The creche in the pandemic

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The philanthropic arm of the Cathedral is the Anglican Institute which is involved in various charitable activities. The biggest and most important is the running of the crèche in Paraisópolis in Morumbi. This crèche caters for over one thousand children from the ages of zero to five years old and has a staff of 170 people. It is the largest crèche in Brazil.

The pandemic had terrible consequences on the lives of the children and their families. First of all, the crèche was closed and so the parents had nowhere to leave their children during the day. Secondly, in normal times, the children receive food five times a day, three main meals and two snacks which of course ceased to happen with the crèche closed. Thirdly, many of the parents were unable to continue working with disastrous consequences on the financial situation of the families.

Thanks to the generous donations of the members of the Cathedral and the valuable contributions of some firms, the Cathedral managed to supply each family with food rations every fortnight as well as soap, masks and other essential items necessary to fight the virus. Over two hundred volunteers from the Cathedral meet weekly to package and distribute these donations. The Cathedral also supplies 120 meals daily to the most needy.

In past years the children have always received Easter eggs at Easter and, thanks to the kindness of many people, this year was no different. The hardest part was to try to maintain social distancing from the children who wanted to hug the volunteers.

The Cathedral thanks all those people who have helped to make so many lives a bit easier during this difficult time.

A creche na pandemia

Artigo fornecido por Catedral Anglicana De São Paulo

O braço filantrópico da Catedral é o Instituto Anglicano que é envolvido em várias atividades de caridade. A maior e mais importante é o funcionamento da creche em Paraisópolis no Morumbi. Esta creche atende mais de mil crianças com idades entre zero a cinco anos e tem uma equipe de 170 pessoas. É a maior creche no Brasil.

A pandemia teve consequências terríveis nas vidas das crianças e suas famílias. Em primeiro lugar, a creche fechou e os pais não tinham onde deixar suas crianças durante o dia. Segundo, em tempos normais, as crianças recebiam comida cinco vezes ao dia, três refeições e dois lanches que obviamente deixou de acontecer com o fechamento da creche. E em terceiro lugar, muitos dos pais deixaram de trabalhar com consequências desastrosas na situação financeira de suas famílias.

Graças às doações generosas dos membros da Catedral e valiosas contribuições de algumas empresas, a Catedral conseguiu fornecer uma cesta básica a cada família quinzenalmente, juntamente com sabão, máscaras, e outros itens essenciais para combater o vírus. Mais de duzentos voluntários da Catedral se reúnem semanalmente para empacotar e distribuir estas doações. Além disto, a Catedral fornece diariamente 120 marmitas para os mais necessitados.

Nos últimos anos as crianças sempre receberam ovos de chocolate na Páscoa e, graças à bondade de muita gente, este ano não foi diferente. A parte mais difícil foi tentar manter o distanciamento social das crianças que queriam abraçar os voluntários.

A Catedral agradece a todas as pessoas que ajudaram a tornar tantas vidas um pouco mais fáceis durante esta época difícil.

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