programs of the B.C.C., a permanent and sustainable solution is created towards solving the social problem of mental health services for a mostly forgotten population. For more on this, scroll down to the section in red.
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| Favela Gang Members in Rio de Janeiro |
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The B.C.C.'s first office is located in Rio de Janeiro. The homeless (especially,) but also, low-income families in Brazil are left, many times, with few resources. Social and financial assistance is rare, with the main forms coming from churches and private organizations. Psychological services are not easily provided as therapists are often required to go to clients, not vice versa. Lastly, the delivery of these services can be dangerous, as therapist have been killed in Rio de Janeiro (most recently, a team of French therapists.)
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The President of the Board, Arval H. Morris (Hal,) received a Master of the Art's in Psychology with a dual concentration from Antioch University in Seattle, Washington in 2006. The first concentration is in Mental Health Counseling (M.H.C.,) mainly used in client/therapist one-on-one counseling. This is the most common form of psychology used in the United States and Brazil, good examples being cognitive and behavioral techniques. The second concentration is in Couple's, Children's and Family Therapy (C.C.F.T.) This concentration focuses more on systems and how the individual shapes and is shaped by various environments/systems. The use of C.C.F.T. is not as common as M.H.C. in Brazil.
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The Two Main Objectives of the B.C.C. are:
1) To introduce C.C.F.T. and M.H.C. techniques to a minimum of 2-10 Brazilian psychology students per year in Rio de Janeiro.
2) That said students will become part of a capacity building solution to the social problem of lack of mental health services to poor people within Brazilian culture. Their work with the target populations creates Brazilians who may continue (after graduation) to assist the poor and homeless of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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"Give a person a fish, feed 'em for a day; teach a person to fish, feed 'em for life!" The B.C.C. creates a healthier and safer Brazil through a capacity building model.
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| "Saving children's lives in Brazil!" |
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| The President volunteered at Harborview hospital in Seattle, Washington for two years. There, he assisted in psych wards A, B and C through direct interaction with clients (many of whom were homeless or from low-income families) suffering from various mental ailments. He interned at South East Youth and Family Services in Seattle, Washington where he worked with low-income families. There, the client population was primarily African-American children (between 8 and 15 years old) and mental health counseling was provided to these children and their families through a mixture of both M.H.C. and C.C.F.T. techniques. Also, he proctored "German through Film" at the University of Washington in Seattle, teaching German language to University students.
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